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These non sports without sunroofs?

Pretty sure I got it flush that's the thing

Must be the seal itself then

That's a good shout actually. I didn't put any sealant on it and certainly didn't notice an o ring. Thing is the bracket sits under it so harder to nip it up for a proper seal. What sort of gasket sealer do you recommend? Don't want silicone getting in there. Access looks pretty tight to get...

Absolutely shite isn't it! Was so tight to remove the old one id be worried about damaging the new seal getting it out again. Did you just push in your solenoid to seat it? I can't believe it's one single bracket that holds the sensor down in place. Shocking design

Cleaned all the sensor before fitting it but some may have escaped. I'll try my best to clean up the oil and see if it comes back. It's not exactly spitting it out as it's just sat in the seal. Proper annoying as I just changed the gaskets on the mani and didn't want to be taking it all apart...

Changed the seal on the vvt solenoid on Saturday and I looked today and it appears to be seeping oil. Is it likely I've not seated it properly? I tapped it in with sockets and made sure it was sat flush then slid in the vvt and tapped that down then tightened up the 10mm bolt.

Decided to change the vvt seal as I'd noticed lots of oil kicking around. What a mess. Took a fair bit of persuasion to remove the seal but got there in the end! All cleaned up and the new seal tapped home with a 27 and 30mm socket. Cleaned up the solenoid and pushed that back in then gave...

Such a s**t design! Both my o rings look fine now after swapping from another map sensor but it's still loose. Might see if I can 3d print a bracket similar to on the 197/200. Or I'll wrap it in PTFE ? Vans looking ace mate, 2118s are the best

What o ring sizes did you use on the map sensor mate?

So removed my map sensor to find a damaged green o ring. I got sent a used map sensor with good o-rings and swapped it over but Its pretty slack in the inlet manifold. How are everyone else's? Worried about getting an air leak tbh.

They'll be fine mate, dont really tend to wear and you just tighten up the bolt in it anyway.

Can't buy them I dont think. You can get them in brass from @Yanoo

He wont take you to court

Managed to remove it without damaging any of the clips and it was just oil, o-ring seems fine so wasn't letting anything past it. Cleaned it up and refitted it. Thanks for your help Carl

Take a picture. Please.

Schweet. Presume it'll just dissolve off to a certain extent? What're the symptoms if it isn't working properly?

Cleaned up all my inlet manifold and masked off the grey air intake sensor but didn't remove it. Painted them up and I've looked down through the inlet with a torch and can see some paint has tracked down onto it... Does it need replacing? I can remove it and try cleaning it but would this be...

? Locked the doors to make sure @Dr Jekyll didn't sneak in

Yeah I know, but both go into the same place! Strange they'd use a HNBR and then what I presume to be a normal NBR?

I shoved it in the bath when the Mrs was out and coated it in degreaser then rinsed it all off. Used nylon brushes and brake cleaner to get into the tight areas but it came out clean quite easily. I got some halfords etch primer as a base so it could grip better too.

Nice one. I've just ordered a big set of green ones as I measured it to be 6.8 x 2 (ish). Are both the black and green the same? Weird they'd fit 2 different coloured ones

Yeah it's that anthracite wheel paint from Halfords that i told you about at csf. Proper happy with it. Only used just over a can of the stuff for all 3 parts!

Removed all the inlet manifold, throttle body and fuel rail guard for painting. Removed the map sensor but managed to damage part of the green o-ring. Anyone know the size to replace it? Also used the opportunity to clean up all the inside of the throttle body as it had been nearly 2 years...

Hi mate, was this the size required to replace the green o ring on the map sensor?

Anyone know the size required to replace the green one? Do Halfords stock it?

Literally just removed mine. Presume it's the rubber one with the crimped hose? Just put a screwdriver against the end of it and pull it. Should slide off

Not too much has happened recently. Drove a 500 mile round trip for work last week and it didn't miss a beat, got 44mpg for the journey too! Was helped by the endless 30mph and 50mph average speed camera zones... Gave it a wash, finished with black hole and then 2 coats of natty wax. Love how...

Go for a milltek system, they come up 2nd hand. Mine with decat non resonated and pretty much brand new was about 200 i think

Definitely overpriced. Look at the state of it