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Finished a head gasket repair on a friends 1.4 Turbo Zaf C.

Been a pig of a job, mainly thanks to the moron garage that has been taking cash for previous work and servicing.

Head skimmed as it had been cooked and warped, broken coolant hose replaced (it had been wrapped in self amalgamating tape), repaired the vac connection from the manifold to the brake servo which had been snapped off and plugged with a bolt, replaced the missing two bolts on the water pump,  fitted a new stat as they had gutted it so no internals (how the hell did they think that would help!).

Got it running and it shat its oil load all over the road as the turbo oil feed pipe fractured due to being distorted/bent and rubbing on the manifold, the chain tensioner also decided it had had enough (head gasket on these is done without removing the chain assembly and timing cover).

I have not seen black death in a cylinder head like this since the days of the crappy Ford CVH lumps, two hours cleaning and a couple of trips through the dish washer (bottom end was not as bad as I dropped the sump to check big ends and the pickup gauze) to get it up to scratch

Yeah, but I bet my Zaf's intakes were shittier than this, LOL

Perhaps I should have been clearer about the video...

There's too much back round noise to hear what the engine is doing, if anything, when the rpm spikes.

No driving and no radio. Just the rpm and the engine.

And for the third or fourth time, have you tried removing and reseating the cluster?

There aren't too many places to divert to in that part of the world... If you want the aircraft back in one piece that is

You could always look to find somebody good with a soldering iron, the failure mode on the ABS module is a fractured bond wire, in fact two, (as there are two in parallel to increase current handling), not to hard to repair but it is fiddly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpBmT0s8GnY

Great thanks I will try!
And I created another video for rpm problem, Mabey it would more clear.
https://youtu.be/tgfxWicssL8?si=s0sWJNb4javBIs4Y

On my India trips recently we have indeed been traveling across Iraq and hanging a left before Ukraine when heading to/from Dubai   

Finished a head gasket repair on a friends 1.4 Turbo Zaf C.

Been a pig of a job, mainly thanks to the moron garage that has been taking cash for previous work and servicing.

Head skimmed as it had been cooked and warped, broken coolant hose replaced (it had been wrapped in self amalgamating tape), repaired the vac connection from the manifold to the brake servo which had been snapped off and plugged with a bolt, replaced the missing two bolts on the water pump,  fitted a new stat as they had gutted it so no internals (how the hell did they think that would help!).

Got it running and it shat its oil load all over the road as the turbo oil feed pipe fractured due to being distorted/bent and rubbing on the manifold, the chain tensioner also decided it had had enough (head gasket on these is done without removing the chain assembly and timing cover).

I have not seen black death in a cylinder head like this since the days of the crappy Ford CVH lumps, two hours cleaning and a couple of trips through the dish washer (bottom end was not as bad as I dropped the sump to check big ends and the pickup gauze) to get it up to scratch

You could always look to find somebody good with a soldering iron, the failure mode on the ABS module is a fractured bond wire, in fact two, (as there are two in parallel to increase current handling), not to hard to repair but it is fiddly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpBmT0s8GnY

Years ago it used to be normal practice when coming up  behind someone you wanted to get past, to give a quick non aggressive flash of the headlights, and more often than not they would move out of the way to let you past.
Do that these days, and someone might just force you off the road and stab you. 

Many years ago I was travelling up the chalk hills on the M40 when I came up behind a Vauxhall Senator in lane 3. It sat in lane 3 for some time so as I approached I gave a quick flash of my headlights. The Senator moved in to lane 2 so as I passed it I gave a two tone horn thank you and raised my hand as I passed. He responded with a two tone horn acknowledgment…… except his horns were a Police siren.    He did pull me over and thankfully he was an old school copper who just gave me a lecture and a warning about my speed, but with a grin on his face.
As we parted, he said “If sir would please accelerate hard on the hard shoulder before rejoining the motorway that would be good, but given the way you drive that shouldn’t be a problem to you”. 
I’ll never forget that, and what a decent chap. 

Ah, driving is so much more relaxed now I’m reformed. 

I thought they'd been muck spreading on the fields, but I think the smell might by YZ's bullshit

I was reformed, as I sat behind the GLA all the way. Totally reformed. A new me.

 

That does suggest the abs ECU. One from a 2002+ V6 omega should suffice or get it repaired.

Have you tried reseating the cluster