Recent content by Phil_the_Chill

Hi Can anyone help get me the code for BP536556021310 Part No. (?) LP 8 635 123 524-3 Found it stamped on the side of the radio. Thanks Phil

Disconnected the battery so now being asked for the code. I can't find any piece of paper with it on so took the radio out to have a look. Aghh a bit of paper stuck on it.. but it was ripped.. I can only make out the following "28 184 BC401..... .54" Stamped in the metal casing is "LP 8...

Spent £25 to get the engine diagnosed... result was leaky throttle body. Hmmm. My ebay engine wasn't perfect.. though to be fair maybe I knacked it putting it in. I swapped the old one and the revs went to normal. I'll be dipped if I could find a crack anywhere or leak.. but neither could...

I downloaded a service manual.. which is OK.. Sorted my brake problem and (as I suspected) my revving issue... the engine I put in had a brake vacuum hose on it.. so did the car!! So.. at the end I had something of an extra hose situation.. which I resolved by sticking it somewhere... Now...

Just read something about throttle control learning procedure in the service manual.. maybe I have to teach it what zero pedal is after disconnecting it?

Well I got it in last night and turned it over... it ran on the second try. Not totally happy... it is revving high.. and my brake servo is ineffective. I have probably missed a hose somewhere or connected it wrong. The exhaust is noisy... though I did tighten up the studs.. so not sure...

Thanks - i have sorted it now... the engine is out... just need to shove the new one in and see if it goes. After buying new exhaust studs... I knew I should have taken a torch to them.. I just cut corners a little.. and ended up taking longer as usual!

Embarked on swapping the engine. A bit daunting. Now I remember why I don't do this stuff.. just following the instructions is tough enough.. I forgot what reality is like. The FIRST nut... exhaust mount... sheared off. This task is going to be an utter b@stard. Later... suspension...

Just a thought.. if the sump was dry then would lack of oil pressure lead to the tensioner adjuster falling back into its cylinder leaving the chain all slack? Would refilling the oil push the piston back out? A bit of straw clutching.. but the garage has quoted £1500 for the job.. and I...

I think first I should get an accurate diagnosis. My wife ran the car without oil! No warning light came on (as reported).. and there was a "new" ticking noise that got louder. I listened to it and it sounds like a whirring rattling noise from the engine front. The engine runs OK.. and no...

Ah thanks. Really looks like a daunting task. The locking pin details really confuse me. I assume it is released by oil pressure so at rest it should be engaged. Why would I want to disengage it? (the air pressure thing). Looking at the mechanism - without oil pressure (and with the...

VVT - I am currently considering a timing chain job... inspection possibly replacing.. Just a query.. does the inlet cam sprocket have to be messed about with at all? Could the new chain be fitted by simply removing the exhaust cam sprocket and ensuring the sprocket positions are correct when...

Had a listen.. it seems more of a whirring... and is intermittent.. and doesn't seem to synchronise with engine revs.. I am beginning to think it is the K12 timing chain issue.. though I have never heard one of them for comparison

Last year I bought my wife a 5-door K12 SX - it has been no problem... until she told me it was making a rattling noise. I listened to it.. and there was a quiet regular mechanical knocking. I thought about this for a day and then suggested she let the garage listen to it. Holy cow! The sump...

With the benefit of daylight I saw the problem this morning... the two upper alternator support bolts have er gone??? Very mysterious. So the thing was hanging on the locking nut and had lost a lot of tension haha. Still turning a little but mainly slipping... perhaps this is why the...