The "Today I did something to my car" thread

dgt

Moar turbo fun!

EGR clean time


It needed it!


Better


It meant I had to take this c*nt off...


Onto the "lunchbox"


Ugh tar!


I did say tar...


I did get it cleaned, checked with a straight edge too, alls grand

Refitting that little c*nt


Yeeeeaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh TAKE THAT!!!!!!!!!!!


Onto the oil return pipe, just a quick clean out


Then the high pressure feed. This little filter must be kept clean and for goodness sake, don't lose it!!!


Cleaned!


This union was the last piece to fit for now...


Plenty more to do!

JJJJNR

Passed the NCT this morning, 27 months till the next one.. happy days..!

Top Dog

Picked up a big slab of rubber from friends yesterday for fashioning into a pair of rear mudflaps. :cool:

First step was making up some cardboard templates for fitment



10mm thick :eek:



Template over the rubber to mark out



Marked out and ready for cutting



Ready for the next step tomorrow if weather is ok

JJJJNR

Genius!

JJJJNR

Got the car Terracleaned this afternoon, took about 1 hour do get it done, lads are very friendly and went through what was involved, took it out for a spin after and throtle response is much better through 3rd - 4th etc seems to be more liner, also engine is a bit quieter around 2k - 2,300rpm when cruising, havent been out on a longer spin than that and will give an update after a few fills.

MetzgerMeister

JJJJNR wrote: »

Got the car Terracleaned this afternoon, took about 1 hour do get it done, lads are very friendly and went through what was involved, took it out for a spin after and throtle response is much better through 3rd - 4th etc seems to be more liner, also engine is a bit quieter around 2k - 2,300rpm when cruising, havent been out on a longer spin than that and will give an update after a few fills.

...and what about the main question?! Had they the CO2/hydrocarbon measuring machine with them? :P

Conchurl

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

...and what about the main question?! Had they the CO2/hydrocarbon measuring machine with them? :P

i just rang them there to see if they will be around cork any day to do my car and he said they dont have a tester in the mobile van but do have one in the garage in wicklow, so they dont test it when they come to you in the van but if you call to the garage they can test before and after.

Alanstrainor

JJJJNR wrote: »

Got the car Terracleaned this afternoon, took about 1 hour do get it done, lads are very friendly and went through what was involved, took it out for a spin after and throtle response is much better through 3rd - 4th etc seems to be more liner, also engine is a bit quieter around 2k - 2,300rpm when cruising, havent been out on a longer spin than that and will give an update after a few fills.

Very cool. This is next on my list of todos I think...how much did it set you back?

JJJJNR

cost 120 plus vat as advertised on donedeal, didn't have a Co2 tester, but I didnt notice any smoke out the back when I was accelerating out of corners etc time will tell..

What would really clinch it for me is if my rough idle is sorted, will be testing that tomorrow morning!

MetzgerMeister

JJJJNR wrote: »

cost 120 plus vat as advertised on donedeal, didn't have a Co2 tester, but I didnt notice any smoke out the back when I was accelerating out of corners etc time will tell..

What would really clinch it for me is if my rough idle is sorted, will be testing that tomorrow morning!

Rough idle can often be caused by carbon baked onto piston rings. It makes sense that the Terraclean can sort it

dgt

How nice to see undamaged and well looked after parts


No way is that going back on the manifold though!!! :eek:


In due time...

dgt

Get out!


The one to be fitted is supposed to be bigger...


Alas, why this turbo is for the bin


The "mechanic" altered the pipework so that no oil got to the shaft when the turbo blew :rolleyes:

As a bonus...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ7p-JfFNp4

Waiting on gaskets now!

dgt

Wile I'm waiting for a bit of help to take out this f*ck of a ball joint, I decided to kill some time....

So I took apart that turbo I took out for the craic

I really need a new camera....


Wastegate actuator


4 bolts to whip off the compressor housing


The compressor wheel looks even worse exposed!


I decided to take the exhaust housing off. Something seems to be missing here...


Yep, the turbine wheel has done a disappearing act, along with half of the shaft! :eek:


I have another Garrett GT15 that suffered the same fate, I don't know may be a fault in them...

I'll use this one as a "return your old un" job :pac:

BUBBLE WRAP

dgt, that is great work. I really do learn a lot from your posts in this thread. Like even this last post I learned about the turbo and the parts of it. I'm always curious to see what you have up your sleeve next and what I can learn from it. Great work again and keep it up.

JerCotter7

Engine is in now anyway. Had to wait for mounts.


Hopefully I can get it wired up tomorrow.

dgt

Got that help in the finish

Basically, de-stake the joint, make sure the keys line up and keep it straight

Taking out a balljoint some monkey fitted... Left us with a nasty mess to take out :mad:

A familiar sight :pac:


Here's the offending joint


*Disclaimer: that's not me operating that stillson :P

The reason why we resorted to a stillson



That's fairly crappy :rolleyes:

vectra

vectra wrote: »

Not toda, but Yesterday what I did to the Toledo.

SOLD IT :pac:

Now on the hunt for a replacement
Top of the list is either a Mk1 Octavia vRS or a 318ci..

Limerick man wrote: »

I would imagine you would get a lot better value in an Octavia.

Got this.

Now to burn out the DA getting it to the Toledo standards :pac:

Few jobs needing done but nothing major. Good straight car, running well.

R.O.R

vectra wrote: »

Got this.

Looks a similar reg number to one an ex. collegue of mine had. Sure his was an 02 - if it was originally a UK Fleet car and spent a few years in Dublin from 04/05 onwards, that was a minter.

Does she have the armrest (essential in my opinion), and have you bought some spare coils to carry around for when they go?

vectra

OSI wrote: »

A petrol VRS in the Vectra household! :eek:

LOL
Competition..
The young lad can average 40mpg out of it :cool:

Pending prices of the Mk3 vrs there could very easily be a second petrol one

R.O.R wrote: »

Looks a similar reg number to one an ex. collegue of mine had. Sure his was an 02 - if it was originally a UK Fleet car and spent a few years in Dublin from 04/05 onwards, that was a minter.

Does she have the armrest (essential in my opinion), and have you bought some spare coils to carry around for when they go?

First off. May congratulate you both.


Now,
Back to the vrs.
Indeed it was a UK import.
She has no armrest but could be a plan to fit one.

No spare coils yet but is on the list of "Must have's"

advertsfox

vectra wrote: »

She has no armrest but could be a plan to fit one.

OEM MK1 armrest on MicksGarage for just shy of €60



http://www.micksgarage.com/proddetails.aspx?pid=1110861&pk=E07D8

Ardennes1944

how quick does it feel vectra?

has anyone else totally given up on keeping their cars clean the last few weeks?

vectra

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

how quick does it feel vectra?

has anyone else totally given up on keeping their cars clean the last few weeks?

Would you believe I have not driven it "Properly" yet :P

And yes, It must be close on 2 weeks since I cleaned my own car.

MetzgerMeister

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

has anyone else totally given up on keeping their cars clean the last few weeks?

Nope! Anyone who does is an amateur :P

Alanstrainor

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

has anyone else totally given up on keeping their cars clean the last few weeks?

Yup!

My car is in desperate need of a wash, polish and a wax!

dgt

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

has anyone else totally given up on keeping their cars clean the last few weeks?

Replace weeks with years for me :pac:

Ardennes1944

i think ill just clean the alloys later to tide it over

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

same as always with me,

inside hoovered and spotless and nice smelling

but the outside covered in ****e !

MuppetCheck

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

how quick does it feel vectra?

has anyone else totally given up on keeping their cars clean the last few weeks?

Haven't washed mine in a month. I don't intend on doing anything until the weather picks up either. I did clean the number plate and parking sensors as they were caked in dirt and couldn't be seen or work.

TestTransmission

I think i know that vRS Vectra.It hardly had its engine rebuilt about 2 years ago??

Alanstrainor

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Yup!

My car is in desperate need of a wash, polish and a wax!

Just had a Bord gais engineer comment on how spotless my car was

I told him his standards were too low:D