td163's Clean Moonstone HDI Build

[td163]

Hi all,

Please be nice I'm a n00b & have owned my first HDI for about a week now. The project will be a bit bland at first as I get all the boring bits out of the way like replacing parts & tidying bits and bobs up to make way for tuning. I have the vision of a aggressive looking stage 3'd car .

The car is a 2001 Moonstone HDI Phase 3 with only 83k miles on the clock & a very clean body to match! when I say clean I am talking about 4 small paint chips, 1 small bonnet dent & odd minute stone chip on the bumper on the whole car which is pretty amazing for a 14 year old car, it really is a credit to the last 2 owners. I will be taking my time with this project and doing it all properly with quality parts without compromise which I have had to do with some previous cars due to the cost of tuning them was very high but it doesn't help my OCD nature at all .







Old & new





I have been off work this week so got quite alot done up to yet....first thing I did was a mini service which consisted of a Oil + Filter change and a Genuine Air Filter, went with Total 9000 Fully Synth as it was recommended over and over on the forums with a OEM Purflux Filter & a Citroen Air Filter:





I got some engine cover mounts and clips from ebay, nice and cheap and do the job well





Picked up some floor mats in grey as the interior looked a little bare without any



I also got some Redex Diesel Advanced and put in a tank of VPower just for peace of mind....still not sure if its all hyped up marketing but still  


Part 2--

On ignition the heater blower and the small fan used for auto climate control were quite noisy and although they worked fine the noise annoyed me. I removed the heater blower & greased it up to try and quieten it down for a while which worked and didnt....I just replaced the small overhead fan as the bearings were shot.



Ooops :/





Small fan that was dead



Having a nosey under the car making sure there are no nasty leaks I spotted a random pipe just hanging down at first it looked like it have come of something but after asking on here I found it was the fuel drain pipe. I decided to cut it down a little and secure it neatly so it wasn't just dangling there.



Removed the 'sporty pedal feel' spring from the clutch pedal in hopes it would make the pedal lighter but it did naff all in reality lmao but it turned out the spring had already sheared in 2!!!



Finally I found out my Crankshaft Pulley is FUBAR'd but I have ordered a uprated solid replacement from Febi & new drive belt to go with it, got a touch up paint pot, Total Gearbox oil & some dash bulbs coming soon and then it will be nearly ready and in great shape.

It will get more interesting I promise