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what did you do to your car today?

kiwicon

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drove it.... and its going to get another drive tomorrow.. that will be about 4x this year now.. sweet
 

Jonah 101

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Broke spark plug No.5, Then i was mucking around with something, Turned the car over with a spark plug lead off with nowhere to earth itself out. That fried the DFI module and made some amazing backfires when the engine tried to start. So i put my spare one in and it started :)

So I then had to earth the plug lead out somewhere, I put half a spark plug in it and cable tied the lead to the plenum so the spark had somewhere to go. I then unplugged the injector number 5 and drove to Repco for a new plug. Sweet as now.

But on a positive note, i figured out why my car is running so ruff where its cold. ITS RUNNING LEAN I TELLS YA!! Idling for 5 minutes while cold are i listened to the injectors with a screw driver, shut the motor off and inspected the plugs. The electrode is a white as my ass cheeks :D.

Fuel filter is pretty new so it has to be pump or fuel reg. Im not convinced its the reg though because the idle changes when I pull the hose off ( and not because of a vaccy leak, I covered that **** with my pinkie.) Could a faulty coolant temp sensor give me these troubles?
 

87RB30VL

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Fitted my new throttle cable since I broke my other one (Bloody thing broke on the threaded part), I guess it was the original and was pretty brittle lol.
 

Tim Smtih

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Very pleasing results!

Looks very tidy, good work! I had to reset the BCM as it's throwing up some stupid random codes. Gotta go and get it checked by a mechanic, hopefully i won't have to fork out a handful of cash to replace it.
 

uniacidz

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Went to see the parents near Port Macquarie from Sydney. Filled up along the way and was impressed with the economy for a V8

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Yay just checked the mail and my new memcal from greenfoam has arrived I know what I'm doing soon
 

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Checked oil and other fluids. Gf wanted me to check her jeep so I did and noticed her battery has acid on the terminals and leaking near the cells. I told her its stuffed but she said if it starts the car she will keep it. I told her it will die or go bang you leave you on side of road
 

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Ruined a uni, found a wheel nut missing, scratched the boot, changed the driveshafts and almost stuffed the bolts.
What a wonderful day...
 
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