Isaac Hunt Posted January 15, 2020 Posted January 15, 2020 Well done on the Vid for the Steering Pump and Steering Angle Sensor. TBH, when I heard you were on with 12 in 12 Months, I thought you were just having a crack at what Piston Popper did. That was good, but you have just raised the bar. Here's the car, here is the fault, here is what I'm doing to fix it. handy workshop space. As for the Clio, Decembers car is that then ? Kiltox 1
Kiltox Posted January 15, 2020 Author Posted January 15, 2020 On 15/01/2020 at 20:49, Isaac Hunt said: Well done on the Vid for the Steering Pump and Steering Angle Sensor. TBH, when I heard you were on with 12 in 12 Months, I thought you were just having a crack at what Piston Popper did. That was good, but you have just raised the bar. Here's the car, here is the fault, here is what I'm doing to fix it. handy workshop space. As for the Clio, Decembers car is that then ? Expand Which Clio? The mk4 I made a video about previously is off to auction soon because I can’t seem to find a buyer for it (hard to sell nearly new moderns when you can’t do finance etc :() and the mk1 is an ungrateful little cunt bag that is going to become a long term project! paulplom 1
Kiltox Posted January 17, 2020 Author Posted January 17, 2020 Watch the amazing* repair journey unfold here: https://youtu.be/g1zm1e4jGDs barmatt, Craig the Princess and FakeConcern 3
barmatt Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Good work mate, nice to see it getting sorted.
gadgetgricey Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Great work, good to see you managed to fix it. Are you sorted for a car for Feb as a high mileage Rover 75 has just appeared over on the R75 forum. Listed at £500 or any cheeky offer. Current owner has driven it for almost 250k. Kiltox 1
Kiltox Posted January 17, 2020 Author Posted January 17, 2020 Feb’s car is imminent, shame because I’ve never had an R75!
gadgetgricey Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 It's in copper leaf red as well Kiltox 1
Kiltox Posted January 17, 2020 Author Posted January 17, 2020 On 17/01/2020 at 23:48, gadgetgricey said: It's in copper leaf red as well Expand Any chance you could contact them and ask them to email me - modern heroes cars at gmail dot com - I’m not a member but I see the post and it’s certainly captured my interest! (And I’m sure it’d have mass appeal on here too for the next owner after me!!)
Jamie Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 Can't sleep so up n at em... Even Rosie is watching this morning Twisterboy and Craig the Princess 2
gadgetgricey Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 On 17/01/2020 at 23:55, Kiltox said: Any chance you could contact them and ask them to email me Expand Sent them a message, hopefully they will be in contact later.
BeEP Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 Nice work getting the Focus sorted; I quite want to win it now. Don't throw the old sensor away! Kiltox 1
Kiltox Posted January 18, 2020 Author Posted January 18, 2020 Well, it turns out my celebration was short lived. The fault returned in 20 miles and presents itself exactly as before! Not sure if there is a fault elsewhere that is killing the angle sensor circuit.... but it was clearly fixed for a short period of time! sierraman and davehedgehog31 2
sierraman Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 Have you fitted just the steering angle sensor or the pump as well?
Kiltox Posted January 18, 2020 Author Posted January 18, 2020 On 18/01/2020 at 15:58, sierraman said: Have you fitted just the steering angle sensor or the pump as well? Expand The pump too. Prick of a job that was as well. Seemed to be sorted but it came back on after a longer drive and hasn’t gone off
sierraman Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 Have you cleared the fault codes on Forscan for the steering?
Kiltox Posted January 18, 2020 Author Posted January 18, 2020 On 18/01/2020 at 16:01, sierraman said: Have you cleared the fault codes on Forscan for the steering? Expand Sadly yes. One more rabbit hole to go down and that is to connect a battery charger for a few hours and see if it makes any difference - not had any problems starting and the battery voltage looks healthy but I know a dodgy battery can cause trouble and I did have a charger on it whilst I was “repairing” it. Remote chance that charging the battery was what actually “fixed” it but it’ll cost nothing to try.
sierraman Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 Does there actually feel like a fault with the steering or is it just the warning lamp? Failing batteries in modern cars can give all sorts of wierd faults. Definitely try giving the battery a long charge. Kiltox 1
Kiltox Posted January 18, 2020 Author Posted January 18, 2020 Steering seems fine - it is supposed to fail safe if the angle sensor is banjaxed though.
sierraman Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 If it steers fine and the battery turns out to be good then I’d live with it, just clear the codes before the MOT.
Dan302 Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 On 18/01/2020 at 16:55, sierraman said: If it steers fine and the battery turns out to be good then I’d live with it, just clear the codes before the MOT. Expand If I'm "lucky" enough to win it that's my plan N.B I actually really do want to win. ?
Kiltox Posted January 18, 2020 Author Posted January 18, 2020 On 18/01/2020 at 16:55, sierraman said: If it steers fine and the battery turns out to be good then I’d live with it, just clear the codes before the MOT. Expand It doesn’t clear - it comes back immediately. It’s a cheap 8/9 months motoring tho. Dan302 1
Kiltox Posted January 18, 2020 Author Posted January 18, 2020 On 18/01/2020 at 18:19, sierraman said: Hopefully the battery will sort it. Expand I’m not particularly hopeful. I’ll give it a bash mind. Even if it is, if it sells out at £6 I’ll just leave the new owner to fit a new battery and reap the bargain of the century. Ohdearme 1
sierraman Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 Wants testing with it under load, could be it isn’t getting enough charge.
Jamie Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 Looking at the vid it seems a second hand sensor was what you bought too no? Could that not be bolloxed?
Kiltox Posted January 18, 2020 Author Posted January 18, 2020 On 18/01/2020 at 19:57, jamiechod said: Looking at the vid it seems a second hand sensor was what you bought too no? Could that not be bolloxed? Expand I’ll probably sling the old sensor back on just to see what’s what BeEP and Craig the Princess 2
BeEP Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 On 18/01/2020 at 20:11, Kiltox said: I’ll probably sling the old sensor back on just to see what’s what Expand I was about to suggest doing just that. It's just possible (although unlikely I admit) that the replacement pump really did fix the fault but the suspiciously cleaned and painted sensor was hiding something. Kiltox 1
Kiltox Posted January 19, 2020 Author Posted January 19, 2020 Focus battery is charging. Interestingly, the fault had cleared today anyway.... so I think I have fixed *something* Also did a collection. Will be staying under wraps for now...... Ohdearme, rantingYoof, BeEP and 4 others 7
Isaac Hunt Posted January 19, 2020 Posted January 19, 2020 On 19/01/2020 at 13:45, Kiltox said: Focus battery is charging. Interestingly, the fault had cleared today anyway.... so I think I have fixed *something* Expand A failing battery can cause odd symptoms. I had a Fester throw an EML a few years ago, then the battery showed signs of failing without actually failing, if you get my drift. A new battery and all was well and has been ever since.
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