RobClubley

Out and about in Wellington. I noticed a hissing from the footwell by the ECU - turned out the replacement braided rubber vac hose I did a couple of years ago had split at the end. I've replaced it from the manifold with silicone hose and that fixed it. Better replace all the ones I did in the engine bay too.

Rusty looks so good on track! And in great company. Photos by https://www.instagram.com/haydouken/ Hope he doesn't mind me lifting the shadows slightly to bring out the rear end details on Rusty!

Every time I open the garage it gives me a thrill. https://fb.watch/2lrc7V6mxu/

No parks at work. Off-roading time? Kinda.

There's the Kiwi sticker in the back window.Inspired by your good self. Not quite the same thing. You can see it in the one with my sleepy daughter.

300km round trip up to Manfeild yesterday with my daughter. The car ran really well, even when stuck in 40 minutes of stop-start traffic on the way back. I definitely have an exhaust leak which might be what's causing the overboosting/4k rev cut. Which meant we had to have the windows and sunroof shut and rely on the fan. It got a bit hot. But a great day, and we got to do a couple of lunchtime cruise laps around the circuit which was awesome.

2/3 of a tank, $150. Ouch.

I don't wonder I know! If I started again I'd have the engine out, loom out, rewire and fix. But that seemed like a step too far at first as it appeared to be a relatively working car.

Just over 200 miles covered since the WoF. I think I've fixed the Check Oil Level warning, and as far as I can tell it was just poor contacts on the relay as since the last time I pulled the relay out and put it back a couple of times doing diagnostics, the oil light is off and the warning has stopped during driving. Now she natters about checking brake pads (the wires from the pads don't have anywhere to plug into) and occasionally tells me brake lights not working (they are) and please refuel. Talking of fuel I recon I've averaged about 14.5l/100km, but lots of school runs and stuff. My speedo and a few other bits stopped working the other day. After a bit of mucking about I traced it to a broken earth wire on the relay that activates my little switched life fuse box that powers a few bits and bobs. Including the speedo sender. I had a hissing in the footwell after a drive up to drop the ozone generator off. The pipe the ECU uses to measure boost had split at the end and fallen off. Then finally I did the school run yesterday and turned the key to go home.. nothing, totally dead. I traced that to a failure of my own - when fixing the boost pipe issue I'd pushed a wire out of the way a little, just enough for it to catch on the steering column, wrap around and snap the wire. The one that leads to the starter relay. Kneeling on the ground in the rain and wind rigging a temporary fix to get home was not much fun!! I've done some better cable management and cable-tying now.

I love the look of these tyre valves, but this one decided it would only let air out when the cover stuck in place. Bugger that, changed back to a standard valve 🙂 Thanks to Jason at The Tyre Clinic Porirua for sorting it and not charging for the privilege.

Stopped for a quick phone snap on the way North to Kapiti Hire.

Hoping this will help with the old car smell ! A bit of extra lowering with 140kg of builder's mix in the boot Also, some nice cars at cars and coffee yesterday.

I found a wiring diagram for 84 Patrizia which agrees with what I have and my loom, and only has the one low pressure sensor. Bit of progress. At 4000ish RPM I'm hitting 12PSI of boost. Factor manual says max boost should be no more than 10.2PSI. So maybe I have the wrong wastegate spring. Or wastegate isn't working correctly.

Damn that was close! Gauges for diagnostic purposes... Professional install bro. The good news is oil pressure is good. Patrizia still warns about oil pressure even when disconnected from the pressure switch. The switch opens when engine has pressure, so if Patrizia was warning based only on this switch she should have shut up with it disconnected. Need a co pilot to check boost levels safely.

I've just bought my dream car, but it needs a lot of work! It runs and drives but hasn't been on the road for ten years. Comes with a donor Coupe Gt shell for body parts. As I'm a writer for Auto Clique my build thread will live there - hence the watermarks - but I'll try and remember to duplicate it here http://forum.autoclique.co.nz/showthread.php/2284-Build-thread-Rob-s-Audi-UR-Quattro It has many rust holes. The more I read about these cars and others' build threads the more concerned I am!

I like to throw together the odd panorama. I never put much thought into them to be honest but they sometimes turn out nicely. Anyone else got any to share?