The good morning thread

[conaero]

Wow what's going on with it Matt last I read you were reprogramming the injectors.
Thought the head had been done over in Chepstow ?
A bit of a Project Alfa this one then ?
Morning all

Its been a bit of a mission but it comes down to the previous garage not skimming the head that was warped after an overheating issue. This manifested itself as not starting from cold or warm. Obviously it had compression in the cooling system too.

Head has been skimmed but they had to take 25 thou off it and we need to see if the head is still within tolerance. I have a 10 thou thicker head gasket so it should be ok but I may have to have it modified so that it takes up another 10 thou.

EGR valve was stuffed, that has been blanked and remmed out of the ecu plus cold start updates applied to the ecu, The car does (or did) cold start on the button. The intake manifold was clogged and leaking. This has been modified too where the swirl flaps have been removed and the manifold acid bathed and modified. Injectors were in the wrong way round which are coded to each cylinder so the ECU can trim the fuel as required.

On top of that there were a myriad of other smaller issues such as dirty MAF and MAP, coolant temp sensor and the turbo boost solinoid.

The warm start issue was still present but its believed that due to head gasket gone water was seeping back into the cylinders on cool down and thus the engine had to pump all this out so the derv could ignite. Coupled with the intake mods it should be in rude health but its been a mission. I did get some money back from the previous garage which has covered the costs for parts its just the 100 hrs labour I have put into it thats annoying.

Anyway, never been beaten by a car, and never will. New Cambelt and water pump going on too.

Then off to the paint shop for a respray. Not going to make much on this one but it will be a lovely, sorted car for someone and, more importantly, another one saved. Its only got 70k miles on it so to scrap it as Andy was considering would have been a shame.

Its going to be a very sorted car when she's done.

 

[Guest 1678]

I am deeply worried about your dirty MAF!

 

[Guest 1678]

Well done Matt - labour of love and at over 100 hours £5-6k saved even at a specialist.

 

[daverichardson]

Morning all
Aching all over after yesterdays Baddo session.
Octogenarians giving me a whippersnapper the run around for 2 hours.
I am pooped

 

[GeoffCapes]

Morning all. On the train to London for a couple of surveys and a meeting with my accountant and then a suit fitting for the wedding in a Ireland next week.

Followed by a beer or three with the boys afterwards.

Busy busy day!

 

[Andyk]

Well done Matt - labour of love and at over 100 hours £5-6k saved even at a specialist.

Labour of love...that's one way to look at it......******* nightmare more like...Wish I had just scrapped the thing. In fact I was offered more in the scrape schemes of get get on new cars than just scrap....If I hadn't lost my job that's what I probably would have done as you can get anything from 2500 to 6000 for her against a new car depending on the scheme.

 

[zagatoes30]

Matt you perseverance is epic, and hopefully finally over. As you say another one saved.

So glad i was second

 

[CatmanV2]

Morning forum. Same today. At least we have some kind of plan.

Have a great day, all

C

 

[Mr.Cambio]

Good morning everyone. Hope all is well there.
After two days of rain, it looks like weather improves. Going in the alfa for fix some trouble with a turbo lag. Other than that, it´s a long way in front. Take care.

 

[conaero]

Morning Chris, morning all.

Friday again already.

 

[philw696]

Morning all.
Matt what a mission and what kind of a workshop did the initial job sounds unbelievable.
Don't know how you have found the time to do it and as you say a fair few hours to put back together.

 

[zagatoes30]

Morning all, poets day

 

[2b1ask1]

Morning all, tour of the uk continues.

Have fun all...

 

[Andyk]

Morning all...Just me an Alex today so a boys day.

 

[D Walker]

Morning,
Short day and Lanzarotte tommorrow for 2 weeks of doing nothing,
Got to say I'm I a knackered, 5 days off this year working long hours to deliver for the client who is now pulling a lot of the work out of the shutdown. There attitude is, you've been paid, mine is, I can't get the time back, been offered another job but it's back to being a wage slave, some thinking to do on hols.
Have a good POETS day!
Dave

 

[tess]

Morning guys...blooming cold at 6am...hate early shifts

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[daverichardson]

Morning all
Lovely looking day out there, but I suspect cold.
Off to Sunny Saltburn by the Sea shortly for some bread.

Dave Lanzarote apparently was cold and windy last week - sorry

 

[D Walker]

Noticed, showing 18 all next week....

 

[Spartacus]

Morning .I had a day off yesterday and managed to clear my garage for the arrival of the GS on Monday . 12 years of cr4p got launched to the dump .I fixed the door, and i can live without a freezer . It better bloody fit thats all I can say .

 

[GeoffCapes]

Morning all. Busy day today, although I was hoping to finish early and spend some time with the family, but it looks like that has gone out of the window already.

Took the Maser to work this morning as we have dry, now warming roads (over 5 degrees at least).
How I've missed the sound of a 4.7 V8 at full throttle. Not been able to do that for months!

More work to do for the new company ahead of our finish jobs next week. So far so good.
Also have to write up all of the surveys I did yesterday.

Have a good one all.