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  1. Its still a lever operated throttle position sensor connected to the pedal. Mechanical lever that can stick, or what I tried to explain, does not fully return to its end stop. Particularly if there is lots of debris around it. All the cars I referred to were "electronic" or fly by wire throttle pedals as has been the norm for decades.
  2. 3 places to check The small PCV valve at the rear and mid to right of the cam cover, often breaks and is left dangling on the rubber hose to the air filter box. Leaving hole open on cam cover blowing oil mist. The crankshaft seal on the timing cover. It looks like the timing cover has been removed judging from the sealant to change the timing chain. Often garages neglect to change the crankshaft seal on the timing cover which invariably leaks after being removed. If the timing chain has been changed, sometimes mechanics don't properly clean off the old liquid gasket seal on the sump and block ( sump has to be removed to do a timing chain) and/or are sloppy on reapplying the correct oe liquid gasket, which requires a bit of skill to do properly. Check around the sump seal gasket, if its leaking, the sump has to be removed, cleaned and new sealant reapplied. The sealant takes over 2 hours to cure, so delay refilling oil and restarting the engine. Also there is some evidence on the photos of the oil filler cap leaking.
  3. I sometimes noticed a similar behaviour in our somewhat older petrol Skodas. In most cases, if I blipped the throttle and sharply released my foot, the idle speed fell to normal. Sometimes just putting my foot under the throttle pedal and gently lifting it also worked. Conclusion: throttle pedal slightly sticky and not returning fully to the end stop. On other occasions where this didn't work, this seemed to be associated with an elongated warm up phase. Remember the temperature dial is not an accurate indicator of coolant temperature, it is manipulated to show normal over quite a large range. As discussed elsewhere
  4. It may be fungus or bacteria related, more common inside plastic piping than copper and where water is infrequently flushed. It could be black rust, ferrous oxide from old cast iron supply pipes, which may still be upstream. Check with a magnet! Check where your water comes from, borehole, water tower etc https://plumbingnav.com/fixtures/black-stuff-coming-out-of-faucet/
  5. Seems the guy has now been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and causing a public nuisance. Well I never.... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13192851/Police-arrest-Jaguar-Pace-driver-31-suspicion-dangerous-driving-control-car-rammed-road-officers-went-rogue-speeds-120mph.html
  6. Found the ideal car for you. Electric, and in my favourite colour too! What's not to like?
  7. Wow, brilliant deduction Watson, what are your proposals for people like me then, chop off my legs so I can get into smaller cars 🤣 My solution: just try some simple visual mods
  8. I not only "claim to be able to" drive 6+ hours without a toilet/food/coffee break, I actually do a few times every year. So there.....
  9. With the increasing ranges of EVs and judging by comments often made by those who buy or own these EVs, options should be offered to make their lives even easier and more comfortable.
  10. Probably already known and maybe someone already posted earlier https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/evs-have-one-third-less-range-than-advertised-magazine-test-finds/ar-BB1jIqLW Tip: if the "Expand Article" button is not displayed under the "Continue reading in the App" button then just reload the page and it should re-appear. No need to use the MSN app
  11. Its actually already happened, just they put the reactor 93 million miles away as its a bit hotter than expected.
  12. Indeed the above is true and I also seem to recall everyone saying that that space flight was impossible and that man could never set foot on the moon and yet both happened. Yeah, I saw 2001 a Space Oddysey as a teenager too. Vaguely seem to recall the spacecraft taking people to the earth orbit space hotel was made by Boeing, without doors opening unexpectedly. No signs of Elon there unless he was one of the angry apes beating an AI monolith with a stick.
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