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[Keith ABS]

Opened garage dor, looked at the Monza and thought ' what a pig of a job the dash removal is going to be'. Need to lok at heater martix and motor

Keith ABS

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Fitted new n/s camcover & gasket. Refitted most of the bits & pieces before I ran out of daylight - again. 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Gave the dirtier parts of the engine and engine bay a bit of a clean with paraffin / rags / old toothbrush, then tipped a watering can of hot soapy water on the lower parts to wash it off. I think this was a mistake.
Fitted the last of the bits & pieces and fired it up. TC light is on (would damp / wet ABS pump cause this ? ), and throttle response varies between very jerky, and no throttle at all. 
Rain stopped play, and I'm off to work for a run of 6 nightshifts soon, but should find some time to investigate over the weekend.

[citroenguy]

Put it through the MOT, no advisories 
 

[Kevin Wood]

Gave the dirtier parts of the engine and engine bay a bit of a clean with paraffin / rags / old toothbrush, then tipped a watering can of hot soapy water on the lower parts to wash it off. I think this was a mistake.
Fitted the last of the bits & pieces and fired it up. TC light is on (would damp / wet ABS pump cause this ? ), and throttle response varies between very jerky, and no throttle at all. 
Rain stopped play, and I'm off to work for a run of 6 nightshifts soon, but should find some time to investigate over the weekend.

Check the connector to the drive by wire throttle body and make sure it's 100% dry. 

[STEMO]

Gave the dirtier parts of the engine and engine bay a bit of a clean with paraffin / rags / old toothbrush, then tipped a watering can of hot soapy water on the lower parts to wash it off. I think this was a mistake.
Fitted the last of the bits & pieces and fired it up. TC light is on (would damp / wet ABS pump cause this ? ), and throttle response varies between very jerky, and no throttle at all. 
Rain stopped play, and I'm off to work for a run of 6 nightshifts soon, but should find some time to investigate over the weekend.

I believe if you put it into a tub of rice it will dry out 

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

Finally found a couple of hours to do something with the fleet other than "drive in a manner likely to cause early arrival, park up and forget about them".

 Played car Tetris to get the cabrio in the garage, gave the Lupo and MV6 a bloody good wash and polish, then gave all the glass a proper clean and H2Go.

Then got a few niggly MV6 jobs done - bulbs and washer jet aim, and HID sensor.

Naturally then the rain came - my fault for washing the cars...

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Gave the dirtier parts of the engine and engine bay a bit of a clean with paraffin / rags / old toothbrush, then tipped a watering can of hot soapy water on the lower parts to wash it off. I think this was a mistake.
Fitted the last of the bits & pieces and fired it up. TC light is on (would damp / wet ABS pump cause this ? ), and throttle response varies between very jerky, and no throttle at all. 
Rain stopped play, and I'm off to work for a run of 6 nightshifts soon, but should find some time to investigate over the weekend.

Check the connector to the drive by wire throttle body and make sure it's 100% dry. 

I have been thinking about that one myself Kevin.
It was hanging down loos when I did the cleaning ,so may have get wet. I remembered to check it was pushed fully home, but didn't check it was dry. A good quirt of WD40 tomorrow, is the first course of action.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Gave the dirtier parts of the engine and engine bay a bit of a clean with paraffin / rags / old toothbrush, then tipped a watering can of hot soapy water on the lower parts to wash it off. I think this was a mistake.
Fitted the last of the bits & pieces and fired it up. TC light is on (would damp / wet ABS pump cause this ? ), and throttle response varies between very jerky, and no throttle at all. 
Rain stopped play, and I'm off to work for a run of 6 nightshifts soon, but should find some time to investigate over the weekend.

I believe if you put it into a tub of rice it will dry out 

You come and remove and refit it, and I will supply the tub and the rice. 

[Zirfeld]

Today I prepared my saloon for winter sleep. Tomorrow he will be de- licensed until april.

My sedan will take over to do the winter job.

Rolf

[minifreek]

Bought a rollcage to be fitted at the weekend

[Kevin Wood]

Gave the dirtier parts of the engine and engine bay a bit of a clean with paraffin / rags / old toothbrush, then tipped a watering can of hot soapy water on the lower parts to wash it off. I think this was a mistake.
Fitted the last of the bits & pieces and fired it up. TC light is on (would damp / wet ABS pump cause this ? ), and throttle response varies between very jerky, and no throttle at all. 
Rain stopped play, and I'm off to work for a run of 6 nightshifts soon, but should find some time to investigate over the weekend.

Check the connector to the drive by wire throttle body and make sure it's 100% dry. 

I have been thinking about that one myself Kevin.
It was hanging down loos when I did the cleaning ,so may have get wet. I remembered to check it was pushed fully home, but didn't check it was dry. A good quirt of WD40 tomorrow, is the first course of action.

Sounds like that might be it. Been there when my water pump let go in a big way.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Where do I send the cigar Kevin ? 
A squirt of WD, left it an hour or so, plugged the connector in and fired it up. All back to normal. 

[Zirfeld]

Hi

Today I brought back my winter caravan on the road again. With a new registration we took a short ride for testing, because many parts of the front suspension have been renewed over summer.

Everything is OK. No more rowing  from the front  , the car runs very well.

Over the weekend I hope to do some adjustments on the Xenons and the handbrake, than the caravan is ready for winter use.

Next spring I have to do some welding on the right rear arche. Left side I did last year. It is sill rust free.

Rolf

[citroenguy]

Changed the dampers for the hatch on the C5, now it stays up even when its cold 
Also I changed a sidelight and topped up the washerfluid.