So what have you done to your car today?

[05omegav6]

Mmm. Plod electrics thinks I. Much frustration will it cause. Consume you, it will.

Consume the battery more like About 120 amps fused on there

The frustration probably won't start until I power it up...

Both on the money though

[aaronjb]

Not quite today but Saturday I discovered the reason for the occasional misfire on cylinder 1..

At some point in the past the rubber boot on plug one had been trapped between plug top and coil pack spring contact - much arcing has ensued and the boot is now a crumbled mess.

Same story on cylinder 2, too..

Given the state of it I have no idea how it was running as well as it was!

[05omegav6]

Not quite today but Saturday I discovered the reason for the occasional misfire on cylinder 1..

At some point in the past the rubber boot on plug one had been trapped between plug top and coil pack spring contact - much arcing has ensued and the boot is now a crumbled mess.

Same story on cylinder 2, too..

Given the state of it I have no idea how it was running as well as it was!

Magic mostly, especially where electrickry is involved

[amba]

Productive morning for a change,and also in the sun

Traced the reason for the Headlight Field warning that has been plaguing me for weeks now.Damaged middle wire at the plug and also a split further up the loom almost into the wheel arch liner.All repaired and soldered so atleast that part of the fault is fixed,although now have fault message for brake pads yet again despite soldering in a new plug for that some months ago.

It seems the wiring in that part of the wheel arch is very very fragile and the cores just perish by looking at them.Perhaps I have just disturbed something and it wil settle down after a few starts.

[omega3000]

Mmm. Plod electrics thinks I. Much frustration will it cause. Consume you, it will.

Cant be as bad as adjusting the handbrake system 

[cd 2.2]

Not quite today but Saturday I discovered the reason for the occasional misfire on cylinder 1..

At some point in the past the rubber boot on plug one had been trapped between plug top and coil pack spring contact - much arcing has ensued and the boot is now a crumbled mess.

Same story on cylinder 2, too..

Given the state of it I have no idea how it was running as well as it was!

Had the exact same issue with mine late on last night (still got me home though). Tubes are all now super-glued where they were split and working well! think I need some new tubes though  I'm told it's caused by sitting in oil when the top gasket fails

[brian36]

got my car back from marks dtm calib and went for mot which only needed light nearside adjusted otherwise all well and thanks again to mark

[TheBoy]

got my car back from marks dtm calib and went for mot which only needed light nearside adjusted otherwise all well and thanks again to mark

He's a good egg really, despite whats written on the toilet walls

[Gaffers]

got my car back from marks dtm calib and went for mot which only needed light nearside adjusted otherwise all well and thanks again to mark

He's a good egg really, despite what I write about him on the toilet walls

fixed that for you

[TheBoy]

got my car back from marks dtm calib and went for mot which only needed light nearside adjusted otherwise all well and thanks again to mark

He's a good egg really, despite what I write about him on the toilet walls

fixed that for you

You promised that childish prank would be our little secret! 

[chrisgixer]

Topped up the screen wash.

Topped up the screen wash.


...and the oil after the warning popped up on the cid.

[Stemo]

Topped up the screen wash.

Topped up the screen wash.


...and the oil after the warning popped up on the cid.

My cars never get low on anything. The nice boys at kwik fit look after that kind of thing for me.

[Gaffers]

got my car back from marks dtm calib and went for mot which only needed light nearside adjusted otherwise all well and thanks again to mark

He's a good egg really, despite what I write about him on the toilet walls

fixed that for you

You promised that childish prank would be our little secret!

Sorry, I forgot.

But I am stil wondering why you wrote your number on the wal though

[jonny2112]

Probably another 8 hours work left on it...

What are you up to Al? Or should I not ask   

Patience young Jedi, much to learn you still have...

[chrisgixer]

Topped up the screen wash.

Topped up the screen wash.


...and the oil after the warning popped up on the cid.

My cars never get low on anything. The nice boys at kwik fit look after that kind of thing for me.

Your "Daewoo" must gets some stick sat is queue full of BMW and audi owners, and all the other eejits with more money than sense.

Stop messing about Esta, like their latest radio ad campaign, you need some "BMW economics"