What have you done to your car today?

Alibaba99 · 7 Feb 2013 at 12:58

gumpy321 said:
Tried to get the throttle body off to clean it. But the electrical connector which I'm guessing is for the MAF Sensor is being a pain in the arse, and is refusing to come off.

Round two tomorrow....

I doubt the MAF sensor is part of the throttle body, they are normally on the exit from the airbox. Probably either the TPS or even part of the control system for an electronic throttle.

Rybo89 · 8 Feb 2013 at 10:05

My morning is going great.

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Rybo89 · 8 Feb 2013 at 14:20

Ordered 4 new CSC3 tyres.

3 are coming to the end of there life and 1 has a few k miles in it. Thought it would be best to get all 4 done.

Having to wait till Monday for the tyres to be delivered though which means i will be in the Gaymobile Monday for work *cringe*

MooMoo444 · 8 Feb 2013 at 15:07

Drove it to work :cool:

mattyprice4004 · 8 Feb 2013 at 15:14

Grrr!

Just done a tyre check and I'm looking at 3x new tyres (going to do all 4 anyway) in the next month - about 3mm of tread left.

Thinking of Nankang NS2, anything else decent but cheap in the 205/45/17 size?

Looking at £55 a corner fitted or £46 a corner from Camskill.

-westy- · 8 Feb 2013 at 15:50

3mm is plenty of tread, surely? :confused:

Why not do 1 pair this month, 1 pair next month?

mattyprice4004 · 8 Feb 2013 at 16:12

-westy- said:
3mm is plenty of tread, surely? Why not do 1 pair this month, 1 pair next month?

3mm is getting to the point where I'd rather replace - I'll probably end up doing them a month apart.

Better than the 4 different brands I have at the moment

chief barker · 8 Feb 2013 at 17:00

mattyprice4004 said:
Grrr!

Just done a tyre check and I'm looking at 3x new tyres (going to do all 4 anyway) in the next month - about 3mm of tread left.

Thinking of Nankang NS2, anything else decent but cheap in the 205/45/17 size?

Looking at £55 a corner fitted or £46 a corner from Camskill.

I have these on my ageing 307....pretty good budget tyres mate.

They have been on the car for 4 years and still have 5-6 mm left on them.

Edit..... they are 205/50/17

mattyprice4004 · 8 Feb 2013 at 18:01

Awesome, cheers mate.

I also fitted a new interior light from an Accord Type V with map reading lights last weekend.

Old light:

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New:

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Appalling quality pictures

Jez · 8 Feb 2013 at 18:07

Errr, so you now have a sunroof switch, but no sunroof? And a telephone mic, with no telephone (i assume thats what the dotted areas are)?

agw_01 · 8 Feb 2013 at 19:40

mattyprice4004 said:
Thinking of Nankang NS2, anything else decent but cheap in the 205/45/17 size?

How much are Kumho Ku31/39?

Much much much better than the NS2.

Jez said:
Errr, so you now have a sunroof switch, but no sunroof? And a telephone mic, with no telephone (i assume thats what the dotted areas are)?

Next thread update from Mat; "hai guys, I retro fitted a sunroof"

-westy- · 8 Feb 2013 at 20:01

agw_01 said:
Next thread update from Mat; "hai guys, I retro fitted a sunroof"

mattyprice4004 · 8 Feb 2013 at 20:05

agw_01 said:
How much are Kumho Ku31/39?

Much much much better than the NS2.

Next thread update from Mat; "hai guys, I retro fitted a sunroof"

I have a think against blanks, so couldn't just fit one to the new lights even though I have one here.

Bloody miss my sunroof :mad:

mattyprice4004 · 8 Feb 2013 at 20:05

Jez said:
Errr, so you now have a sunroof switch, but no sunroof? And a telephone mic, with no telephone (i assume thats what the dotted areas are)?

That is correct, however the dotted areas are the buttons for the map-reading lights.

Matt82 · 8 Feb 2013 at 21:31

Matt82 said:
ordered lambdas and more oil change stuff for the BMW

Hmmm cabling under the car is decimated.

Joys of buying a cheap car

mattyprice4004 · 8 Feb 2013 at 21:54

Matt82 said:
Hmmm cabling under the car is decimated.

Joys of buying a cheap car

Lambda wiring is always fun on older cars. The joys

Matt82 · 8 Feb 2013 at 22:19

It has been ruined by a previous monkey. Cables cut at diff lengths, twisted together and taped. Some had rf shielding which was actually shorting some connections. Due to the butchery ive no idea which set of cables is for which bank.

gumpy321 · 9 Feb 2013 at 11:50

Alibaba99 said:
I doubt the MAF sensor is part of the throttle body, they are normally on the exit from the airbox. Probably either the TPS or even part of the control system for an electronic throttle.

Yes, it was the TPS.

Anyway, I got it off the following morning. Cleaned the TB out, and the cleaned the air intake into the engine as that was filthy too. Now runs smoother and the response is a lot better. Sparks plugs aren't sooting up either now and a firing normally.

Gribs · 9 Feb 2013 at 12:25

mattyprice4004 said:
Grrr!

Just done a tyre check and I'm looking at 3x new tyres (going to do all 4 anyway) in the next month - about 3mm of tread left.

Thinking of Nankang NS2, anything else decent but cheap in the 205/45/17 size?

Looking at £55 a corner fitted or £46 a corner from Camskill.

Are you just taking the **** now? First the illegal chav lights (all HID's are illegal unless type approved) now budget ditch finders

.

I've used Nankang NS2's on a £200 Volvo 940 that needed new tyres and for the £30 they cost at the time they were actually ok and coped fine with the 155bhp it put through the rear wheels. The wear rate was high though and I doubt I would have got much more than 10k out of them.

Matt82 · 9 Feb 2013 at 15:31

OMGGG

New lambdas on. Exhaust instantly smells normal at idle and when warm.

Throttle pedal feels practically linear now. Only had a quick test drive but it light up the rears in second in a straight line which it has never done before in the dry