MidWalesVRS

I have covered about 14k since owning the vehicle. When I purchased the trip indicated an average of 45mpg over the previous 2000 miles. I will give the MAF a clean up for sure. Tyre pressures are all fine, they are checked every Saturday. Breaks are a possibility. The EGR is deleted although I noticed that the lower intercooler pipe is caked in oil - so was planning to get all the pipes off and give them a clean as well as the intercooler. Could this be a contributing factor? As i say. Its never really bothered me the low mileage. But as weve done quite a few long journeys lately its just bugged me.

Howdy folks. Cars sat on 68k, serviced every 5k miles since new.. last service was 200 miles ago. Around town it sits at 37mpg, on a long journey it can return 42-45mpg. This isnt trip, this is manual calculation. Car has been scanned and returned no fault codes. No smoke apart from a bit on start-up. As far as mods go to the car, it is on 17" Ronal alloys. But I wouldn't of thought this would be the cause. Possibly: MAF? Thought this would throw a fault code? Faulty injectors? Anyway to test this? I know a lot can be down to drivint style, but i have tried a mix of driving styles over the past 10k miles and its never changed. Any ideas?

Lovely jubbly! Off to TPS i go.

Top man Wino. Seen a few conflicting theads with regard to the hub nut.. upon removal should the driveshaft come out freely.. seen threads talking about copper hammer taps and removal tool. Cheers

Are they reuseable and is there a torque value? Cant seem to find one. With it being a later model, it'll be fitted eith the 36mm 12 point hub nut I presume? Which will need to be replaced? Is TPS best place to search?

Hi there guys. Car has been sat over Winter over at my mothers.. Been abusing a little Corsa Anyway, noticed the subframe was a bit greasy and upon further inspection notice that the Inner CV Joints are both knackered. Cant find much on the forums in the way of guides/tips for the inner CV Joint. I presume from a few videos I have watched that it is easier to remove the Driveshaft as opposed to replacing in situ? So loosen centre spindle/nut, ball joint out, rotate wheel to one side, slide out outer CV/shaft - lost when it comes to the inner! Any input is appreciated! I think its just 6 M14 Spline bolts that keep it in place?

Afternoon all! Had a wierd problem start! Got in the car Sunday to pop to the shops. Key in, knocked the blowers on and turned the key - nothing.. no starter engagement at all. Lights didnt dim. Few turns of the key on and off and on about the fifth try, she started.Rest of the day, on and off without a problem. Out to her Monday morning 5am, no start again.. same story, 5 or 6 times on and off and it started, no problems for the rest of the day.Tuesday morning it started first time, but thinking back i literally got in the car and turned the key straight away, no ignition on etc. This morning was a bit harder - a good 15 times before it would start.Quick search suggests the wire under the battery tray, but i thought the problem would be constant, not just first thing in the morning and then fine the rest of the day?Or Starter? Possibility of it being the battery? Edit - quick think back last week car was sat for a couple days and she felt a bit weak on the start-up but got going..

You'll regret it Hutchy.. :-)

Looking nice Hutchy! Love it when they shine..

So after tackling that, it was time for the service. Old air filter was pretty mucky! Then the rear breaks. They were jammed on pretty tight, but managed to get them off in the end.. misunderstood when I first attempted it that the carriers needed to come off - but managed it all fine this time. One side was particularly bad with a decent lip forming in them.. this was the side that the buckled rim was on when I bought the car! Last but not least, as it's our wedding anniversary tomorrow and we're due out for a meal tonight- anymore time on the car and the wife would of killed me. Managed to pick this up a few weeks back. So gave the car a quick wash. The paintwork situation is still getting me down, and I will be sending a nice collaborative selection of photographs and statements and links to these forums to SkodaUK. But in the meantime - I'll be going about getting quotes for a respray. I managed to get one the other day. Replacement of sills, treatment of the section where the bumper meets the bodywork and a full respray - £1800 + VAT and that's with someone whose work I know.. All in all a good day. The tapping went away after the service.. so not sure whether it's short journey related etc.. Only downside is the spoiler has had a fit and decided to shed it's lacquer big time! Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk

So it's been a little while since I posted an update.. my wife gave birth to our second child on the 20th May.. and with lots of complications before and after, the car has just been a work horse this past 2 months.. It was smack bang due on its service, desperately needed me to tackle the rear breaks, and needed some TLC. So I decided to head to my Moms as she has a paddock as opposed to my public road. Arrived with my boots full of goodies! The first job I wanted to do was take the Rocker Cover off and get some pictures of the camtaken.. I stupidly didn't take photos of the cam in multiple positions.. Some of the lobes look marked. Wasn't comfortable attempting to rotate the cam manually - so sorry that all the lobes aren't present in the pictures. Some of the marking. Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk

Chap that owns it is from Gobowen, he's got a few Escorts. This, an XR3. Couple others - currently restoring a Mexico!Works in Welshpool with me [emoji106] Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk

Parking next to a beast [emoji12] Sent from my SM-G925F using Tapatalk

Great stuff.. ! That's where I get a bit lost! :-)

I've got a good stock of the AG Super Resin Polish.. and was going to give that a go this weekend. I saw the multitude of waxes on offer, and got lost with what was best! I'm not too fussed about time scale or durability.. I enjoy some hard work, something that would last for 3/4 months would be fine.. Would a sealant be best after waxing?