So yesterday was judgement day for the car! It had started getting worse with the jerking and cutting out etc so the trip to ED couldn't come soon enough.
Arrived bright an early on Monday, had a quick chat with Andy and left him to get on with it. This morning i spoke to Andy again and he confirmed it was the crankshaft sensor causing me all the troubles! He said that they just touched the wire and it cut out, so a new one was fitted
Next he noted some slight play in the track rod end so got that swapped. I will list the full work below, but i drove it home on the back roads and must say I'm very happy with the car now and I can't recommend Andy and ED enough. He said he had seen a lot worse and the car drove okay with a strong engine so that made my day.
Work Carried Out:
* Full uprated Gates timing belt kit, water pump & Dephaser pulley
* Full Alt belt kit
* Oil & filter
* Air filter
* Pollen filter
* Spark Plugs
* Brake Fluid
* Fully Synthetic Gear Oil
* Coolant / Antifreeze (Long Service, Red OAT)
* Network scan (uprated diagnostic check)
* Vehicle Road Test
* Alignment
* Balance front wheels
* Track rod end
* Crank sensor
* Dyno Run
* Service book completed and stamped
There were some advisories noted by Andy, some i was aware of some I will need to sort:
* Play in power steering pump
* Rear brake pipe on the axle is starting to corrode
* N/S/R caliper ever so slightly sticking
* No rear fog bulbs (ordered some)
* N/S/F dipped beam not working (need to fit the bulbs)
As you can see pulled some healthy numbers on the dyno and it's relatively smooth, i was expecting around the 160 range tbh. Anyways now that's all done i can focus on suspension, exhaust and some nice wheels.