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Good to see its still giving good service.
Didnt know that ren say 3,5ltrs consumption is acceptable, crazy really!
To check turbo just drop the exhaust off at the turbo and look for signs of oil on the exhaust turbine. If its wet with oil turbo is on its way. When my blue dci was using...
Pull the loom out and do it on the bench. Might need to depin/repin some connectors but apart from that easy enough. Id run the original style plastic conduit in areas that might chafe, could tape the rest if you wanted or use braided cable sleeve and finish the ends with heatshrink.
Quick win
High level brake light had a chunk missing out of the corner. Ive been looking for a replacement for a while but not easy to find as it has a washer jet fitted for rear wiper and most panel vans do not have it, and couldnt be arsed spending £50 on a new one. Anyway a used one turned...
1.4 keyset wont work as immobiliser wont be matched to 197 ecu. You would need a full 197 setup off the same car, ecu, uch, key, steering lock as all coded together.
Best bet is to get the steering lock fixed and coded
Updates, not moved much as been mega busy but had the occasional run out. No issues to report running great
Bought another set of compomotive centre caps to have in stock for when another one goes awol
Give it a good clean up and a coating of Gtecnhiq c2v3, AG trim gel on the bumpers.
Need to...
Jack with a 4" pad is best they never move or if it does move slightly then it aint slipping off the rail, the lugs on the edges of the pad stop it from going too far.
The diy jacks with 2" jack point are terrible for moving. Best thing i done was investing in a proper trade spec low profile jack.