January 7, 201610 yr Just add about the belts check when the cambelt was done if that was old good chance the cambelt might be in bad shape mate. That's a good call Gambit, Luckily the car's got FSH and the service book shows the cambelt was done at 92K, there are a ton of service receipts and MOTs so I've been pretty lucky with this one. I might do the cambelt again anyway just for farts and giggles, as I've never done one before - youTube vids make it look pretty straight forward and I'll know it's done for sure then.
January 8, 201610 yr New brake discs and pads arrived... ordered some braided brake lines as well, thot I might as well upgrade my brake lines since I'll have all the brakes apart :D
January 10, 201610 yr Bought some new wheels so I can take the current ones off and give them a refurb.Cheap casesam Galaxy J5 cases casesam
January 10, 201610 yr Replaced spark plugs as had a intermittent miss fire on boost 1 and 3 worn were only meant to be replaced 8 months before I brought it and I hardly drive it done 2,500 miles in 2 years Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk
January 10, 201610 yr Gave mine a wash. I should change my plugs really just don't like doing them lol. I might leave it and when I get Martin to do the cambelt see if he can do them at the same time lol.
January 10, 201610 yr Gave mine a wash. I should change my plugs really just don't like doing them lol. I might leave it and when I get Martin to do the cambelt see if he can do them at the same time lol.Haha know what you mean about the plugs especially if they haven't been changed in a long time mine were welded inSent from my E6653 using Tapatalk
January 10, 201610 yr Washed it, as temperatures aren't going to be much above freezing round here for a while.... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
January 10, 201610 yr We've got rain, rain and if we're lucky a bit of sleet! [emoji30] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
January 10, 201610 yr Author Tried to find my wiring fault and failed miserably now the rear wiper is sat at 12'ocloc position [emoji20]
January 10, 201610 yr 470 mile round trip for the old girl tomorrow Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
January 11, 201610 yr Still on the same tank of fuel after 11 days, currently just below half. Loving living closer to work :). Went for a drive yesterday with my partner and the dogs, one dog loves the car the other I had to stop quickly so she could be sick :( haha. Looks like slow driving with dogs from now on! Got my new lights the other day, not got round to fitting them yet but they look lovely. Quite a nice change from the morettes.
January 11, 201610 yr 470 mile round trip for the old girl tomorrow Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3/4 of the trip done and best mpg tank of fuel yet; 30.7 [emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
January 11, 201610 yr Well 275mile down to Plymouth today, overnight in a pub Carpark and 275 mile back home tomorrow. I do like the fact that the XV never feels like it's having a problem with a long drive. I had my foot down today and gave her a bit of a ragging, had my lowest MPG to date at 46.7mpg, sorry david1972 [emoji6] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
January 11, 201610 yr Author Fixed the rear wiper power loss, but it's just showed me a lot more replacing of the tailgate loom needs to be done when it gets a bit warmer
January 11, 201610 yr Well 275mile down to Plymouth today, overnight in a pub Carpark and 275 mile back home tomorrow. I do like the fact that the XV never feels like it's having a problem with a long drive. I had my foot down today and gave her a bit of a ragging, had my lowest MPG to date at 46.7mpg, sorry david1972 [emoji6] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Tis all good mate [emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
January 13, 201610 yr Even I had a job de-icing the car this morning, feel sorry for the rest of you! Although my difficulty could have come from not being used to it Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
January 13, 201610 yr Full car cover arrived today so hopefully no more icy mornings. Booked into garage for newly cleaned injectors fitting, new plugs and a remap with boost controller 👍👍👍
January 14, 201610 yr Had a trip to the hospital last night, not for me. My partners little sister had fractured her wrist. In the car park I spotted a Subaru so had to park next to it :). Shame their Subaru is so dirty, makes mine look like it's got a showroom shine lol.
January 14, 201610 yr my car is off to the doctors at sheffield subaru services in the morning,finally get my rear diff leak sorted and then mot hopefully he will come back happy.
January 14, 201610 yr I find it strange they swapped the bugeye sti scoop for the blob. It was lowered as well, mine is on the stock springs. Not so sure about the rear spoiler either lol.
January 14, 201610 yr That rear spoiler is massive,i thought it was angle of picture or somat [emoji15] Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk
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