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Hi, no I've not tried replacing the spark plugs yet as I've not had any more free time this week to continue working on the car. My socket set with the extender bit on it didn't reach far enough to take the old ones out when I worked on it earlier in the week :mad: Thanks for the link, I'll take...

I managed to get some free time eventually today to take off the tps and the idle control valve from the meter but after getting the 5 sided star tool set out that I bought for taking off the maf sensor previously, the other two sensors both have a different type of security screw :( does anyone...

I was intending on cleaning out all the dirt throughout the whole meter whilst I'm taking it apart for the sake of it if it's possible to get the mesh off. I'm replacing the MAF but I don't know where idle control valve is or the Throttle Position Sensor? Are they the connectors on the back...

hi, yes it's the rubber mesh on the top of the throttlebody.

Can anyone tell me if it's possible to take off the rubber mesh on the top of the meter without damaging it? I've sent my sensor back for a replacement just in case it was at fault but I want to take the meter out and clean it with carb cleaner before refitting the sensor.

I took the car for it's re-test today and have the MOT now. Bit gutted that the new MOT single sheet format includes the advisory stuff so the engine management warning is listed as well as "oil leak" (which they were unable to remember where when I asked them). There's no oil leak anywhere...

I've been looking into this a bit further online today, the P0100 seems to be typically associated with a faulty MAF sensor so I'm wondering now if the one I bought last year is causing the issue. When diagnosing these MAF related errors, they'll check the voltage of the MAF sensor to make sure...

Now that it's stopped raining here this morning I've hooked the car up to the laptop to get the error code, it's stating P0100 "Mass or Volume Air Flow Circuit Malfunction" (ECU code $10). The car does drive way better after changing only the MAF sensor although it did have a slight hesitation...

ah right ok I'll def leave it to them to sort it in that case. Thanks for your help again Frank.

I'm guessing it's a bit of a bitch to do it myself then! as 95% of the cost is labour.

ah ok yea, maybe a dif fault causing it then, I guess I'll find out more when I hook it up. When I mentioned the engine managment light the garage guys jumped straight in saying it'll be the maf meter before I mentioned anything about changing the sensor. then they said I've wasted my time and...

it did yea, only failed on near side cv boot and ball joint dust cover

cheers for the replies, I did a quick look on ebay and the gater is roughly £3-4, not found the dust cover yet. Can anyone explain the process from start to finish of replacing the boot and dust cover please :) Do I need any special tools at all? Thanks ;)

my car failed it's mot this morning with the near side cv boot deteriorated and the near side suspension arm ball joint dust cover damaged. the front brakes are imbalanced too because it's been sat unused for pretty much 18 months and they're slightly grabbing (you can hear a grinding noise when...

Hi all.... since I replaced my MAF sensor last year (along with all the other maintenance stuff done) I've had no free time so the car has been sat on my driveway ever since. The past few days I've got back on to getting everything sorted for it's MOT this morning. I just needed to replace the...

I've just ordered a new battery for my k11 facelift (2001), the cars been standing for a year with other things taking up my time so I'm just getting back around to sorting everything out with it. I left the existing battery charging last night for 12 hours but the recharger didn't go down to 0...

:blush: :grinning: haha yes, in my defence it's not really noticably unlevel but yea doh! springs to mind.

:p It turns out that I've made a stupid mistake. I released some oil from the sump and rechecked the level.. still too high... let some more out.. still too high .. continued until I noticed.. s**t I've let out like 2 ltrs, whys the level never going down? I've never noticed that the bottom of...

Thanks mate, I'd best do that tomorrow. My fault for rushing it at the end of a long day. I've just took a photo of the dipstick as I'm no good at describing! (This was about 4ltrs btw)

it's about an inch higher than the last bend