Recent content by EddieJ

Good for you they do have great heaters, and welcome to the forum. Pics??

I might be tempted to look for an original air box and pipe kit, or maybe a silicone one that accommodate all the breathers and sensors the ecu is looking at. purpose of the silicone hose is to smooth the air with less restriction, does that one? bet it’s got a lovely red cone filter too. Can...

Hey that’s great to hear, now just start building you confidence in it and get the big mileage going. Hopefully the hard graft is all done, get it hot and enjoy. ps, now you have done it, surely you would tackle it again? Cant waste all your experienc. Car pics coming soon to??

It might be nothing but try and have a really good look under the oil filter housing for any signs of oil leaking, bit of a sign that the seals are hardened to plastic and might let oil and coolant cross. Though the dry pressure test should hopefully have ruled it out. Sure do a test run to...

If you get right thru to heat in the cabin and running at 90 with no issues for say 20 or so minutes, let it cool, top it up, get it out for a run and see if the white smoke clears (hopefully just condensation in the exhaust etc). Make sure you see the rad fan cycle on and off and also the water...

With 110 miles and it starting to clear on its own, with no other issues (overheating etc). I’d be inclined if it were mine to get on and enjoy. Any excuse for an extended run and I usually take it. Maybe my ocd would want me to change the oil tho. To date I have been lucky not having to...

Holding steady for 2 hours is a positive sign, hopefully with coolant and heat your all good. Try and monitor the higher coolant pipes when you do get to start it just to be sure ther are no remaining air bubbles. When I flushed mine and changed the thermo on the other I filled, bled and ran it...

Cant, can only give an example. If I do 4/5 runs to my local shop in the blue car the direct route which is maybe an all round of 3 miles. The oil starts to warm through but not totally and as it cools draws moisture, repeated a few times and there is enough moisture to emulsify a little. If I...

There is an instant jump to foam being indicative of an hgf, but it’s not. Cars that are continuously only used for short journeys can gather condensation in the engine and can manifests up top as foam, a long journey can clear that up and if used on longer journeys it would never have been...

I am going to add a wee off topic note in, there was talk a wee bit back about mayo in oil caps indicating failed head gaskets. What do you think of this one on one of my other cars?

If he’s an experienced mechanic he won’t thank you for telling him what to do. You’ll need to trust him, there are a few rogues out there, but there are many many good ones too that do care about what they do.

There is a stub on the under side of the air pipe that it pushes onto, there is a horseshoe clip slightly back that supports it so it doesn’t vibrate off and it should click into place. Push it on by the pipe itself and not the halo, as the halo can break off easily. edit - that would be on the...

It is a pig to do, but once you have it done I truly hope you get the enjoyment of actually driving it. Can’t remember the ins and out, I didn’t touch the hpfp Doing that stat housing. I am slightly biased, but I think they are great handling cars and look fantastic, ps if you think it’s a pig...

Sensible idea, but while you wait it might help not to read all the bad things there may be with the EP6 engines. Read some of the good things, such as if looked after well how they can go on and on, how tuneable they can be etc.