Ashley1995 Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Washed, SRP with DA, 2 coats of EGP, gTechniq G4 followed by G1 for all the glass, T1 for the trim and Collinite 476 for the wheels 2 hours of car cleaning bliss. It's a bit like meditation for me...ommmm Did this to mine the other night, very therapeutic Extended test drive of the i3 booked for Monday. I get to keep it for a few days and see how it works in the real world I can't wait to test out the pre-heat function to get the cabin up to temperature before leaving Shame there so ugly! X-Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Shame there so ugly! True that! Still, a rusty silver E46 that's not been washed for (literally) months is hardly a looker! I think they'd look so much better with proper wheels and a single colour scheme rather than the black bonnets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICK 330 Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 New tailgate struts at last! Now it flies open. Fixed my blown headlamp bulb with wd40 lol Just s**t in the connectors...it appears? Two trips to the garage have not found why it cuts out after a 4k+ thrashing all seems ok!? The old girl has passed 203,000 miles now but still drives ok. Bought some Wynns Black smoke treatment for it & it drives beautiful ....with little to no smoke after a couple of hundred miles use. Vert had to have a new rocker gasket & a new low oil level sensor. When I turned the ignition on oil light was red but came on yellow when running for about 12 seconds. Then it would go out. Oil level was always fine as it doesn't use oil between services. Had a cracking drive round Wales 2 weeks ago in it. Awesome car but wife needs a diesel (with a decent boot lol) in the near future so I cant get too attached to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamse Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 My OBD2 bluetooth scanner arrived today. Been playing around with it, not bad for £4 delivered. Nice to see no errors reported when I scanned the ECU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan k Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 My OBD2 bluetooth scanner arrived today. Been playing around with it, not bad for £4 delivered. Nice to see no errors reported when I scanned the ECU. Mate can you just plug this in and wifi link with laptop or is it a lead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamse Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 I believe you can link it to your laptop. Not sure whether it would be wifi or bluetooth though. I linked my phone through bluetooth and torque pro app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamse Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Not really why u got it to be honest. U wanted it for the real time info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxtek Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Bought a private plate! I can't wait to be dealing with the DVLA again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doog79 Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Ordered a new set of inside tail lights last night. Was washing the car yesterday and noticed the lens on the OS one is peeling away from the housing at the top. Was hoping to buy led tails but the budget is not stretching at this time of the month. Should tidy the rear up though as they are both pretty grotty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Man Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 New tailgate struts at last! Now it flies open.Got a link, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Couldn't get it going - the E30 is too weak to jump the 330d, and I couldn't find any other jump leads to connect the Focus up to it as well Then I found out the E30 had drunk all of its coolant too, so that needed a top up before leaving. (New engine being collected tomorrow.) End result: 20 minutes late leaving. Happy Friday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3il Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Did you try to disconnect the battery while jumping the car....would have stopped the knackered battery sucking up all the juice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Did you try to disconnect the battery while jumping the car....would have stopped the knackered battery sucking up all the juice. Not this time, but last time it drained (this is becoming a regular thing, I think I need to remember to alter the shutdown timers on my dashcams) it still wouldn't start even with the battery disconnected - if anything, it was worse, which was strange. The lights went mad and started turning themselves on, and it was less willing to crank than with the battery connected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L333JSA Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 I think I need to remember to alter the shutdown timers on my dashcams) My dashcam is left on all night.....and can stay on for days without hindering my car starting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 I think I need to remember to alter the shutdown timers on my dashcams) My dashcam is left on all night.....and can stay on for days without hindering my car starting. I have two But yeah, mine used to allow this, but the alternator is only offering minimal charge levels (13.3v at a push), and I want to replace the car soon, so I'm trying to hold out on changing it as it doesn't look like a fun job... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuBeeDoo Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Decat. Sold the Anthracite Style 44 winter wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Xen Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Finally took the keys back off the wife and hers is back on the road The car is officially trashed from her and the little one So one new rear tyre cheers wife !!! And car full of women's crap Not feeling the love with the 46 at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonesie Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Picked it up from the bodyshop, they've done brilliant work and now I wish I had taken some before pictures... I might put some after pics up after it has had a wash and polish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 New engine collected (m20b25) Maxtek and The_Judge_ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doog79 Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 New inner tail lights fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley1995 Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 New engine collected (m20b25) Can I asks favour!? Can you grab me a couple of pictures of how the steering pump is mounted! I made the mistake of taking the thing off without looking at how it goes back on! Got one from the scrappy yesterday to go back on hopefully this one works. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 Sure, once I'm home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 Until I've got it out, this is the best I can do. The metal pas bracket has three bolts to the block, one in the front, two on the sides iirc. The pas pump then attached to that Ashley1995 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonesie Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 Gave it a bit of a polish and coat of turtlewax.... It didn't come up too badly and the repair to the scabby arch looks good. Maxtek and StuBeeDoo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted October 17, 2015 Report Share Posted October 17, 2015 Can I asks favour!? Can you grab me a couple of pictures of how the steering pump is mounted! I made the mistake of taking the thing off without looking at how it goes back on! Got one from the scrappy yesterday to go back on hopefully this one works. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk And a couple more, hopefully they help. Ashley1995 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
