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Have noticed a spot of oil where the green circle is, it’s pooling in one of the rocker cover bolt recesses.
The spark plug and coil pack are dry. The solenoid for the dephaser also looks dry but it’s the only thing near it that has the potential to leak.
Take it that it’s a simple swap if...
Mine needs paint and I always wonder if I should change it to odyssey blue. It’s my favourite colour for them. Had an option to buy one about 10 years ago, should have done it.
Do like the gear gaiter on yours.
I am probably going to park the Clio up for over year or so while I save up some funds to do the bodywork and that on it. It probably wont get driven in this time, might have to move it when the drive is being done but that is it. It has about half a tank of 99 fuel in. Anyone used any additives...
My search criteria on eBay and AutoTrader was sub £2000 sort nearest first....there was very slim pickings. This was the closest (5miles up the road) that was total crap and has 11months MoT test left. Only issues are front bumper is cracked and the air con isn't cold.
Bought a new car so the usual thing I do is give it a good clean.
Its just a cheap run around for the time being, can't beat it for £1500. All it has too do is last me a year or more.
Headlights were the first to be done, this is them before. Used the 3M kit and then Meguires Headlight...
Ph1 #1 bought in 2013 for £750
Ph1 #2 bought in 2020 for £1200
Both were never "show" cars and needed work doing - the second one needed more doing to recomission it. Second one is for sale but I am reluctant to sell it as I won't be able to afford another one when I come around to buying...
I can’t remember if we had to state what car we are taking but I’m selling my Ph1 so might have to bring either my Z3 or brave it in the E34. Do we have to notify anyone of this or just rock up with whatever on the day? (Providing it is road legal and not an EV).
This is the worse thread on the forum. I hate it.
Makes me want to get my Ph1 in a showroom condition again and a full restoration work on it. Or buy another one and do what I said I would do with my current one and make it standard with a few nice extras and restored until I lost the plot and...
Little success on this.
Fuel pipe sorted so now I am not losing fuel at an alarming rate! Might need a more permanent fix but the hose I have kicking about home did go over the original hose but I might need to use actual brass joining fittings. It’s holding and that is all that matters.
Gear...
Fuel leak sorted 👍🏻 need to keep an eye on it just in case.
Next up is me giving myself a reason to get an LSD which is summed up by this picture
I’ll explain why…this is now on daily duties after going from 4 cars down to this is the only “working one” (holding off taxing the E34 but that...
Actually this won’t work. Just checked exactly where the split is and it’s so close to the connector into the filter my hose won’t go over the old hose and barbs on the fitting
Need to source the right hose and fittings
@mintno1 is the outside diameter pipe at the fuel filter the same as at the fuel rail?
I have found some left over fuel hose from my ITB conversion but the inside diameter is bigger than the inside diameter of standard hose. But standard hose does fit inside the hose I have and I’m thinking of...
You can see it spraying out from that bend when the car is on so I’m confident it’s there it’s leaking from.
What is annoying the car had half a tank in it yesterday. I started it and walked off and left it running like I usually do every few weeks, could smell fumes but we had just a heating...
Quick screen grabs from the photos on the day. Probably a little low resolution but I’ll download the album when I’m on my laptop next as I want to get one printed out to go next to my big picture of me at the Nurburgring in my E34.
Track day at Angelsey today. Was good...was bad.
First track day since fitting the ITBs and oh my it is amazing. Car drives a lot better, a lot smoother acceleration, bit more grunt and it sounds epic.
Weather was great. Got "set up" in the paddock....aka took the stuff out of the boot. Turned...
People probably know but for those that don’t - if you are planning on using a GoPro on your car make sure it is tethered/fixed to the car. I’ve just been told to remove my suction mount on the inside of my windscreen by one of the marshals at Angelsey as “it isn’t secure enough”. The up side of...
That E34 looks tidy.
I’ve seen many 520i but never another 535i driving. Hate seeing them in the road as it makes me feel bad for not using mine as much I probably should.
I had the Vibratechnics on my old Ph1, that was pretty good. Did add some extra vibrations and "harshness" to the ride but that was a track car so I was never really bothered. Easy to fit and looked good.
In my new Ph1 I have the original mount with a Powerflex insert and that does the job - I...
I’ve got loads of their parts on my various cars and very happy with the quality. Even have a box load of parts of theirs to fit to the Z3. I’d say it’s the only brand for generic parts I buy now thinking about it.
Decided to take a quick spin in the Clio this morning while it wasn’t raining, mainly to see how it was after several months of not moving and a bit of a shake down ready for Anglesey in a few weeks.
Got it off the drive, shut the gate and realised I needed to tax it 😬 £30 a month now...
Not sure if this is the same but I've experienced that my hazzards will come on with no clicking noise or alarm noise if either I open it too quickly after unlocking it or the battery is a bit flat - cannot work out which one of the two but I would want to say a the later with a flatter battery...
Giving this a little once over as it’s not been driven since December and I’m going to tax it for April. Started first time and ran really well which I am very surprised about! Drove it up and down the drive a bit to try and clean the brakes off but will need a good run next week. Good weather...