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I would be in on this, I'm bored shitless tonight. Sadly my xbox red ringed last weekend so it's off being fixed.
Gamertag should be pretty easy to guess ;)
sounds like the cups havn't fully seated in the manifold end. You need to bottom out the nuts on the thread or as the gasket wears the assembly will just be loose
I think your problem is the fact you have them on softest setting, you'll be under damping for the springs. turn the damping up and it will be less crashy. All you're doing by under damping is causing a big mis-match
it is at the moment. Paint's falling off because the meathead that sprayed it didn't use enough primer (none in some places). Not sure what i'll do really, just got the throttle bodies on so keeping it as is for a while yet
lose the bosch plugs. If you can't get PFR6E-10, at least get NGK BCPR6ES which are the equivalent grade plug but copper core and a LOT cheaper. Platinum tip plugs (PFR designation) just burn a little cleaner to protect the cat.
Having said that I dont think it's your issue, you need to get...
Mark is correct, second lambda is just a warning indicator to tell you when the cat isn't working.
I think it sounds like a temp sensor, or maybe MAP sensor. I'd change the coolant temp sensor first
I'd say £800 absolute tops. Not an especially desirable year or spec, nasty wheels and steering wheel and no way to know what the gearbox, suspension etc is like. I'd have something like that for 700-800 is i'd known it before it went pop and had the original bits with it
timing isn't adjustable. Cambelt fitted wrong is a possible, also really crap fuel (contaminated) would cause issues. Are you sure it's not just a manifold blow?
Regarding oil consumption, is there a leak, or does it seem to be burning the oil?
probably a loom fault then, pretty common. There will be a short in the wiring that was jolted by the bump and opened up the throttle (it's electronic)
I'm in Bedford so probably closest to you if you want the belts doing. I'm mobile so can come to you, or you can bring it over to me whichever suits :)