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by Wibblyp
Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:00 am
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Hydrolastic suspension........
Replies: 3
Views: 1808

Re: Hydrolastic suspension........

Try it, easy enough to change.
by Wibblyp
Wed May 31, 2023 8:00 am
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Mpi to vvc loom conversion
Replies: 0
Views: 7042

Mpi to vvc loom conversion

As above, anyone got a diagram or how to ?
Cake destroyer threatened to do a how to but didn’t. Davevvc maybe .

Cheers
by Wibblyp
Thu Mar 30, 2023 7:05 am
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: metro gti tyres in 2023
Replies: 3
Views: 2183

Re: metro gti tyres in 2023

175/50 or 185/60 are about it. Need to take the grinder to the rear arm for the 60’s
by Wibblyp
Thu Dec 08, 2022 3:31 pm
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Must have been trying to tell me something
Replies: 6
Views: 4206

Re: Must have been trying to tell me something

Car now home. No mayo in wire filters. No residual on top of cam ladder. Can mayo vanish as it’s been sat in the car park for two weeks ? It will start, run for a couple of mins, stutter and die. Loathed to take the head off again, could it be something else ? Ht leads are old I think but unsure how...
by Wibblyp
Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:08 am
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Must have been trying to tell me something
Replies: 6
Views: 4206

Re: Must have been trying to tell me something

When you say softened back, what should I look out for ?
by Wibblyp
Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:05 am
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Must have been trying to tell me something
Replies: 6
Views: 4206

Re: Must have been trying to tell me something

Thanks Dave. As said only just had the head skimmed, Payen gasket etc. It’s starting to wear me down, although I’m getting plenty of practice changing things. Keep thinking I must be doing something wrong.
by Wibblyp
Wed Nov 23, 2022 3:14 pm
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Must have been trying to tell me something
Replies: 6
Views: 4206

Must have been trying to tell me something

Following on from my last post, the engine has now failed . Engine started to stutter like a misfire on the way to work. Pulled into a car park and stopped. Thought it may have been electrical. Took off air filter and pipe to inlet to find lots of creamy fluid in the throttle body. No oil in header,...
by Wibblyp
Fri Oct 21, 2022 8:21 am
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Smoke
Replies: 4
Views: 3502

Re: Smoke

It’s my daily. Had only been sat overnight. White with a hint of grey maybe. On the drive home the previous day I thought I detected a brief smell of oil but this vanished as quickly as I noticed it. Think I’m going to put it down to “ one of those things “. Ignore it and if it happens again do a pr...
by Wibblyp
Wed Oct 19, 2022 9:25 am
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Smoke
Replies: 4
Views: 3502

Re: Smoke

Def smoke and never done it before at any temperatures.
by Wibblyp
Tue Oct 18, 2022 12:40 pm
Forum: Technical queries
Topic: Smoke
Replies: 4
Views: 3502

Smoke

1.8 mpi not vvc. Jumped in car late this morning, started car with no probs accept for lots of greyish smoke from exhaust. Revved a few times, didn’t clear. Left it for an hour, again started fine but with no smoke this time. Def smoke and never happened before. Not long done head gasket and no sign...