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Actually I missed that bit! I would be finding another mechanic who can be bothered to pinpoint it!

do you let it cool down before you turn it off when you have been driving it hard?

As above brake cleaner, 5l will be well more than enough for even the worst oil leak and costs about a tenner from the factors, get a pump action pressure sprayer and just spray the s**t out it.

Yeah mine has all of the above but not the keyless entry, and it has the correct carbon centre console but without the space for a button so i assume it just have been an option or something. One less thing to go wrong i suppose as my mrs has a terrible track record with key cards lol

yeah my understanding is that the climate control was standard on them along with the full leather and the silver bits on the outside. Mine has electric folding mirrors which i think were a £100 option Oddly enough even as an 09 plate it has a key where my 57 plate R27 had keyless entry, what...

yeah non cup chassis, only options on it are Xenons & electric folding mirrors as far as i can see!

Welcome RödErik, a 2005 will be electric PAS, everything apart from the RS was electric PAS from PH2 2001 onwards (from what I can remember!, the 1.2 definitely was!) Yes you can simply remove the belt to the AC compressor and you will be fine with that. They can get a little noisy when they run...

342bhp 358lb/ft (I'm usually good at these!!!!)

Ramair in the bin!!! Much better, I can drive it without feeling embarrassed every time I try and speed up to catch a green light in the middle of the town. Gearbox next 😠

My man maths also missed out from the equation that if i put an F4RT in it, i can use the 197 internals in the RaceVAN....

Yeah been there done that got the t-shirt, I sold my R27 as it kept f**king trying to bankrupt me, in fact wasn't that the same car?! lol

cheers for the offer mate but I think I'm just going to have them done on the car to save stripping the door cards etc!

FFS.... spotted it on eBay with 20 seconds to go, a quick read of the description and a bid in with a few secs to go and it was mine for £3k, was that a good price? I'm sure the next few days/weeks/months will clarify that!! eBay ad pics... Picked it up on Sunday, my 3 concerns were the 3x...

Mate, all your electrical systems shut down as they do when their is a power issue The starter clicks, as they do when there is a power issue. You had to bump start it as you do when you have a power issue. What is the voltage when it's running? It should be 14v. If it's not, check the...

Why was the alternator changed recently? it will 100% be the battery either going flat or dying so it can only really be a fucked battery or the alternator not charging it. in my experience you get, in this order: ABS/ESP/Serv light on Stereo goes off speedo cuts out power steering dies lights...

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It's 100% power related as that's the systems just shutting down 1 by 1. When you say the alternator was brand new where did you get it? Was it branded or a cheapo?

This cracked me up :ROFLMAO:

Alternator has failed and the battery has gone flat would be my guess.

piss easy on a ph1, done one yesterday for the first time remove 2x torx screws under the steering column cowling to allow you to move the top half (doesnt just pop off like a ph2) remove 2x torx screws behind the cowling under the dials remove the torx screw at either side of the dash top where...

undo top mount, undo lower damper bolt, undo drop link, knock hub down to release shock, remove shock. get some penetrating fluid and soak it the night before if your worried about releasing the shock from the hub but I've never had any issues with them tbh

Get the AC and the Hydraulic PAS off it, I couldn't believe the difference in how mine tears through the revs now

They are just such a cool thing to cut about in! And the comedy factor makes it for me!

Google says its a 150mm Rolson stainless steel ruler if that helps

the airbox wasn't clipped on right when I picked it up and it sounded amazing! its SLOW AS s**t though :ROFLMAO:

probably still loose money on it when I sell by the time I go overboard!

Saturday was time to fit the wheels. They got the tyres removed, a decent scrub then the new tyres fitted with some fresh valves. It pissed with rain soon after doing the trim dressing on Friday night so it needs re done, but other than that I'm mega pleased with the results! I've still to do...

Guy was buying a Hyundai i30 at work that we had up for sale. He wondered if we would give him anything for his Clio to save him the hassle of scrapping it.... we gave him £350 off the Hyundai for it, after a brief look round it I gave my boss £300 and it was mine! Someone came in looking for a...

The throttle response is like nothing I've ever driven, it is genuinely hard to drive for the first few minutes to you recalibrate your right foot! This one on 90 odd k feels nice and tight to drive, goes well. Like most VAG stuff of that era rust on the front wings and suspension components and...

pass ive not done one for years, id stick to genuine for the cable and probably an hours work.