What have you done to your car today?

andy_mk3 · 1 Mar 2014 at 18:02

Gave it a quick wash, really needs a polish but it's just not happening until it's at least 15c outside

Also fitted some wind deflectors I bought months and months ago. I quite like them.

Howard · 1 Mar 2014 at 18:16

Vita said:
nearside front coil spring snapped. Great!

Those damned heavy diesels

Vita · 1 Mar 2014 at 18:37

Howard said:
Those damned heavy diesels

Tell me about it! Not happy. I'm glad I went for it 2 weeks early as it gives me time now to get everything sorted.

lordrobs · 1 Mar 2014 at 21:45

Bought some tax for my one as it has been SORN since October. Also setup and played about with my new dash cam but haven't fitted it yet.

Fuzz · 1 Mar 2014 at 22:08

Bought a cambelt kit and water pump for the pug as a few weekends ago I was under it and noticed a weep of coolant from the bottom of the cambelt cover. There's only one place that could have come from.. Oh well, I was planning on doing the belt within the next 10K anyway. It's been way more than 5 years since the last one.

Not going to fit it until the Disco is back together though (unless it leaks further)

Banny · 1 Mar 2014 at 22:32

Pretty much most Vanos seals are worn after around 80k it's the stuff they are made of.
I did have a weeping valve cover gasket so thought I would vanos as well.
Rad, pump, thermostat and hoses next.
Car is 2000 325ci

86JR · 1 Mar 2014 at 22:40

Fulll detail ready to take it to WBAC place...

Clarkey · 1 Mar 2014 at 23:03

Banny said:
Pretty much most Vanos seals are worn after around 80k it's the stuff they are made of.
I did have a weeping valve cover gasket so thought I would vanos as well.
Rad, pump, thermostat and hoses next.
Car is 2000 325ci

You got any links to where to buy the seals and what you need to do with them?

rodenal · 2 Mar 2014 at 02:41

You just cut the old seals out and put the new ones in after heating them a bit. Getting to the seals is simple ( if time consuming) on an e46 but I thought it was a bit more involved on the e36 and involved needing to lock the cams, could be wrong though.

I also broke several fixings doing mine, almost everything in the vanos unit is very low torque

Banny · 2 Mar 2014 at 03:14

Clarkey said:
You got any links to where to buy the seals and what you need to do with them?

http://www.beisansystems.com/procedures/vanos_procedure.htm

That will tell you all you need to know.

233 · 2 Mar 2014 at 09:15

Bought iton wednesday broke it today

Hopefully nothing serious as it's just an eml light on (mk4 Mondeo tdci 140) still pulling fine no smoke but might be my imagination but average economy is down a bit

Going to go steal my dad's fault code reader and see what's up after breakfast

Hopefully both serious after buying it midweek and buying a tbelt and service kit yesterday I'm skint.

Vita · 2 Mar 2014 at 11:15

233 said:
Bought iton wednesday broke it today

Hopefully nothing serious as it's just an eml light on (mk4 Mondeo tdci 140) still pulling fine no smoke but might be my imagination but average economy is down a bit

Going to go steal my dad's fault code reader and see what's up after breakfast

Hopefully both serious after buying it midweek and buying a tbelt and service kit yesterday I'm skint.

EGR? Did the glow plug light flash at all? Might just be a dodgy sensor somewhere.

OpenToSuggestions · 2 Mar 2014 at 11:17

Taxed the MX5, removed it out my parent's garage and drove to my house

.

unrealrocks · 2 Mar 2014 at 12:13

Literally the second I snapped a socket onto a ratchet the rain started

Still nice quick job and I now have some more noise (and apparently 12bhp ... yeah I think we'll ignore that!)

Before:

After:

Definitely got more noise and seems a little faster to respond

233 · 2 Mar 2014 at 12:40

Vita said:
EGR? Did the glow plug light flash at all? Might just be a dodgy sensor somewhere.

Got it checked clogged dpf took it for a 40 mile run at 70 in 4th going to pop down the garage and get them to plug it in and see if theight goes out now

Failing that dpf delete and remap time lol

Fuzz · 2 Mar 2014 at 13:27

In the middle of using a gasket scraper to to get the old headgasket off

A little while later after a bit of scotchbrite.

Done most of the ancillaries now

Just got to measure the piston protrusion first.

Lunatic Dreyfus · 2 Mar 2014 at 13:49

I put some oil in my TT this morning.

Quite a lot as a matter of fact... :eek:

Vita · 2 Mar 2014 at 14:16

233 said:
Got it checked clogged dpf took it for a 40 mile run at 70 in 4th going to pop down the garage and get them to plug it in and see if theight goes out now

Failing that dpf delete and remap time lol

Forgot the mk4 had a dpf. That's alright just get the code reset.

233 · 2 Mar 2014 at 14:24

Vita said:
Forgot the mk4 had a dpf. That's alright just get the code reset.

Tried resetting earlier and it came straigh back on hopefully a hard run has cleared it

Gaijin · 2 Mar 2014 at 15:46

Took a few weekends due to the lovely Irish weather, but fitted my rollbar - pretty pleased with it. Just waiting for some padding to arrive to finish it off