george_seamons Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 It's been stage 1 mapped, so yeah, it won't hang around 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted December 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Pics & vids - nao. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 He's got a point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Went and got it in the end the Luke? You sell one of the Golfs? Best get my act together! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted December 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Jardo, where do I find the engine code for a 2008 Grande Punto 1.2? I assume it's on a plate somewhere, but I thought you'd know off the top of your head... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 So finally bought a new exhaust as the current one is rusting away. Picked up this toyosports system for a tad over £100 delivered! Not fitted it yet but build quality seems decent enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Jardo, where do I find the engine code for a 2008 Grande Punto 1.2? I assume it's on a plate somewhere, but I thought you'd know off the top of your head... It's called a 1.2 'fire', they only made one engine. Or do you mean the actual code of the engine for identifying it individually from all the other engines that are exactly the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted December 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Basically I'm looking to buy an exhaust, but most places list three different engine code types / exhaust variations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Right, put the kettle on and get comfortable, this could take some time. For those of you with a short attention span or an inability to read more than a haiku, TL:DR; Luke bought a car. Now get on with your lives. For those of you still here, it went down something along the lines of this: I’m sat at home perusing a well-known auction site seeing what cars seemed to be about for less money than they should have been when I find an ad for a Seat Leon Cupra R (in 2003 210bhp AMK flavour, with a REVO map to 265bhp and a few other little bits but nothing too substantial). The car in question is around 3 hours away and has a short time remaining, was a little rough around the edges and had a few problems that had the potential to be an expensive pain in the arse to fix. I put in a bid in the final moments but it wasn’t high enough to come out on top, but I wasn’t too fussed in all honesty given it was a bit of a “just in case” type bid in the event of the auction being missed by people watching it. Anyway, the winning bidder had ended up being an idiot and messed the seller around with regards to paying and colleting the car, who offered me a “Second Chance Offer” on the vehicle for the price of my highest bid (which was less than half of the going rate for the cars at the moment). I got chatting to the seller via email, along with some back-and-forth with his mechanic gathering a bit more history on the car and it was clear that although the car was in a pretty sorry state at the moment, it had been looked after really well during his 9 years of ownership, despite any costs involved. The car was listed as having a head gasket on the way out, losing coolant and burning oil and it was semi-clear from the photos (which I can only assume had been taken through a Vaseline-smeared lens) that whilst the bodywork was clean, the wheels needed a refurb and it had some choice styling options from a crash into the nearest Halfords store. I made another, lower, cheekier offer to the seller and was pretty surprised when after a bit of consideration he agreed to it, on the condition that I collected the car within the week. Result! Bit of a doer-upper, but mostly minor issues. Ideal. I was planning on driving up into the area at the weekend to take my dad up to collect his new toy – a 1985 Land Rover Defender 90”, a factory V8 manual in ridiculously good shape – and this LCR was around 20 minutes away from there. Unfortunately there was no way I could drive one car up and both cars back and we don’t have a trailer to tow it home with the Landy, which would have been ideal! I told the seller I’d work something out and go from there. So it’s 8am the following day and I’ve just sorted my shit out ready to head to Derriford Hospital for an appointment with the allergy clinic. Long story short, my employer have decided that my intolerance to seafood which they previously decided was ok, wasn’t ok and needed to be checked out. Fun. I’ve got a few hours of skin and blood tests ahead but nothing particularly taxing and it beats being in the office I suppose. By a little after 10am I’m pretty much done and back in the car park, figuring out what to do with my afternoon off. Almost as soon as I’m in my car ready to head home, I get a message from some douche with an S3 asking when I’m picking up the new car. With the afternoon off and no plans, I check a few train times and reply to let him know I’m on the way up and will need a lift from the train station to the Leon. Because RaceTaxi. Rather nice M3 hooned past not long after we left the station: The seller was more than happy with this despite the short notice, which was somewhat handy I suppose, so a few hours later we arrived at his place to find the car waiting outside. As expected the car is a little ratty in places – chavtastic tints on the windows, lack of splitter – but nothing too killer from what we could make out. The seller arrives and we open the bonnet and start the engine. Everything sounds nice and smooth, but there are boost leaks galore, the expansion tank is the most disgusting colour and it’s pretty clear that there’s no flow of coolant through the system; likely the cause of the suspected head gasket issues. I have a quick chat with the guy and manage to get the price down a little further still. Given that I’ve already brought him down from the reduced price he offered it to me at which would already have been a bit of a steal, I’m pretty stoked that he accepts and we sign the paperwork while funds are transferred. The car is mine! We convoy back to Jardo’s in a somewhat reserved manner and drop off one of the cars before popping down to GSF to pick up a new expansion tank for the car, along with a bottle of coolant flush to put through the system when we get back. The boy even managed to get a few quid discount, presumably because it was the only way that the chap behind the counter could stop Jardo talking about Fiat 500s… Pizza in the oven, time to whip the old tank out. Looked like someone had decided that human faeces would be more effective than G12 coolant… Clean the crap of the cap: Chez Jardo: Colour of the crud we flushed from the system. Took a pretty substantial volume of water and chemical to get it all out: Once that was coming through clear it was out with the old: And in with the new: Celebratory pizza: Topped up the system with coolant and ran the car to bleed it through. There’s a little bit of metallic gunk coming through but in pretty small amounts. I think it must be from where the garage had tried using K-seal to fix the potential head gasket issue (though from checking it all out I’m pretty sure there’s no head gasket fault!) Let eh car run for a bit to get up to temperature and check that there was heat coming through the vents etc. All seems pretty much spot on – checked that the thermostat was functioning correctly by keeping an eye on the temps – held perfectly at 90 degrees for the entire trip back, ideal After that it was time to head home – it’d been a pretty long day of it and I had a 3 hour trek back to drop the car off on base, head into town to pick my current car up and drive home from there so around 4 hours in all ahead of me still. Nothing to report on the journey, really. There’s a very slight slip from the clutch if you put it under some strain so I’ll likely get that done pretty soon to be on the safe side, but totally usable in the meantime and not a problem in the slightest. I kept an eye on temps which stayed rock solid, and checked fluid levels a couple of times to be on the safe side – levels held fast and there doesn’t appear to be any more gunk coming through so I’ll likely flush through again after a few trips and be done with it. All locked up in a military compound, safe and sound. Boom, job done! A MASSIVE thanks to Jardo for hooking me up with a lift, some pizza and some additional experience sorting out the coolant flow issue. Looking forward to making a bit more progress with the car this weekend – will be starting by sorting out the small niggles (removing tints, tidy up wheels etc). Then I’ve just got the small matter of working out how to tell the missus I accidentally another car that we don’t have room for 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) I approve of this massively! Cast off next Friday and we can play with cars P.S. Soph will be all right..... Edited December 5, 2014 by craigjames 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Who the f**k cuts pizza like that?! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Nice write up Luke! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Who the f**k cuts pizza like that?! Papa John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Jardo; Your old man runs a garage or something, right? Is he somewhere near(ish) you? Related news: Anyone want a Mk4 Golf? Either a PD150 GT TDI or a 1.6 SE may be up for grabs cheap if so My friend has been looking for one. How much? Apologies if I've missed a price anywhere, haven't read anything since this comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Drop me a message dude. Let me know which car/budget etc as there's potentially wiggle room dependant on spec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 (edited) Does anyone know what company Eurocarparts use for their standard delivery service? Thanks! It's UPS Edited December 5, 2014 by dann2707 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 ECP are getting more and more fun every time I order. I never know what I'm going to get! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 ECP are c**ts who shouldn't be supported in any which way at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_seamons Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Cheap though, innit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartMini Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Only one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 God damn they look the sex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.KYDD Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Where does the penis go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted December 5, 2014 Report Share Posted December 5, 2014 Anywhere you like... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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