Good mpg. Took the tank down to ----- range.
Trip to Scotland at 85mph. Car excels at cruising.
Wednesday, 21 December 2016
Bmw x40d e70 mpg update : 520 miles 27.9 mpg
Sunday, 11 December 2016
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
Saturday, 3 December 2016
Bmw x5 x40d service and rear brake pads
42303 miles
Service oil and filter and microfilmed
Rear brake pads (discs within tolerance)
Rear bumper checked for uneven edge.
New bracket required. £225 to fix including parts.
£533 all in with bmw dealer.
Status of indicators shown in image
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
Tuesday, 15 November 2016
Sunday, 13 November 2016
Top gear bargain heroes mk5 golf gti
http://www.topgear.com/car-news/top-gear-heroes/top-gears-bargain-heroes-mk5-vw-golf-gti#1
Friday, 11 November 2016
Golf gti edition 30 100,000 miles
100000 miles
Total cost of fuel
Number of tyres
Track days
Insurance
Servicing
Clutch
Cam followers
Belts
Tuesday, 1 November 2016
Bmw x5 x40d mpg update 31.3mpg 491 miles
70 miles to go. Early fill up. Lots of motorway this time. So better mpg
Sunday, 30 October 2016
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Bmw x40d e70 mpg update 540 miles 31mpg
Went away for a few days for wife's 40th.
Probably the best tank ever, helped by A road cruising and road works. It was up at 34 mpg only a few miles ago xx
Sunday, 9 October 2016
Wednesday, 28 September 2016
Monday, 19 September 2016
Golf gti edition 30 new brakes all round
This set off discs and pads are from 71000 miles.
Here's the original post
http://johnoldfield.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/golf-gti-edition-30-mot-new-brakes.html?m=1
To 98513 miles (now)
= 27000 miles
Front 2/3rds worn discs worse than pads.
They have been brilliant over lots of commuting and several track days.
New stuff
340mm tts j hooked discs ( love drilled but going to try j hook)
Ferrodo ds2500 pads (on car before and work brilliantly but can squeal )
Rear std pagid discs and pads (std oe stuff is fine)
£500 supplied by vagbremtech
£55 for 2 backplates
£140 fitting costs
Changing mostly because of pedal vibration and really badly corroded rear discs..
Rear cross drilled discs were a big mistake.
Rear backplates both rusted broken mountings.
Rattling away before change
Came sprayed but also applied dc90 child zinc primer to disc bell's
Also found that Exhaust is blowing on the centre section.
Bed in still to happen
https://goo.gl/photos/nnjL89xTzHoNyXzx6
Saturday, 17 September 2016
Saturday, 10 September 2016
Wednesday, 7 September 2016
Autocar mk5 golf gti review
Great stuff but some missed items
Ed30 has k04 turbo so stg1 remap to 290bhp
Manual clutch /dmf weak
Also the cam follower text is incorrect on why it wears
Sunday, 4 September 2016
Sunday, 28 August 2016
Saturday, 20 August 2016
Monday, 15 August 2016
Sunday, 14 August 2016
Thursday, 11 August 2016
Indesit FDU20IX Oven light on but no fan, no heat : replacing the door microswitch
Indesit FDU20IX Oven
I have already replaced oven element , bulb and thermostats on this oven ( more than once!) over the years, this time around it was different...
On this oven, previous diagnostics have been along the following lines which has worked well :
If the power light is OFF when turn oven knob on = replace the thermostat
If the power light comes ON, and fan ON but NO HEAT = replace the element
but this time I had :
Turn oven on, power light comes ON , oven bulb lights but NO FAN and NO HEAT !
Not having the fan run was a new one.
I have recently replaced the element, so I did check again and nothing obvious in terms of fused parts.
It could have been a broken fan, but I still would have expected the element to heat up (but it didnt)
Looking through parts list on ESpares, I did start reading the reviews for replacement fans and the door microswitch and something twigged it just may be that!.
So I went to the oven, turned it on and started playing with the door switch, and voila the fan moved slighty :-) result.
So ordered a switch
ESpares
http://www.espares.co.uk/product/es836014/single-pole-oven-door-microswitch
Was able to pull the oven out (a tried and tested procedure by now) , and remove the side panel by removing as little screws as possible (didnt need the whole top and rear removed.
Switch is just held in by 2 screws.
Sunday, 5 June 2016
Ford Kuga Mk1 2.0 TDCI : replace front brake pads /new mcgard locking wheel nuts / stainless steel wheel nuts
Cars mileage today was 79263 miles
See an earlier post where I originally replaced the discs and pads with Ford OE items from a Ford dealer on ebay
http://johnoldfield.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/ford-kuga-163-20-tdci-diy-replacing.html?m=1
Old oe pads lasted 35000 miles
Discs were fine, so only pads needed replacing
Note, that these are Brembo pads, not Ford OE but are supposedly of a better than OE spec
Old vs New
Locking nuts replacement
Ford OE had rusted.
Have used McGard before and they are the locking nuts guru's
£37
Wheel nuts replacement
The Ford OE wheel nuts are 2 piece with a stainless cap and steel body. These quite quickly degrade and the cap falls off, leaving a rust head (that isnt the OE head size)
The Kuga forums provided a great alternative. Get full stainless steel wheel bolts that include a stainless washer
16 x ALLOY WHEEL NUTS WITH FLOATING WASHERS FOR FORD (28MM WIDE) M12X1.5 [N1]
from this ebay shop
http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/tech_world_direct/?ssPageName=ADME:::GB:1181
£20
With new bolts all round it all looks nice and clean :-)
Tuesday, 10 May 2016
Goodbye pilot Super Sport, hello pilot sport 4 PS4
Inner edges worn to canvas
Did xxxxxx miles
Would replace like fir like but pss costs and availability getting crazy now. £165 per tyre
PS4
New tread depth 7.0mm
Cost
Event Tyres
