chuffed!!!!

[bernsaudi]

Did an 02 impreza today on the way to pick up the kids from school, then had to come back and do the brakes!!!! I like my car very much, and I wish i could festoon it with enough goodies to embarrass the japs without having to outdrive them too!
My car has been anointed my MRC apparently in the past, but now I need to look at getting the engine so it dont smoke on startup...any ideas?
All the best,
bern

[spink]

more than likely to be your valve stem seals,can be done without having to take the head off if you have got access to a couple of special tools.

[S-Express]

more than likely to be your valve stem seals,can be done without having to take the head off if you have got access to a couple of special tools.

like a compressor and an adaptor from a leak down test kit (or modified spark plug, bit of pipe and some quality brazing skills) - ah those were the days.....

[spink]

been trying to find the vag part numbers but not having much luck at the moment.

[bernsaudi]

relief

oh thats music to my ears mate...
what tools are needed for the job?

I know the bloke sal and terry get work done in brum, so I'm gonna cheer him up with more work.

[bernsaudi]

oh....

he's very quick at timing belts too, about 3 hours....I will pass him the heath/robinson recipe for the tools.

[sal_s2]

Get him to check that the breather pipes are not blocked before anything else

[bernsaudi]

cheers sal

Nice one, i'll get him onto it this week, the incar heater has just taken to needing a twenty minute run before heating up, and when I turn the fan on there is a small smell of exhaust fumes for a moment in the car.

I've done 10000 miles in it since I got it and it has been generally great, but now I feel I should take a little care of it again.

I've got goose doing my range rover at the mo, so I'll wait until he's finished before pestering him with this one. Fair Play,
Bernie