Recent content by DaveL485

Yes and its been well serviced all its life too, and particularly with me having 5w50 synthetic every 3 or 4 thousand miles. You can see in the last set of updates how good the cam lobes are, no scoring at all, the engine is very healthy and pulls great.

And now to the rather surprising news. I've taken a deposit and the Vee will be going to a new home at the end of the month, assuming all goes to plan. This will be the 3rd car this year I have sold (without even writing a for sale ad for any of them lol). I am still unsure how I feel about it...

800 Renaults at Losange Passion, me and my homie @rogerreno at the 21 display area I didnt take many pics because 1)I was on track with the V6 and navigating the admin/language barrier was interesting, and 2) it was SWELTERING. 41 degrees at its hottest, absolutely brutal. The black tarmac...

Did a few road test miles and it was in fine form, really pleased with the work done. Not so pleased with the wallet rash from the spendy parts mind lol. I mean, at a garage i'm paying what, 3... maybe 4 grand for all this so I guess at my cost, around a grand, its not terrible. We left for...

Somewhere in there I refitted the sump too, and changed the oil and filter, the filter is in a SHITE place on these and even with all my kit and oil filter sockets the easiest way to crank the old filter off is to hammer a screwdriver through it. Messy, but effective. Then on to the front, new...

Other bank cleaning up Was waiting for parts so also decided to do coils and plugs. Regretted that decision when I saw the bill! £225 for six coils and six spark plugs...eek. Ordered anyway then dropped the sump pan. Its exposed to the OSR arch and they rust on the corner so I wanted to get...

Inlet manifold off to access the rocker covers Yuk. It happens though doesnt it, gaskets get old and hard over time, its 24 years old now so cant complain at service life (but I can at parts availability lol) Covers removed with no major issues, the plastic rockers the gasket pulled out...

Oh and found a tip under the ash tray :D

Heater blower wasnt working on any speed, its usually the thermal fuse in the resistor pack so I pulled that out and tested but it was OK (for a change). I mean, this isnt good because it means the issue will be infinitely harder to fix :rolleyes: Diagnosed the issue was in the slider switch...

Rear brakes cleaned up, not binding and not worn so just derusted. Fuel filter changed out New dipstick fitted as the hook was broken on the old one, red heatshrink to make it red again.

Boot catch wasnt working, so fixed that, the rod had come off the handle. 5 mins to fix, but satisfying. On to the brakes, front calipers were binding so sourced some new ones. Discs and pads didnt have much wear at all so cleaned up and hopefully will go again Bled up and all...

Rinsed out the cooling system. Over and over and over again Then did the belts, and a bit of a clean up while I was there. Before During After - also fitted a good used tensioner, the bearings in the old one were worn. Old PAS and Alt belt were not good. Better - new...

Repaired the original TPS

This car has been around a few owners lately but now resides with Craig who contacted me for some support. It was (supposedly) running but idling at 2500rpm for a few seconds then stalling out. It arrived on a truck - battery flat, no clutch pedal, obviously hadnt run in quite a while...

I dont suppose anyone came across a liquid yellow front tow eye cover late in the day at Cadwell did they? I usually take it out and put it in the glove box but its not there. I have ransacked the cars and no sign :( From a MK4 220 trophy. I was at the far end of the pits near the toilet block...