Its on its way out isnt it!!! :(...thread now the offical bad luck dan club :(

[ds2000]

Nothing went wrong with it, nothing ever does with Hondas

I had a moment on ice and banged the front, only accident I\'ve ever had and I can safely say short of staying in bed that it couldn\'t have been avoided, left me with an £800 bill to fix it up.

I swapped a 2.2 VTEC Engine into it, Wingswest Kit, Alloys, Uprated Brakes, Lowered, AGX Shocks, Fully Bushed damn it handled well - was a hard move to sell it and get the RX - plus the lude would do 38mpg

Hopefully you\'ll get away with it being the coolant system, the US guys I spoke to before I bought my 7 said, "change the coolant hoses, vacuum lines and install oil pressure/temp, water pressure/temp gauges and a boost guage before you even think of touching the 7"

Note the coolant hoses as their first thing to do

[Dan Norton]

Ooo...nasty!!:(

I know what you mean, if i had never seen sainsburys new beer offer in the paper...i would never have gone there, so my troubles wouldnt have got any worse!, i never shop there anyway

I have those gauges on the way actually, as soon as i can get a decnt 3 gauge a-pillar holder, i will get them in.


Cheers,

Dan!!

[Initial-D]

Sorry to hear about all your problems, hopefully it\'ll be sorted and you can go back to just worrying where the best beer offer is!

[Dan Norton]

Thanks ben, i cant do much with it at the moment because its in the bodyshop.

Certainly gonna have to get this coolant sorted tho.

I\'ve been pricing up turbo kits the incase it does need a rebuild


Dan!!

[wiggy]

Hi Dan

My heart goes out to you after having the same sort of probs (maybe not with the body kit )

As far as the coolant thing goes, mine cleared up. Didn\'t do anything from Sunday until yesterday. I tell you my car should be called Christine....I didn\'t post up that it was OK because I thought I would tempt fate. So on Wednesday I was chatting to a pal on messenger and he asked about it. I said it seems to have sorted itself, then I left to pick up the missus. Wadda ya know it came on again.....ARGHHHHHHHH, this fookin car will be the death of me.

What process did Carl tell you to do as far as bleeding coz I am convinced its an air lock still :confused:

Cheers buddy and keep ya chin up

[gsb876]

Geezer if you have a air pocket somewhere in the system get it seen to asap or bleed the system yourself if you know how to, as this will deffo lead to overheating and the possibility of the rebuild becomes reality.

Gurj:wave

[wiggy]

Hi Gurj

I have dropped it and refilled on Sunday, this seemed to cure it as previously mentioned but now its come back, well not as bad as before.

So am I missing something on the bleed process??

Can someone (such as Carl) post up a how too list of doing it ??

Cheers

[gsb876]

OK, if you\'ve already bled the system and the air pocket has returned then theres a possiblilty of there being a leak somewhere or there being a prob with the intercooler / rad???

If the rad has a minute puncture then that will cause a air pocket to develope, i had this prob a while back when the rad / intercooler were rubbing together which made a small hole in the rad from rubbing causing an air pocket to develope??

Gurj:)

[Carl]

Phone me about how to bleed the system.
Kind regards
Carl

[wiggy]

Hi Carl

Its late now so is tomorrow OK? No garage and darkness outside = work on car stops

If its ok with you I\'ll ring you tomorrow morning?

I\'m guessing the number on your sig is the one to ring  

Cheers m8

[Initial-D]

Dan, sounds like you heading the same route as myself! While the engines out I might aswell swap this, change this etc!

[Dan Norton]

Thanks wiggy, i hope you get yours sorted aswell, its annoying more than anything, especially when you dont know whats wrong

Give carl a ring, he was more than helpful with his description on how to bleed the coolant system (thanks again carl).


Ah ben, what route are you going down?


Dan!!

[Initial-D]

Well had a water seal go so I decided to have the enigine ported whilst out and have a FMIC. Upgraded the fuel pump, regulator and injectors - so when mapped I can up the boost and see what power I can get from the twins. When I want more power most is in place already so I\'d just need the big single turbo, waste gate and mid pipe.

I also want to upgrade the brakes, add a roll cage along with under body braces and uprated front and rear strut bars.

Unsure as to if I\'ll strip out the interior and remove the sound deadening yet!

Then I can really push for some good track and 1/4 mile times. That\'s the plan anyway!!

What\'s your plans, similar to the above?

I guess it comes down to money at the end of the day - I don\'t know how much further I can go b4 funds stop me! I think I need a sponser lol!!:rollin