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RemarkLima Rich, no offence meant, but surely you can walk half a mile in less time than it takes to warm up the car, drive there and cool it down again? Unless I\'m missing something?

Sounds lazy I know but the reason is to get home at lunch, walk the dog, eat and get back within the hour. If I didn\'t have the dog Id walk, well probably.

Rich

I use mine daily and drive 0.5 miles to work and back and never had any problems over the last year doing that. There are reasons other than me being lazy...lol. I generally leave the turbo timer on in the morning so it gets to operating temp before turning off + lots of spirted driving at weekends :driving

Rich

Thanks for all the info guys.  
Gurj - Yes I know what you mean about the front of my car.

I\'m hoping its not water seals. Checked coolant this morning and had lost some but not much. If I undo the filler cap when the water has cooled slightly and I see champagne bubbles is this what you mean about the system being pressurised (bubbles being the release of pressure) ?

If this is the case is there a short term fix to prong life of seals ?

Rich

Hi Paul,

If I stand in traffic all is fine goes to about 94 deg tops.
Its + boost and higher road speeds that cause it to rise.

Oh btw are you out this weekend around town ? Its my B day so hoping to get over there Sat night. Let me know if you fancy meeting up for a few :guinness

Rich

Hi Guys,

Hope you can offer some pointers on this.

Off boost my water temp sits around 90 deg. Soon as I go into positive boost or drive at high speeds I am seeing my water temps steadily rise. I have seen temps upto 105 deg on the motorway. If I free wheel the temps will drop back down again to low 90\'s. I am not loosing coolant though.

Any ideas ?

Rich

Whatever system you go with I fitted an override switch in the cockpit so I can turn it on/off whenever without having to hit a certain boost level. Its good for keeping the air temps low so when you do boost it your not at already high temps, esp in this weather.

Rich

Hi Paul,

TBH other than list it on here I haven\'t actively done anything towards selling it so I think I\'ll hold onto her for a while yet and re-asses the house buying situation  

BTW are you going to Thoresby Park a week on Sunday ?

Rich

If your changing the spark plugs its easiest to jack up the front passenger side put axel stands in place and remove wheel as it\'ll give you more room to manouvre.

Depends what mods you are running as at what plugs you need. Mine has mild mods and I run NGK platinum 9\'s all round with no problems.

Rich  

Very sweet looking job.
Look forward to seeing it at RS3.

Rich  :Thumbs-up

Generally been happy with A plan.
However when my renewal quote came through for 840.00 I phoned back with a "is this the best you can do" ? question. They came back later in the day with 620.00 so worth haggling where you can.

Rich  

I was told today by someone that putting your foot flat to the floor on the accelerator to stop fuel being pumped into the engine only works on a standard ECU and not if you have an Apexi fitted. Can anyone confirm if thats true or not ?

Rich

From the look of your first 2 pics I have a very similar side skirt. I use a trolley jack and jack at the point where the indents are shown on your second pic and never had a problem. Just remember to put some axle stands under before you start working.

Rich  

That was just the parts. I\'d say 1-1.5 hours labour so estimate another 100+VAT to fit. The garage may charge you more if they haven\'t supplied the parts.

Rich  

If memory serves me right the pump was 100.00 and I had 2nd hand 1200 injectors for 250.00 all +VAT. I\'ve heard some people saying they\'ve had problems with 1200 injectors but mine are still going strong a year later. I\'ve probably tempted fate saying that now.

Rich  :Thumbs-up

Hi Dave,

I had similar mods to you and went to WGT to have a decat fitted. When Pip put it on the dyno it was running lean at the top end so I ended up having to get a bigger fuel pump and larger secondary injectors. If you cant afford that then you could always lower boost to a safer level but then that defeats the object of having it decatted.

Rich