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Back behind the tiller again.
 
Oxford Canal for 4 nights with the Goddaughter and her parents.
Brilliant times!

Back behind the tiller again.
 
Oxford Canal for 4 nights with the Goddaughter and her parents.
Brilliant times!

Back behind the tiller again.
 
Oxford Canal for 4 nights with the Goddaughter and her parents.
Brilliant times!

Back behind the tiller again.
 
Oxford Canal for 4 nights with the Goddaughter and her parents.
Brilliant times!

Back behind the tiller again.
 
Oxford Canal for 4 nights with the Goddaughter and her parents.
Brilliant times!

As alluded to above, @jaypee had a go at repairing the hose with self amalgamating tape. Cheers!
Before

Washed 

Scuffed 

Taped

 
Will fit it up when back from holiday - also going to see if I can hunt down a spare.

We played hint the leak on this today:
Got the bastard

It was nice and simple* to get off, and no* coolant lost!



 
Bit of a gangly fucker to look at - but is either likely repairable ( @jaypee is the man with the patience to try) or I have a reference picture so I can try to find a spare.

 

It was the Polos turn today.
Old pollen filter looked fine but I had a new one...

That should make a difference.
Then the air filter. On this car the housing is part of the engine cover with 7,000 screws holding it together. That got changed and all this detritus was disappeared as well.

The sump plug came out no bother with two copper washers and ptfe on it as well. I think it was done up quite tight!

Nothing wrong with the plug or the sump so I cleaned it all back and it was screwed back together.
The oil filter was a bit awkward as I had to take a bracket off to get it away from the engine. It was also rather tight so the new one went on hand tight with a bit of oil on the face. Glad this wasn't done on the drive as this would have made it very awkward.
I also don't have a drive!
Normal service of nothing happening should now resume for a few weeks.

£900
140k miles
MOT to October
110dci 6 speed
£0 road tax
Drives like a big Clio
Those awful wheel trims will go in the bin tomorrow .

Got the hand brake cable mechanism stripped down on this today.
It got cleaned up, greased and refitted. Now have a balanced handbrake functioning on both wheels.

Will get it in for an MOT after I am back my holidays 

As alluded to above, @jaypee had a go at repairing the hose with self amalgamating tape. Cheers!
Before

Washed 

Scuffed 

Taped

 
Will fit it up when back from holiday - also going to see if I can hunt down a spare.

As alluded to above, @jaypee had a go at repairing the hose with self amalgamating tape. Cheers!
Before

Washed 

Scuffed 

Taped

 
Will fit it up when back from holiday - also going to see if I can hunt down a spare.

As alluded to above, @jaypee had a go at repairing the hose with self amalgamating tape. Cheers!
Before

Washed 

Scuffed 

Taped

 
Will fit it up when back from holiday - also going to see if I can hunt down a spare.

We played hint the leak on this today:
Got the bastard

It was nice and simple* to get off, and no* coolant lost!



 
Bit of a gangly fucker to look at - but is either likely repairable ( @jaypee is the man with the patience to try) or I have a reference picture so I can try to find a spare.

 

As alluded to above, @jaypee had a go at repairing the hose with self amalgamating tape. Cheers!
Before

Washed 

Scuffed 

Taped

 
Will fit it up when back from holiday - also going to see if I can hunt down a spare.

As alluded to above, @jaypee had a go at repairing the hose with self amalgamating tape. Cheers!
Before

Washed 

Scuffed 

Taped

 
Will fit it up when back from holiday - also going to see if I can hunt down a spare.

We played hint the leak on this today:
Got the bastard

It was nice and simple* to get off, and no* coolant lost!



 
Bit of a gangly fucker to look at - but is either likely repairable ( @jaypee is the man with the patience to try) or I have a reference picture so I can try to find a spare.

 

Took this for an MOT on Wed last week.

 
Bastard, especially as I've done the rear brakes - looks like the pivot at the handbrake lever is the issue.
 
Got it to the unit today, and had a quick look
Exhaust "leak"

The pipe out the cat has rusted through - fitting a new cat would resolve, except...

The downpipe to cat joint looks ropey too. This uses flanges, so would need to fit a new one to the downpipe,as there is NO WAY I'm attempting to pull the downpipe off!
Additionally, the cat would need the Lambda removed, so I would expect that to be ruined and need a new one.
The sill doesn't look the worst for welding

No doubt that will develop into a bigger job!
Lastly, some good news:
The caliper retaining bolts and the Flexi all loosened off no bother.
 
I'm away to price up bits..

Been in the huff with this for a while😂
I resolved to get it sorted during the Xmas break, so duly ordered up 4 injectors.
It takes about 10mins to pull the injectors out and get the new ones swapped on. Mainly due to the large volume of practice I have had..
Old ones out

New ones in

The next thing on the list was freeing off the rear brakes as they had stuck on after sitting for 2 months.

The mud provided little resistance, so I forced the car out onto the tarmac and rolled it back and forth. 
Took it out a test drive. Only things left to fix for an MOT are
Back brakes - free off fully and get handbrake working.
Headlights - need polishing
SERV/ABS/TC light on the dash - likely the steering angle sensor.
Plus, obviously, whatever Clio Stu finds...😂

After the fun of blasting up the hill, I decided to treat this to an oil change @185026 miles.

One of these filters is for a slow revving 2.0 2v/cyl lump making 129bhp. The other is for a high revving 2.0 4v/cyl engine making 182bhp.
Can you guess which is which? That's right. The tiny one is for the Clio. It's the same filter and location as on @loserone' 1.6 diesel express. #HERITAGE
As I am always super organised, I managed to cobble together 3.5L of 5w30 and 1L of 5w40.
Either way it sounds happier and the dephaser is a bit quieter..
 
Later on in the week or got to pretend to be a Kangoo - 2.4m of wood in the car, and the boot shuts. Practical lil fuckers.

Great to see a solutions driven approach! 
 
Best plan.😀

Got the hand brake cable mechanism stripped down on this today.
It got cleaned up, greased and refitted. Now have a balanced handbrake functioning on both wheels.

Will get it in for an MOT after I am back my holidays 

We played hint the leak on this today:
Got the bastard

It was nice and simple* to get off, and no* coolant lost!



 
Bit of a gangly fucker to look at - but is either likely repairable ( @jaypee is the man with the patience to try) or I have a reference picture so I can try to find a spare.

 

We played hint the leak on this today:
Got the bastard

It was nice and simple* to get off, and no* coolant lost!



 
Bit of a gangly fucker to look at - but is either likely repairable ( @jaypee is the man with the patience to try) or I have a reference picture so I can try to find a spare.

 

Got the hand brake cable mechanism stripped down on this today.
It got cleaned up, greased and refitted. Now have a balanced handbrake functioning on both wheels.

Will get it in for an MOT after I am back my holidays