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- Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:11 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: Cleaning plastic parts
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10587
Re: Cleaning plastic parts
i know an old member that used to put all the plastic bits in a dishwasher and to be fair they came up bloody good ;) you can use a hot wash remember how much heat these take on a hot day in the sun so they can handle heat,,, but as trev says you will probably get the same result with a spot washer ...
- Wed Dec 14, 2022 7:07 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: Distributor removal problem.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 19100
Re: Distributor removal problem.
wow that looks like it has been hit and snapped ,,ive never seen anything like that before they can sometimes be a little stiff but normally a tap to twist it with a rubber hammer would free it off
- Fri Nov 25, 2022 8:49 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: Stalled at lights, engine light on, restarted, then stopped.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6828
Re: Stalled at lights, engine light on, restarted, then stopped.
Hi Eric Sorry to hear your having issues with what sounds like the dizzy to me ,,,but just to try and help out i dont think it would be a loose wire where the immobilizer box is as i swapped it out with a modified moby box from cpt so it wasnt done in the way of cutting and joining wires like most w...
- Sun Aug 07, 2022 7:10 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: Probe Unusable -Non Tickover
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10266
Re: Probe Unusable -Non Tickover
have you checked your coolant level paul as low coolant can cause low idle and cutting out aswell ,,,one of mine used to do exactly the same and it was that the coolant was way too low
- Thu Jul 09, 2020 7:05 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: 2.0 emissions, CO too high
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7392
Re: 2.0 emissions, CO too high
these cars are notorious for having very lazy catalytic convertors and most garages don't know this so don't let them get up to temperature or hot enough before testing them ,,my advice take it for a long blast and get it nice and hot before dropping it at the mot station ..
- Wed Jul 31, 2019 10:45 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: emissions
- Replies: 11
- Views: 25698
Re: emissions
very very lazy cats on these cars and they have to be extra hot..
- Tue May 28, 2019 7:35 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: Radiator Fans Staying On
- Replies: 9
- Views: 20398
Re: Radiator Fans Staying On
I stand corrected the fans are not supposed to stay on after the the car is turned off
- Tue May 28, 2019 4:57 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: Radiator Fans Staying On
- Replies: 9
- Views: 20398
Re: Radiator Fans Staying On
I think they are all correct above Adam I'm pretty sure the fan stays in untill its cooled......I'm sure Jon g will know and be along soon ..
- Mon May 13, 2019 11:00 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: Immobiliser issues
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17107
Re: Immobiliser issues
Hey Alfie are you getting a spark,,,,late 24v so you should have a chipped key for the moby which normally shouldn't give you any problems iirc ,,,,more than likely if your not getting a spark it will be the dizzy gone ,,,,,did you try disconnecting and re connecting the cps plug (grey plug top left...
- Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:28 pm
- Forum: The Garage - Technical Forum
- Topic: Parts check please
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8596
Re: Parts check please
Yep all good mate