Recent content by sweeper

lesson learned here then, it is of course perfectly possible to remove the emission devices from and engine and retune to get better power. better fuel economy and of course still pass an mot, but you need to know what you are doing and if it goes wrong you need to know how to interpret the...

yes they are just blanking tape, they do nothing other than mask the upward to the left beam and create a flat beam with no upward to the right, you need new lights to do this.

If your Viano has xenons then you shouldn't use the beam covers, they get too hot (they don't deflect, they are simply masking the upward nearside part of the beam) you can just leave them and won't neccessarilly dazzle anyone. They are easily adjustable, should you wish to, remove main and...

Shouldn’t be any need to clean a dpf, usually there is an underlying issue preventing active regen. Often this is the dpf pressure differential sensor which can fail without giving a eml until car goes into limp, other things are faulty thermostats where the engine doesn’t get up to temperature...

I thought I'd post this as i couldn't find much on the internet. I mentioned to my wife the other week that the Viano a/c was working well still after i replaced the condenser and the compressor 4.5yrs ago, along with one electric fan and for good measure whilst i was there put a new radiator...

The Viano has now done 341000miles, still running sweetly, no timing chain noises yet, don't do huge mileages but they're still clocking up steadily, i have never had to replace a timing chain on any car, most of which have done over 100k when i bought them and probably more than 200k when...

Just to update. the Viano has now done 341000miles, if anything it runs better now than it did, i had a leaky fuel injector so had all 4 replaced, followed by a new dpf pressure differential sensor and a forced regen of the dpf, I also thin MB did an ecu update last time it went in, it feels...

New service and mot on 22/02/23 mot until March 20th 2024, no advisories, price reduced to £7000 this week, really good car, no faults no surprises so is great value, enthusiast owned, company vehicle and Jaguar XK forces reluctant sale of the ultimate 7 seater.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202301103131818 R Class for sale, ad has all the details, is booked for service and Mot on the 22/02 so will have 13months mot plus a fresh service with local independent, well maintained car and selling due to mad purchase of big cat! And we don’t need...

Mmm! I did think this may be the case, but odd that I could hear it as I went to close it, mine, and I guess they all do, releases the catch before it starts to close (I guess just in case it isn’t open for some reason) but it just kept opening as it reached fully shut, as if it didn’t know...

I had this issue with my Viano, it was passively regening but eventually went to limp mode, the problem was faulty dpf pressure differential sensor reading 0, new one fitted and a forced active regen and it ran better than it ever had since I bought it, notably the faulty sensor didn’t bring the...

I recently used BCS in Nottingham, I just had their basic refurb on x15 callipers, great finish and I’d imagine they do a really good job if you want a colour/special finish. I actually went over to meet them as it was for business and I had to be sure they met our standards, they have a...

Bit of an issue with my tailgate on Saturday, I opened with the key but stopped it with the key when it was half way, then it wouldn’t shut, just kept opening as it tried to latch, few up and downs and eventually it shut but didn’t sound right as the latch did whirrr and pull down as it would...

I disagree with the internal battery thing, best way is check the log of alarm events using a suitable diagnostic tool, icarsoft will do that, on the R class I found it was the rear window circuit, to be exact it was the left rear side window, I was able to disable the circuit by disconnecting...

Viano went in for airbag and they listed the ecu update to be done at the same time, I asked for it not to be done, also they replaced a leaking fuel injector seal and fitted a new fuel bleed rail, so picked it up and noticed two things, it took a long time to start, usually on the button, this...