if I have to explain it .. but if you subsequently presented warranty claim in the vicinity of what you had **** around with guess what they'd say.
What have you done to your car today?
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You only quoted half of my very short comment. Nothing in the Reddit post talks about things that have been interfered with. Just damaged Vs component failure.
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Black is clearly 3 microns thicker and hence totally compromises the cooling aperture…
The size of that cone, with a heatshield and the standard air duct still in place I'd be shocked if it has lost you power. It is more likely you've gained one or two ponies.
The losing power thing is more when people rip out all the carefully engineered ducting and pipework and stick a cheap eBay cone filter directly above the exhaust manifold, like MK1/2 MX5 people do. (and like I have done before as well)
Now that will definitely lose you some! But you do get a 30% dort increase so its worth it.
The losing power thing is more when people rip out all the carefully engineered ducting and pipework and stick a cheap eBay cone filter directly above the exhaust manifold, like MK1/2 MX5 people do. (and like I have done before as well)
Now that will definitely lose you some! But you do get a 30% dort increase so its worth it.
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Wife managed to pick up a chip in her windscreen this morning, too big to repair according to the local National Windscreen place and I'm pretty sure she won't have looked for windscreen cover when sorting her insurance so possibly a nice big bill coming. 
Wife managed to pick up a chip in her windscreen this morning, too big to repair according to the local National Windscreen place and I'm pretty sure she won't have looked for windscreen cover when sorting her insurance so possibly a nice big bill coming.
'windscreen cover?! how will I see out the car!?'
Not in this case, she'd gone for the billy basics Hastings offering. Halfords have said they'll have a crack...at repairing it. After measuring it when she got home it is just under the limit for repair so hopefully the National guy was just being over cautious.
If not you'll find an indie windscreen feller to do it. I had a big rock chip and a 6 inch crack in the windscreen of the Alto works. Local guy still sorted it for me, just couldn't guarantee it.
He redirected the crack towards the edge of the screen so if it did spread it wouldn't go far, drilled the ends, and filled it all in with resin.
Fitted a new NSR brake caliper to the 335d. It has infrequently been binding for the last couple of weeks, but developed to being an unwanted feature of every journey by Thursday. Fortunately, I'm off work this week, so it was reasonable timing for a change.
I then procrastinated (I was supposed to do an oil change today) by removing the rear wheel arch lining on both sides to check for rust where the arch meets the sill, as I have seen a couple of reports of rust holes developing in that area. Luckily, the nearside looked fine, but it needed two handfuls of damp dirt clearing out before it got a coating of Bilt Hamber anti-corrosion wax. The offside showed the very early stages of a patch of surface rust, so that got sorted after another two handfuls of damp dirt was removed.
Oil change tomorrow, then as long as no more dust-rain is predicted I'll clean both of the cars.
Next week I'm doing a rare thing for me, which is paying for work to be done on my car. I'm having a new crankshaft pulley and two new belts fitted to the 335d, as I don't have the proper tools for the job, and I'm past the mileage where the internet says a lot of the pulleys fail. Probably not necessary, but it'll be another nagging thought out of my head.
I then procrastinated (I was supposed to do an oil change today) by removing the rear wheel arch lining on both sides to check for rust where the arch meets the sill, as I have seen a couple of reports of rust holes developing in that area. Luckily, the nearside looked fine, but it needed two handfuls of damp dirt clearing out before it got a coating of Bilt Hamber anti-corrosion wax. The offside showed the very early stages of a patch of surface rust, so that got sorted after another two handfuls of damp dirt was removed.
Oil change tomorrow, then as long as no more dust-rain is predicted I'll clean both of the cars.
Next week I'm doing a rare thing for me, which is paying for work to be done on my car. I'm having a new crankshaft pulley and two new belts fitted to the 335d, as I don't have the proper tools for the job, and I'm past the mileage where the internet says a lot of the pulleys fail. Probably not necessary, but it'll be another nagging thought out of my head.
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Got the steering pump replaced on the Mondeo today. Wallet cried but at least there is no weird sound coming off it and the notchiness has disappeared.
Simplified the screenwash system on the E30 because it didn't work properly and it had started leaking from a few places.
The car was optioned with intensive wash / headlight wash-wipe, which means there are two reservoirs under the bonnet, one for the windscreen, and one for the headlights.
The headlight reservoir has its own pump, and the windscreen reservoir has two pumps, one for regular washes, and a supplemental one for "intensive wash".
There are two hoses that go up the bonnet to the washer nozzles, one from each pump. The hoses each go via a check valve, into a T check valve, then each output goes to a T piece where they rejoin, and the output from those go to the washer jets.
Then theres a hose that goes along the flitch tray to the headlights via a check valve and a T and another check valve...
And theres a control module for the intensive wash, and a couple of sensors.
The rear screenwash is its own entity with its own reservoir and pump in the boot. So originally it has four washer pumps and three washer reservoirs...
The headlight wash/wipe system didn't work on my car, and I never used the intensive wash (half the point of it was the headlight wash anyway) so I removed the headlight wash pump, the supplementary pump, all the check valves and T pieces, the control module, and half a mile of hose, and chucked it all in a box. Other than the pipe which went in the bin.
It now has, one functional reservoir with one pump, one pipe that goes up the bonnet via a check valve to a T piece that goes to the washer jets.
Thats it... And it works better than it ever has...
The car was optioned with intensive wash / headlight wash-wipe, which means there are two reservoirs under the bonnet, one for the windscreen, and one for the headlights.
The headlight reservoir has its own pump, and the windscreen reservoir has two pumps, one for regular washes, and a supplemental one for "intensive wash".
There are two hoses that go up the bonnet to the washer nozzles, one from each pump. The hoses each go via a check valve, into a T check valve, then each output goes to a T piece where they rejoin, and the output from those go to the washer jets.
Then theres a hose that goes along the flitch tray to the headlights via a check valve and a T and another check valve...
And theres a control module for the intensive wash, and a couple of sensors.
The rear screenwash is its own entity with its own reservoir and pump in the boot. So originally it has four washer pumps and three washer reservoirs...
The headlight wash/wipe system didn't work on my car, and I never used the intensive wash (half the point of it was the headlight wash anyway) so I removed the headlight wash pump, the supplementary pump, all the check valves and T pieces, the control module, and half a mile of hose, and chucked it all in a box. Other than the pipe which went in the bin.
It now has, one functional reservoir with one pump, one pipe that goes up the bonnet via a check valve to a T piece that goes to the washer jets.
Thats it... And it works better than it ever has...
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Put a cone filter on my cooper S, and even though I know it'll likely lose performance, the sound it makes gives me more smiles than the 5bhp
I also think it looks better than the oem airbox, but I'm obviously biased.
May i ask what cone filter it is ?
years ago when i did that sort of thing, i had a pipercross one on my clio sport, and it sounded lovely !
enjoy !
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It's a ramair one. It sounds like an owl with a sore throat and I love it.
Got in to the E92 earlier to move it forward so that I could give the E46 a good clean inside and out. Put the E92 in Drive to be met with a binding noise as I tried to creep forward. Hmm, I haven't done any work on the car since Wednesday and I even used it yesterday evening without a problem. Got out to have a look and didn't get very far. The car has decided it doesn't like its original ride height and the off side front spring has snapped while parked overnight. The car isn't 'slammed' on that corner and I didn't walk past it to get in the car, which is why I guess I didn't notice it. It is actually the sort ride height I'd probably go for if I wanted to lower it a bit, but its no good with a broken spring.
I haven't used Euro Car Parts since 2019, but it is the only place I could get decent quality (Sachs) spring before early next week. Annoyingly, the 'local' (22 miles away) ECP only had one in stock, so to get the car moving again it'll have to make do with one new spring, and possibly look at bit lop-sided, until I can get another one. That is all under the assumption that ECP have given me the correct spring for the car...
The E46 is out of proper action at the moment, so I can't use that for work. I had to borrow my dad's car to get to ECP.
Fitting a new spring wasn't what I wanted to be doing just before the end of my annual leave.
I haven't used Euro Car Parts since 2019, but it is the only place I could get decent quality (Sachs) spring before early next week. Annoyingly, the 'local' (22 miles away) ECP only had one in stock, so to get the car moving again it'll have to make do with one new spring, and possibly look at bit lop-sided, until I can get another one. That is all under the assumption that ECP have given me the correct spring for the car...
The E46 is out of proper action at the moment, so I can't use that for work. I had to borrow my dad's car to get to ECP.
Fitting a new spring wasn't what I wanted to be doing just before the end of my annual leave.
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Went to Motech for 20mm lowering springs, stands much better now drives smoother as well
On Saturday I replaced the rear suspension bushings on my mate's ND MX5. Was a really easy job actually and much faster than I expected. I guess that's what comes with working on a 4-year-old car vs my usual fare of 20-years.... Saved him a couple of grand, so he was happy.
I also replaced the steering wheel on my S2000 and cleaned it, ready for the spring / summer.
I also replaced the steering wheel on my S2000 and cleaned it, ready for the spring / summer.