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I’ll be following this thread.
Literally just started planning my Euro trip too. Picking the new car up end of the year, so want a nice drive to run it in etc.
I’ll be starting in Bilbao also and heading to Monaco again.
I wouldn’t flush it.
Just get some halfrauds cheap fully synthetic oil in it and run it for 2k miles and then drop it again for new oil and filter again.
Can someone confirm this then, or rather @massivewangers can you break the above down again in plain English for me 🙉😂
So in theory I could tow a small car and trailer that’s under that 3500kg workout doing the B+E?
Is the licence only for over 3500Kg?
Edit: all I’ll really be doing is...
@pule333 can you give me a bit of insight to the trailer test please?
If I’m reading correctly online, it says you have to bring your own trailer?
How did your day plan out? What was the test like?
This car just keeps getting better - MPG has improved since getting the belts done..!
It’s gone from 69-70 to 74-75mpg average.
Filled up when the fuel light came on - £57 gave me this range..
You can leave the heating controls as they are and just do an a/c and pas delete set up.
I’d definitely swap the rear beam over - no chance I’d keep drums on, unless @Brigsy can say different? You’ve got the 182 master cylinder and everything to swap over, so should be straight forward enough?
This is crazy.. how you think people on the internet can diagnose a car with such vague description baffles me.
Yes, there are common faults - but in order for it to even be diagnosed as common fault, a good description or codes need to be given.
Given the cat did throw up a code, yes - that...
No idea why you wouldn’t have changed the discs and pads together, with them being changed so close together - your just doing the job twice.
As long as your discs aren’t totally worn with lips on the edges that’ll wear through the pads, you should be fine.
If the pads are still evenly worn...
Update - 04.09.2019
Collected the car from the garage today after having the;
1) Timing belt kit
2) Water pump
3) Coolant
4) Aux belt
£320 inc labour @130,259 miles
To say the car is feeling good now is an understatement. It drives 10000X better compared to the day I bought it...
If the glow plugs are old - I’d put my money on them then. I had the same issues and expected the worse. I bought genuine Bosch glow plugs off eBay and it starts on the button again.
Exactly the same issues as what you stated. But without the glow plug light on. Maybe I changed mine sooner than...