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There is no f*cking way any of you benders would have been able to remove my filter, the claw thing damn near crushed it in to a cube before it even moved an inch, if you can undo your filter by hand then it wasn't tight enough in the first place.
Leaving the fuel rail guard in place is the hardest way of doing it, there's no bloody space to get in there as it is, leaving it in place makes it damn near impossible to remove the thing.
A small socket extension will do the trick, but you'll have to put it in there by hand, then connect the...
Tbh any tool is better than nothing, you'll never get it off by hand.
I thought I could just He-Man it off with my hand, but despite having put the old one on by hand, it had formed an incredibly tight seal that I thought even the tool wasn't going to move, i've also tried the screwdriver...
8mm square for the sump plug and that tool will work but I found them to be a right nightmare, the chain kept slipping and just ground the paint off, I bought one of these claw things that I found easy to use...
It certainly revved better and felt faster but that could have been the placebo affect, but I gave my Mum a lift the day before and the day after I switched from ITG to Pipercross and even she said 'have you done something else to this car, it feels faster' and she's a middle aged women that...
Personally I don't rate ITG, their triple foam construction makes them very think and less free flowing than other filters, I prefer Pipercoss I had one as a panel filter in my standard box and have one in my V6 Espase airbox.
If you wanted a standard airbox i'm sure someone would be willing to do a straight swap for your K-Tec/Fatty style kit, they're very popular on here and people are always looking for cheap mods that give gains, i'm sure someone with standard boxes looking to upgrade would jump at the chance of a...
I can't see why anyone gives a sh*t what people think of their car, I just tell people I have an old 2.0L Clio when they ask, no one's going to be impressed by a Clio regardless of how good it is so I don't bother trying to explain, 'but it's a fast one and handles really well so it's no just...
I know what you mean, i've had so many good memories in my car, it's been very reliable on the whole and has mods i'm happy with so I wouldn't want to get rid of it either, plus if the engine blew up i've got a whole forum of mates that would help me drop in a replacement so i'd only really have...
I'd say if the cost of dropping another engine in is the same or more than buying another 1*2, it might just be worth cutting your losses and getting another car, at least you can get a few hundred quid back selling the Cup, even with a buggered engine.
If you can pick another cheap engine up...
You can use 0W/40, 5W/40 & 10W/40, mixing any of those will be fine,
If for example you've got some 5W30 then the viscosity will be different which isn't a good idea.