Ok so she held her water overnight, (was doing an incontinence test - stupid fecking lower water pipe design) so this morning started with some choice fluids..
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Filled up the oil cooler manually, started to wish I hadn't as it was so slow to take the fluid it took like 20 mins. Put the bottle in front of a fan heater to speed it up. :p First time using the oil filler cap on this engine, how very convenient.
Then onto the supercharger circuit. wasn't too much hassle to prime the circuit. I was worried as everyone made out it was a big thing, so I read the destruction manual and followed the course, only i gravity fed the supercharger inlet - you could hear it bubbling away until all of a sudden fluid appeared. It is blue, and smells kinda sweet randomly - it also costs an eyewatering amount, so no spraying it everywhere!
Filled up the pathetic little Rotrex reservoir (how about a visual indicator guys you know?) and then disconnected the injectors. Cranked the car for 30 secs two or three times to extinguish the oil light, checked the levels once again, fired her up. Caught straight away with no issue, ran fine for about 2 or 3 mins and then I shut it off. Then left it for 20 mins to go fetch a fresh can of VPower and topped up the fluids again.
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There's still a few bits to do. Fans need wiring in, the intercooler has a snapped bracket so I need to take that to work, the oil cooler lines need to be secured (just waiting on my p clips) and then onto MOT inspection work.
Treated it to its first wash of 2013 - it had accrued a layer of dirt even in the garage.
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She's very photogenic, but now it's clean I can see all the scratches where my f**knugget of a neighbour had his bins against the car whilst I was away.
That's his pile of s**t behind his bin and his broken 307 HDi with fuel pump failure. (his BMW 320d replacement is also away with suspected fuel pump failure, lol)
It's got grubby marks and signs of weathering on it, so a weekend of paint correction is going to be needed sometime. But, she's mobile at last. I needed that, for both my sanity and my garage space! Fine tuning can now follow.
Filled up the oil cooler manually, started to wish I hadn't as it was so slow to take the fluid it took like 20 mins. Put the bottle in front of a fan heater to speed it up. :p First time using the oil filler cap on this engine, how very convenient.
Then onto the supercharger circuit. wasn't too much hassle to prime the circuit. I was worried as everyone made out it was a big thing, so I read the destruction manual and followed the course, only i gravity fed the supercharger inlet - you could hear it bubbling away until all of a sudden fluid appeared. It is blue, and smells kinda sweet randomly - it also costs an eyewatering amount, so no spraying it everywhere!
Filled up the pathetic little Rotrex reservoir (how about a visual indicator guys you know?) and then disconnected the injectors. Cranked the car for 30 secs two or three times to extinguish the oil light, checked the levels once again, fired her up. Caught straight away with no issue, ran fine for about 2 or 3 mins and then I shut it off. Then left it for 20 mins to go fetch a fresh can of VPower and topped up the fluids again.
There's still a few bits to do. Fans need wiring in, the intercooler has a snapped bracket so I need to take that to work, the oil cooler lines need to be secured (just waiting on my p clips) and then onto MOT inspection work.
Treated it to its first wash of 2013 - it had accrued a layer of dirt even in the garage.
She's very photogenic, but now it's clean I can see all the scratches where my f**knugget of a neighbour had his bins against the car whilst I was away.
That's his pile of s**t behind his bin and his broken 307 HDi with fuel pump failure. (his BMW 320d replacement is also away with suspected fuel pump failure, lol) It's got grubby marks and signs of weathering on it, so a weekend of paint correction is going to be needed sometime. But, she's mobile at last. I needed that, for both my sanity and my garage space! Fine tuning can now follow.
Night Blue VW Golf 7 GTD : Bianca 306 Rallye : Mini Cooper D (The Mrs')
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HDi Owner for 200k/9 years
HDi Owner for 200k/9 years