20-05-2018, 10:41 AM
update!
Its vaguely clean and ready for the nurburg ring. Its been with Carl Chambers for two weeks getting sorted out.
The oil leak from french car show was the rear main oil seal. It wasnt seated correctly and the fly had worn through it and split it. Box and fly pressure washed and refitted with a new one. No more oil leaks!
At the same time a xsara ph2 2.6 steering rack was fitted. You can go round roundabouts with quarter turn now but it does seem to be pulling all over the place. Not sure whats going on. Sometimes its noticeable sometimes its not.
It had replacement calipers from dans 306 as they had seized. New pads in as well which seem to be cleaning up the discs nicely. Handbrake is now where it should be.
The fuel lines had perished despite me being the right stuff. Looks like I had done them up too tight and crushed the plastic elbows on the drivers side of the bay. These have now been replaced and its fueling properly.
The walbro pump i fitted wasnt sealed properly at the bottom which caused some strange fuel issues. A standard one has now been fitted.
Spare wheel cage now fitted so the wheel isnt just lying around in the car with me.
Oil breather now goes into a rudimentary oil bottle which has stopped the fumes coming into the cabin.
Accelerator cable has been cut and rerouted. Throttle linkage has been flipped on the bodies so its a lot tidier now.
Now just to clean the inside, pack, final clean and off to the nurburg ring we go!
Its vaguely clean and ready for the nurburg ring. Its been with Carl Chambers for two weeks getting sorted out.
The oil leak from french car show was the rear main oil seal. It wasnt seated correctly and the fly had worn through it and split it. Box and fly pressure washed and refitted with a new one. No more oil leaks!
At the same time a xsara ph2 2.6 steering rack was fitted. You can go round roundabouts with quarter turn now but it does seem to be pulling all over the place. Not sure whats going on. Sometimes its noticeable sometimes its not.
It had replacement calipers from dans 306 as they had seized. New pads in as well which seem to be cleaning up the discs nicely. Handbrake is now where it should be.
The fuel lines had perished despite me being the right stuff. Looks like I had done them up too tight and crushed the plastic elbows on the drivers side of the bay. These have now been replaced and its fueling properly.
The walbro pump i fitted wasnt sealed properly at the bottom which caused some strange fuel issues. A standard one has now been fitted.
Spare wheel cage now fitted so the wheel isnt just lying around in the car with me.
Oil breather now goes into a rudimentary oil bottle which has stopped the fumes coming into the cabin.
Accelerator cable has been cut and rerouted. Throttle linkage has been flipped on the bodies so its a lot tidier now.
Now just to clean the inside, pack, final clean and off to the nurburg ring we go!