Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

Voodoomelon

colm_mcm

Now it makes sense....

166man

JAYSIS that's some amount of work...! Hopefully it all works out though, coolant leaks are the worst!

Black_Knight

Voodoomelon wrote: »

The avensis is back...

challengemaster

Decided it was time to actually figure out what these wonderful lights meant :pac:



Made an investment and got myself this:



It's no INPA, but it's able to read plenty of sensors and reset them... all for only €50

So the real question... What's wrong? With the lights, and being a BMW it was always most probable to be a sensor issue. More clues came with the cold weather - lights went away below 0C, strange! But again pointing towards sensors... I could have narrowed it down because I still had a working speedo, cruise control and ABS



Yup! Wheel speed sensor. Time to order a new one...

BillJ

Had to change a wheel speed sensor on my e46 not that long ago, roughly about €100 from micksgarage.

It was a very easy change, 15mins, albeit mine was a rear wheel so not sure if it will differ much. Some very good DIY's out there when I was looking.

challengemaster

BillJ wrote: »

Had to change a wheel speed sensor on my e46 not that long ago, roughly about €100 from micksgarage.

Jesus you got shtung. £29 for mine

BillJ

challengemaster wrote: »

Jesus you got shtung. £29 for mine

Looks like I did, they had nothing cheaper on their site at the time, plenty cheaper ones there now. Needed it quick at the time as well for an NCT.

Where did you get yours for future reference?

challengemaster

BillJ wrote: »

Looks like I did, they had nothing cheaper on their site at the time, plenty cheaper ones there now. Needed it quick at the time as well for an NCT.

Where did you get yours for future reference?

http://www.allgermanparts.co.uk/product/product?path=718_731&product_id=11482&group=102747

FYI always check that website first for any BMW parts

BillJ

challengemaster wrote: »

http://www.allgermanparts.co.uk/product/product?path=718_731&product_id=11482&group=102747

FYI always check that website first for any BMW parts

Cheers, are they generally OEM parts?

challengemaster

BillJ wrote: »

Cheers, are they generally OEM parts?

They stock Meyle, Lemforder, Febi, TRW, FAG, Jurid and a few others. Lemforder/TRW/FAG/Jurid are all OE suppliers, Meyle HD are uprated replacement components (stronger wishbone bushes/mounts, replaceable balljoints, thicker droplinks, etc). Febi are a well known brand too.

They don't sell any shíte

Foxhole Norman

I'm surprised mine hasn't had any blown sensors yet, with the amount of problems people have with them on E39's I thought I'd be doing all 4 :pac:

My problem turned out to be the brake light switch, which I knew for months but never replaced :P

challengemaster

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I'm surprised mine hasn't had any blown sensors yet, with the amount of problems people have with them on E39's I thought I'd be doing all 4 :pac:

My problem turned out to be the brake light switch, which I knew for months but never replaced :P

I'll bring my new scanner to the meet, just in case you've cursed it

Foxhole Norman

challengemaster wrote: »

I'll bring my new scanner to the meet, just in case you've cursed it

Ah go away will ya, don't be saying that :pac: Think all that's left is PDC faults which should be fixed with the bodywork on Monday.

challengemaster

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Ah go away will ya, don't be saying that :pac: Think all that's left is PDC faults which should be fixed with the bodywork on Monday.

You having the parking sensors replaced? or just getting the faults cleared? Cos I should be able to do the latter

Foxhole Norman

challengemaster wrote: »

You having the parking sensors replaced? or just getting the faults cleared? Cos I should be able to do the latter

Yeah two new sensors in the rear and hopefully a wiring fix.

cletus

I've done nothing to my car as this week I 'ave mostly been...building boats

Well, one boat


Ok, a canoe

GvidoR

I thought I was going to get more done today, but oh well...

Replaced the gear knob and the leather bit. Before:


Out with the old...


In with the new (and yes, it's brand new and genuine Harlekin knob )


And replaced the head unit that was there.




It had wires for an iPod in the glove box zip-tied so I had to unscrew that thing there to get the wires and the head unit out.


Ta-dah! You can buy it off me if you want. :pac:


And now my Kenwood is in there. Unfortunately there was no wire harness there, instead the cables were just wired up for that head unit, luckily however it was also a Kenwood so it used the same connector. I have a feeling that it's not wired up correctly since it doesn't turn on and off with the ignition.

Special Circumstances

GvidoR wrote: »

I have a feeling that it's not wired up correctly since it doesn't turn on and off with the ignition.

Considering how popular VWs are, you'd think the various apes wiring car kits and radios in them would have got the hang of finding a switched 12v. I'd say half of them fitted with car kits have the wires pulled. "Tid never worked right".

Toyotafanboi

Are you sure? I thought they were 'harlequin' like the clown or the fish, not 'harlekin'... could be wrong.

GvidoR

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Are you sure? I thought they were 'harlequin' like the clown or the fish, not 'harlekin'... could be wrong.

I'm sure.

Toyotafanboi

it's the little things.

the celica came with a parrot kit which i assumed didn't work. it wasn't mentioned in the ad and the owner never mentioned it, there was also no paperwork for it in the glove box. i had been intending to take it out because it looked a bit **** stuck to the head unit :rolleyes: but after much time guessing the pin code, it works now just to mount it all fancy

where it was:


first attempt of fixing it:



i was pretty happy with this, but i thought it upset the clean lines of the dashoard as it looked well from the drivers side but a bit "sticky outy" from the passenger side. the cable was also a bit pinched coming out the side of the dash.

second attempt here:


seeing as i don't smoke and i keep my parking meter change in the cup holder, i think this is a much tidier location

challengemaster

OSI wrote: »

Harlequin = English
Harlekin = German

Harley Quinn =

joujoujou

GvidoR

GvidoR wrote: »

I have a feeling that it's not wired up correctly since it doesn't turn on and off with the ignition.

I'd assume VW's have red and yellow wires for stereo power. Can't remember if my Passat did which is of same vintage as your Golf. Switch them around if it does. That should sort the problem.

Edit: The hard wired kenwood loom probably has red and yellow wires spliced with the brown/red and red/white VW wires

Bpmull

joujoujou wrote: »

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Surly there is more that 150k km on it should it be miles. Congrats on passing btw

TrailerBob

Has a corolla ever failed an NCT??

dgt

TrailerBob wrote: »

Has a corolla ever failed an NCT??

Oooooooh yes

joujoujou

Bpmull wrote: »

Surly there is more that 150k km on it should it be miles.

Kilometres. Got rid of miles on odometer recently - there's continental version of instrument cluster over there. And car is in my possession since Oct 2007, driven only home - work and back again route. Longer trips very rarely.

Bpmull wrote: »

Congrats on passing btw

Thanks.

TrailerBob wrote: »

Has a corolla ever failed an NCT??

Always.

Even yesterday mine's been failed.

Minor thing - one of tyre valves badly worn. So back home, swapped wheels (winters out, summers in) and away to test centre. Tester looked out through the window and printed a cert straight away.

TrailerBob

Installed a dual usb outlet thingy. It was too small for a normal switch blank, but almost perfect for the spot where the a/c switch would live had our tax system not forbade its existence...