Recent content by Pepe Le Peu

Thanks for that. Yes it was a real pig but this morning I managed to get everything out without removing the intake manifold and I have all the parts out that I need to replace. It was leaking coolant both from thermostat side and water pump side. I will pay special attention to the vacuum...

Hello all, anyone know of a trick or the process for removing and replacing the plastic Intermediate coolant pipe that runs under the inlet manifold on the firewall side of the engine? I’m replacing the thermostat housing and need to replace this too. It’s a 2014 RCZ THP200 147kw manual. See...

Correction, the link for the plate is Spare wheel fixing plate The polystyrene boot liner will be in 2 pieces btw, cut along the dotted line at the top and split at the bottom where it’s thinnest.

Here’s the pic of the boot area contour..

I got the toolkit with all the bits including the plastic ring and thread from a local wrecker. The thread needed to be extended by 20mm to bite into the plastic plate and I did that by cutting the thread and inserting the ends into a rain water tank connector that was a good tight fit around...

There's a much better solution than this so you don't need to worry about taking air out of the spare to get it in the wheel well or having to pump it back up when you need to use it. Just stick a 225/40R19 tyre on the rim instead of the 235 and you're good to go. It makes negligible...