What have you done to your car today?

Nothing, as it's stuck at the specialist.
Upon removal of the turbo to fabricate a clocking bracket the induction side was in a pool of oil so it appears the seals have gone although it has given off no warnings like smoke, noise or lack of boost strength.

Quite the additional bill and off my budget.
 
Rev needle dosen't work in VTEC so I finally changed the VSS, but it didn't solve the issue. So I'm gonna try a new cluster :(

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Picked up a new bonnet and bumper on the weekend, my bumper was reversed into a few years ago and despite being fixed, doesn't quite sit flush. A second hand one came up cheap, so I'll just get this resprayed.

Bonnet has a small rust patch on it, so picked up a new bonnet too.

*just managed to fit them in the car!




I'll look into getting them sprayed and fitted when my finances are a bit healthier
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Be interesting to know how much it costs to get your bumper sprayed!
 
Took my helmet out of boot at last. Been in their since he ocuk October track day.

Changed stat on Clio too and it warms up so much faster now.
 
DGBVIPER said:
Nothing, as it's stuck at the specialist.
Upon removal of the turbo to fabricate a clocking bracket the induction side was in a pool of oil so it appears the seals have gone although it has given off no warnings like smoke, noise or lack of boost strength.

Quite the additional bill and off my budget.
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Odds it came from the breather?
 
Dup said:
That's not too bad, I'll add it to the list.

Sadly the GTi is back in at VW after having it back for 10 miles. They replaced the thrust sensor but after 10 miles I was getting fuel cuts after 3.5krpm again. Basically it just won't rev any further especially at higher speeds. Worried it might be the high pressure fuel pump & cam follower, which can damage the intake cam if it's an earlier revision. Not a good start for a car I've hardly done 100 miles in yet :(
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It could be failed cam follower but it would have to be fairly far on to have such a big fuel cut, 2006 Golfs should have the BWA engine which has the B revision harder cam. I would also get them to replace the fuel filter, I have heard of a couple with fuel cut problems due to a clogged filter.

My cam follower had minimal wear at 47k when I got the dealer to swap it over for a new one, just checked last week and at 80k it still looks brand new but put a new one in anyway.

Did you buy it from a VW dealer ? I assume you are not having to pay for them chucking parts at the problem ?
 
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My order from Eurocarparts arrived just as was heading out so I came home early hoping to catch a bit of daylight, I still ended up needing the cage light.
Luckily it wasn't quite as finger numbingly cold as it was this morning.

Had a quick go at changing the bulb on the drivers side which had a bit more space, but without eyes on stalks I couldn't see a thing. Turns out it's pretty easy just to pop the headlight unit on a Focus (two bolts on top, one needing the car on bricks to get at from underneath). I still ended up removing the front grill as it kept jamming. Same routine on the passenger side which has no access unless you have girl hands.
Fitted BulbNightbreaker Plus Bulbs (£12.49), they seem brighter but now I have to fix the levelling as one is pointing at the sky.

New windscreen wipers too, 22" and 19" (I somehow deleted the rear one from the order :rolleyes:)

Now the problem on the Mk1.5 Focus is that they don't clear the top of the screen, so as an experiment I took off the new 19" on the passenger side and refitted the old drivers 22" in its place.

Interestingly this works fine and it now wipes to the far left of the screen, so now I'm going to get a 24" wiper for the drivers side and see it it will work without interference. It might need clipping, but if it can clean that annoying two inches at the top of the screen then the improvement will be amazing.

I can't think why Ford specify obviously the wrong size wipers for this model? :confused:

Had lots of fun recovering the nut that I dropped behind the headlight and the spanner I dropped in front of the radiator (no gap here for some reason so it was full of rocks and leaves?). A bent coat hanger was tried until I gave in and fetched the magnet tool.

Extra man points for doing all this in the dark and for losing only one screw :cool:
 
Took the car for the MOT. Failed on 2 things. Steering rack gaitors, and a cv boot. The steering rack was replaced just over a year ago with the previous owner, but whatever moron did the wheel alignment didn't bother to loosen the gaitors, so when they made their adjustments, they spun the boots round and now they're toast!
 
Cleaned my car

Changed my pollen filters

replaced my third dead headlight in as many weeks with a new pair.
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Removed heater blower in my Clio, stripped down and cleaned. Refitted.

Now working. In this weather a working heater/blower is essential.

Well happy.

Also during the diagnosis stage I took out the heater controls which gave me the chance to change a blown illumination bulb.

Everyone knows how irritating faulty illumination is don't they? Satisfying.
 
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