Recent content by alistairolsen

It would make sense before you remove it to do the usual checks of plug condition, compression test and so on to make sure all is well. Once out, look over it before cleaning and find any leaks which should be addressed whilst out. If you're doing the cambelt you'll need to do the two blanks...

Cheers, I'll have a look. It's a proper pain, as blue was blue and red was red and yellow and green are just about anything now. I always drop the bottom hose, but you'll never get the full 7l out, about half if you're lucky on most cars. Short of removing the radiator and heater matrix and...

I've just replaced my radiator and flushed the engine with a hose and then two flushes of water, running it to temp inbetween to circulate with the thermostat open, so I'm fairly happy that its now just plain water in the system. Now I need to put coolant in. Because I wont get all the water...

Check the three small relays in the engine bay fusebox and swap them with one another, they go faulty where they still click but dont operate correctly/reliably.

Are they not just bonded in?

What are people using for small parts storage? I've been using these for years: But they keep updating and adding features and now they seem to be about £30 each which is about 3x what I'd like. £££ What's everyone else using? Cheers

Some of the cars in the background, and their respective ages at the time are cool!

Does your code scanner let you view the live data from the lambda as a graph? High CO and the lambda off scale suggests there's something funny going on with the engine/fuelling rather than just a dead cat I would think - but happy to be proven wrong!

old/malfunctioning lambda sensors - if not replaced recently I'd replace the front one. Defective coolant temperature sensor causing enrichment - Check with an OBD2 scanner Poor thermostat preventing temperature reaching the correct operating range - parcel in check with above CAT not being hot...

This, I think the last time I used tools on a car to get home was when my bora spat the innards out of the turbo on Stelvio. Clamped the oil feed and switched the inlet pipework around and finished the trip with no boost. Since then I've always made it home, up until a month ago when the Z3...

£700 for my current one when I bought it in 2017. Needed a battery, tyres and an MOT along with all the usual niggly clio faults that needed sorting. 2 weeks driving later it spat the crank oil seal, produced a massive smokescreen and contaminated the clutch

Rear beam bushes

It's a brave new world. Policing driving without regard for context, or correctness of data reporting. I think I've probably peaked at 2019 registration year and I can find no excitement for modern cars at all.

Depending on when the belt was done, how the cars been stored and whether you're paying for the work to be done or doing it yourself, I'd just do the belt, it's time expired, not mileage. Certainly I'd leave the dephasor (plenty will disagree). Tensioner and idler rollers I'd inspect for rust...

Yeah agreed! Battery voltage is good, and I've tried it with a battery charger connected to elevate it a little too. Main earths are also good (battery to body is new, gearbox to body was cleaned up when the box was out for a recent clutch, Main engine loom to body shares a post with the...