Recent content by Martin_172

my 197 was very bad, I replaced the oring on the map sensor and got one of those securing brackets, it was like a new car, the RSTuner map also made a big differnce especially when cold

Fair play thats good going! has it been fairly reliable? EDIT: That smile your on dashcam sticker is absolute nonce behaviour however

That's minor, fixed loads like that, blow torch, block of wood and hammer and hit it out

Euro are showing availability from Monday but that's a full timing belt kit

I've had this with a tensioner before, while you could line up your old tensioner, get a feel for it and then set your new tensioner the same regardless of the marks its probably worth just getting a replacement.

W166 PJM got broken for parts not long after i sold it

few Ive owned over the years

I've no idea, I've got an autel and it allows me to do it in the ECU hot functions menu it also allows me to increase or decrease idle by 100rpm of the factory base

This won't do anything. Unplug the TB and leave it disconnected for 30 seconds, once reconnected turn ignition on and leave it for 30 seconds before starting. When doing this you hear the TB running through a sequence (on the 1.2 16v anyway!) Or plug in diagnostic machine and reset adaptations

Rare in that colour but the fact the side skirt rivets have been painted over and rust is visible at the base, id bet there's a nasty surprise under that side skirt

Looks perfectly normal to me?

EFI, having owned a handful of them and had a few maps, EFI is the place to go. The injectors are pushed pretty hard from factory though and some places wont even map them on standard injectors. Pop a set of 172/182 injectors in it though and you will have 135hp ish - can push upwords towards...

I don't know much about these engines, there will no doubt be some golden threads on here from back in the day. As you say you wont really get much more power from it and will struggle to find any aftermarket parts these days but just stick to the old school tuning methods, cone filter with as...

Rubbish weather today but still got some time to start a clean up. Fitted a set of new genuine mats Loving the little details of stuff I haven't seen for years!

Weathers been too crap today to give it a clean and get a good look at it but this is promising!