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[Eddie Honda]

9 hours ago, dome said:

Jazz

 

I tempted fate by saying this was fine didn't I? The backbox fell off on the way home last night. It was rotten and unfixable so I've invested almost 10% of the purchase price on a new one. It's not too loud without it but I don't want to be that much of a pikey to run about with no back box. I did on the Explorer but it sounded good

 

That's a wank aftermarket can in the picture there. I know someone who had 3 aftermarket rear boxes in five years, so as I had a Yutaka/Honda original, I welded it up. I keep meaning to fit the new one I have, but it hasn't given up yet. I'm hoping it will get to it's 2nd anniversary on St Paddy's day next year!

[dome]

Ah, winter. What a beautiful time of year 

Or, if you've been in Scotland for the last month it's been constantly pishing down and blowing a gale so motivation for anything  car fettling has been low.

I had a rare moment of motivation on Friday night and decided to service the S4s LPG system and fit a set of spark plugs. I'd only had these sitting for about 4 months so not so bad...

I'd serviced the LPG  on my Grand Cherokee many years ago and was somewhat taken aback by the amount of gas which was released when I undid the filter, even though I'd closed off the tank and ran it till it conked out. Therefore it was with a due sense of trepidation that I undid the first hose onto the filter housing, at arms length,  whilst wearing several pairs of gloves.

And... nothing. A wee bubble from the hose an that was it.

First filter off. This has a large inlet and splits into two to feed each bank

It also has a pressure/temp sensor built in which I had to swap over to the new unit

Whilst in here I changed the plugs. This bank was fairly straightforward once I was in there

The other bank was a bit more of a faff as I had to remove intake pipework. This gave me a chance to replace the air filter-I'd ordered one last year but been sent the wrong one and by the time I got the correct one I never bothered fitting it, putting it off a I often do...

There's a second filter on these systems which had came with the kit, this one did release some gas when I undid it which is always terrifying. 

It was due for changing though.

It was a bit of a faff to get the orings all in the right place but after that it went together fairly easily.

Fired it up and let it warm up, it switched to LPG fine with no leaks. Win!

Oh and check out the old plugs. Spot the difference?

 

Full VAG service history on this thing...

[320touring]

Top effort there and glad it fired back up ok:)

[J-T]

I think I’d be too frightened of messing about with an lpg system, so interesting to see!

[Tepper]

On 8/28/2019 at 12:47 PM, dome said:

A tip from a mate was employed-the lower dog bone mount that holds the engine in was undone along with the drivers side one. With the engine supported by a jack I could use a ratchet strap to pull it forward allowing better access.

I'll be helping a mate out with the same job on the same car (Octavia 4x4) over the weekend. Don't suppose you have any tips beyond what's in the thread?

[dome]

3 minutes ago, Tepper said:

I'll be helping a mate out with the same job on the same car (Octavia 4x4) over the weekend. Don't suppose you have any tips beyond what's in the thread?

 I think I covered most things.

If its a PD engine like mine you don't need to take the inlet manifold off to get the turbo out. I spent ages trying to get all the bolts out. 

Make sure you drop the sump to get all the crap out if the turbo has gone.

It's mostly done from the top but there's a few bolts underneath, dpf mounts from memory and something else I can't think of. If I think of anything else I'll let you know.

In the main be grateful it's not yours...

[Tepper]

Spot on, thanks! I'm not quite sure how I've been roped into this but yeah, it'll be reassuring knowing it's not mine at the end of the day.

The turbo hasn't completely shat its pants yet, it's just noisy and has a slight* bit of play so hopefully we won't have to worry about dropping the sump. Cheers!

[dome]

So, today 3 gentelemen turned up on time, prodded the Skoda a bit, drove it and handed over some cash. Thank fook for that.

In truth it wasn't a bad car, it just wasn't me at all.

The Jeep went off to my tame garage to get the lambda sensor replaced. A brief drive and it seems alot better. I still suspect a vacuum leak somewhere.

I've told the owner to drive the thing and see how he gets on. Once he gets the leak from the shiny new alloy ebay radiator fixed. I've not vounteered to do that though...

I filled the Jazz tonight and worked out it's done 43mpg over the last tank which is pretty decent.

Apart fromthe ABS light being on and the slightly wierd steering it drives well. It needs tracking done. 

It's hard to fault as a daily for my needs, swallowing a bike happily and being cheap to run.

So, naturally I've just put it up for sale...

[dome]

Morning all.

So, the Octavia has sold as did the Jazz pretty quickly. Space has appeared on my drive for a new daily. 

Today is the day. I'm heading north on a sunny day with collection this evening.

But first, I'm off to hire a car trailer. Yes, of course the new acquisition is broken. Or, "unfinished" as the seller says

Eep.

[loserone]

Yus!

[320touring]

I'm sure it can't* be any more broken than the Skoda, or the Jazz...

[Jim Bell]

I hope it's a something (eventually) fast. 

[dome]

Collection weapon

Essentials packed

 

A CD holder. How quaint!

Lunch consumed and it's off shortly for stage 1

[davehedgehog31]

Chodspeed geezer. Nice day furrit.

[Jim Bell]

He's loaded up with mint chewing gum so I'm gonna guess he's buying something from a busty blonde Milf. 

[hairnet]

slk

 

[Jenson Velcro]

7 hours ago, Jim Bell said:

He's loaded up with mint chewing gum so I'm gonna guess he's buying something from a busty blonde Milf. 

Well it’s certainly preferable to having a leaky radiator that needs its hole plugging

[Tickman]

This happened earlier this evening:

 

[dome]

Hame!

Pumped!

Full report to follow tomorrow.

Here's what's parked outside ?

I apologize for any shortage of LPG in the UK, I seem to have used it all today...

[Tickman]

Not wanting to steal the reveal but that is done now.

Aberdeen LPG fill

Really sat quite high up there

My view most of the way back to Dundee

 

10/10 would partake in collection without any consequences again.

[dome]

Before I go to bed, have a sneaky pic of the reason I went north today for this particular Kangoo

 

That, dear friends, is a Clio 182 engine in this little van?

It needs work, of course, but it's running and driving.

Right, I'm off to bed.

[loserone]

Marvelous work chaps

[Isaac Hunt]

23 minutes ago, dome said:

Before I go to bed, have a sneaky pic of the reason I went north today for this particular Kangoo

 

That, dear friends, is a Clio 182 engine in this little van?

It needs work, of course, but it's running and driving.

Right, I'm off to bed.

Va Va Voom 

[gm]

madness ! well done, sir !

 

[Mrcento]

Looks good. Insurance may be... interesting. It can be a pain with modified cars that have had engine swaps, but vans with engine swaps, given they usually need to go through specialised commercial vehicle brokers, not sure many will accept an engine swapped one. Someone will and it probably won't be too expensive  once you locate that someone, but could be a challenge,

My only experience looking into engine swapped vans came from looking at an Astravan that had been swapped with a 3.0 v6. The general consensus in the few places i tried was "hahahahaha.....oh, wait, you're serious?, erm...no".

Part of the reason my Cinq is still laid up and i'm weighing up the sale of it is just that. I can't be bothered anymore trying to get quotes. It invariably ends up having to go to specialist brokers and 90 minute phonecalls discussing all the mods in great detail, only to get an insane quote at the end, rinse and repeat for each quote.

[skattrd]

Is the Cherokee all good now then? 

Feel free to pm me when you want shot of it

[Supernaut]

When you said you wanted a clio 172/182 powered Kangoo next, I thought you were going to build it.

You're getting soft!

 

That looks fucking awesome though.

[The Moog]

Oooffffft

Knockhill must beckon

[Jim Bell]

Highly approved. 

[bigfella2]

Nice, does it need much doing to it?