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Masked Marauder

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  1. PM me the details Jeff
  2. My sensor ring has come off and you can hear it jangling as you drive down the road! It is a high pitched ringing. If you put the steering to full lock and look from the rear of the wheel at where the driveshaft goes into the wheel you can see the ABS ring. If you can spin it round the CV joint with your fingers then you have found the problem. That seems to be the most common ABS fault on the car. The brakes will still work, just with no ABS. It still needs fixed ASP though.
  3. Thats a definite no no. Springs don't wear, they simply break as their life ends, damper/shock absorbers do wear and changing one is definately NOT recommended. Regards - JB Whilst I agree with what you say, and indeed I personally would not change them unless I did them both, ELSAWIN quite clearly says this is OK.
  4. I think the heat exchanger is common across the range, all makes, all models. Will check in a bit though!
  5. It is fairly straight forward as long as you make sure the compressors can't slip. Give the top nuts a good soak with WD40 for as long as possible before you start though.
  6. Rocker cover gasket? The EGR connects the exhaust manifold to the inlet manifold and is operated by a vacuum pipe. That is the only connection. It is a metal pipe thing.... Are you on about the plastic pipe that runs up the front of the engine from the bottom of the block?
  7. Thats what I wanted to hear! Cheers for looking for me! Says in ELSAWIN to use a new bolt, I bet you don't get one in the CV kit......
  8. Do one and don't worry. EDIT: Checked ELSAWIN and the replacment spring must be the correct one for the model. You can change just one, the same is true for the dampers.
  9. More like the head gasket has gone and that has pressurised the coolant causing the overheat. If it has been going for a while the oil suspended in the coolant will have been rotting away the rubber water pipes. Then the rotted pipes and the pressure..... BOOM. A matrix would not have gone with a bang, it would have split. It has to be a hose. Then again, I don't think there are any hoses inside the car....
  10. Is that a Goblin teasmaid?
  11. I have always applied a thin smear of copper grease to my wheel studs/bolts and torqued then to the manufacturer's specification and I have never ever had a wheel nut come loose.
  12. As this thread is over a year old I think he has likely done it by now....
  13. Well the load space with the seats out is 2.1 metres if that is any help, so not much sticking out.
  14. Anyone done this them self? ELSAWIN shows an M16 threaded tool being used to pop the joint off of the drive shaft. Does anyone know if the hub-nut is long enough to be used or shall I go and find some M16X1 threaded rod?
  15. I thought you had a smashing pair of puppies?
  16. I have gone right off topic there.....
  17. Ah, the joys of life at the chalk-face. Never mind, soon be half term again then just after that will be summer. Better you than me! I picked my son up from school the other week and some of the parents were moaning because one of the teachers had just bought a Porsche and it was in the car park. What the hell it had to do with them I don't know, but I do know that if a teacher was paid the same rate as my child minder they would be getting about
  18. Don't worry, as long as you only put a thin smear on it should not be a problem.
  19. Just folded all my work shirts like that when I got them out the dryer, it really looks harder than it is! It is simple really and really quick.
  20. http://www.speeding.co.uk/acatalog/Grille_Mesh.html At the bottom of the page....
  21. The brakes self-adjust by the caliper piston screwing it's self out as the brakes are applied. You need to remove the pads and push the piston back using a brake wind-back tool. It is important you also note that you should not force brake fluid back through the ABS unit. So you will also need to clamp the flexible brake pipe between the wheel and the chassis and then open the caliper bleed nipple.
  22. Agreed, classic symptoms of air in the fuel lines. How easy does it restart afterwards?
  23. Ah, but they don't call it "Rip-off Britain" for nothing!
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