Andrewcupra TDI's ride

[Andrewcupra TDI]

well not been on in a while

finally done the rear disks n pads on the rear last monday thanks to markwales

the roof box still has the bards attached just in the carden and not on my roof lol ....

cars not running too good at the moment ,c arnt be im averaging 29mpg ,,,, way aswell sell up and get the skyline


thinking about cleaning the Maf first

no errors cropping up


car also needs a serious clean

parrott kit fitting

speaker re fitting

boost gauge wired up

oil temp looked at correctly

fuel flap fuses replaced

um carnt thing of anything else yet

mark clear your diary

 

[jonjay]

Oh your alive, thought you sold the car.

 

[Andrewcupra TDI]

im still here , bikes been taking priority at the mo ,,, off to weston beach race tomorrow too

i will be kicking on with the list now soon ,

hope to have finally sorted my leaky doors out for the last time !!!

 

[MarkWales]

bring it up monday and print off the list so we can tick things as we go

also are you coming to the rolling road day at badger 5

 

[Andrewcupra TDI]

not sure yet ,

will print off


any ideas on how to clean the maf , somethings telling me Isopropyl alcohol , but where can you get that from and is it the right stuff,,.,.,.

 

[jonjay]

Isopropyl alcohol is the one.

 

[Andrewcupra TDI]

ahh i was right then , any ideas where i can get it maz ??

cheers

 

[jonjay]

Maplin sell them.

 

[Andrewcupra TDI]

ah will have to pop down one day , tried searching the how toos , do you just soak the complete maf and screen in the stuff or is it aerosol and spray it everywhere etc


cheers

 

[Yaboy]

some decent mods on your motor mate, been trying to get some w8 lights on the cheap but no joy so far anyway how would you compare them discs to the stanard one as im after a cheap pair

 

[MarkWales]

Hows the Parrot Kit?

Engine feel any different?

 

[Andrewcupra TDI]

hi thanks

disks are good, i cant compare to much , but over my std ones they seem to work really well

my tcs & abs was off ,and had to do emergency stop at like 90 and stopped pretty quick without locking up



as for an update thanks to mark i finally have parott kit fittd

 

[MarkWales]

lol you posted the update after me ha ha ha

 

[Andrewcupra TDI]

revs seem better

parott not really tried yet

 

[Andrewcupra TDI]

revs nit better now!!!


i ordered glow plugs yesterday

and this morning it was a bitch to start and then an EML light popped up glow plugs !!!!

 

[MarkWales]

good sign the eml - confirmed what you believed!

phil has been in touch will see about sorting the car this weekend

 

[Andrewcupra TDI]

a good one hoping to get them fitted on the wkend too

 

[MarkWales]

how is the car now?

 

[Andrewcupra TDI]

well starts better glow plugs were black ,,,,,,,

my car is smoking badly on tick over bluish smoke

yet beth drove it earlier quite spiritedly i followed on to bike and didnt smoke at all ??????

 

[MarkWales]

will Have a look into this lemmiwinks thing for RPM adjustment andrew