Recent content by AntMB

Yep, that's another way to look at it. I did what I could, C type ball joint press wouldn't shift it. SKF hydraulic ones (£1,000 jobbie) wouldn't shift it. That's it, out of time. In my old life, I'd just remove the whole thing, like I did years ago and get it drifted out and then start...

I dated a girl years ago who loved facials, but that's another story entirely......

Booked in for next Tuesday - deduct 100 man points :(😢

I bought a conversion kit from Rock Auto.

In my old life I'd have had the time to say righto, if it's not budging, I'm cutting it off and refitting a new one - but I just don't have the time now as I have my son to look after in the week, I literally can do nothing about it.

I have another lower ball joint to replace for the MOT. Utter nightmare, nothing will budge, nothing. I can't separate anything apart from the taper of the ball joint, but it will not budge out of the hub carrier. I feel like I've failed, as I've got so much going on at the moment, I really have...

Absolute effing failure.

Where did you get yours from? Euros don't show one, GSF only says premium, though I got mine there last time around and it was a Calorstat, which are usually good, but I didn't know what they were supplying until I got it.

Ok, so parts supplier issue - I like Topran stuff, often they are OEM, I've been stung by that scam from Autodoc where they alter your order to give you a part from a manufacturer called Stark.....a google suggests they're a Chinese manufactuer which they own and I'm not the first to have been...

I tried the other sensor a moment ago, I just plugged it in hanging in free air, still in it's stat housing - temp fine and fans remained off, so that's proved that. So I've tried to remove my good sensor from the old housing, it's not budging, doesn't want to come out, so the one in the car...

So this evening, put the key in, ignition on, but not start, and the temp reading shot right up to 90c right away. Start was rough, so that points to the temp sensor, as the fuel settings wouldn't be correct, as the engine is in fact cold, but the computer thinks it's at running temp. I'll try...

Wouldn't muck the temp readings up though, so that's why I'm pointing to the temp sensor.

What is LIN?

The coolant temperature sensor is in the thermostat housing, actually, I still have the old stat housing which I replaced 5 years ago, I'll try swapping that sensor over when I get a chance.

Thanks for the suggestions so far, I do have iCarsoft. I will take a look at that. In the meanwhile, I've been in the car again, started, so many seconds later, fans on. I then noticed the temp guage shot up to 90c straight away. It then went up to 120c then back down to 90c. So, likely the...