Naylor2006 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 How does it run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 Hunts for idle for the first minute or two, and it's making nowhere near power. I'm not sure whether to start replacing sensors that are showing up on the diagnostics and hope that fixes it or just hand the car and a wedge of cash over to a specialist. I can't really afford a £1500 bill just now though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naylor2006 Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Hunts for idle for the first minute or two, and it's making nowhere near power. I'm not sure whether to start replacing sensors that are showing up on the diagnostics and hope that fixes it or just hand the car and a wedge of cash over to a specialist. I can't really afford a £1500 bill just now though. Yeh, depends how much replacing sensors cost, if it cost you not alot might be worth trying before sending toa specialist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicksy Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I saw something on my travels today, its been sat about for years and years! It has no engine in it, and the engine seems to be in bits in the car. Its made me kind of want one! http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/tomhicks1/IMG_1127.jpg http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/tomhicks1/IMG_1129.jpg http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w200/tomhicks1/IMG_1128.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 That's the late spec ABY engine (230bhp, individual coils) and it's got the ellipsoid headlights. Those Porsche brakes are worth a good few hundred too. You should leave a note asking if they're selling. Worth about £2.5k breaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicksy Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 That's the late spec ABY engine (230bhp, individual coils) and it's got the ellipsoid headlights. Those Porsche brakes are worth a good few hundred too. You should leave a note asking if they're selling. Worth about £2.5k breaking. Its been sat there for years and years I think i know the owner, ill ask him about it when i see him next. It was registered 1 week before your car 1/03/1991, and is a 3B like yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 That's the late spec ABY engine (230bhp, individual coils) and it's got the ellipsoid headlights. Those Porsche brakes are worth a good few hundred too. You should leave a note asking if they're selling. Worth about £2.5k breaking. Its been sat there for years and years I think i know the owner, ill ask him about it when i see him next. It was registered 1 week before your car 1/03/1991, and is a 3B like yours Wow, so it is! Someone's went to a lot of expense/effort getting the ABY wheels and ellipsoids. Can you also ask if the distributer is available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Get it bought hicksy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hicksy Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 That's the late spec ABY engine (230bhp, individual coils) and it's got the ellipsoid headlights. Those Porsche brakes are worth a good few hundred too. You should leave a note asking if they're selling. Worth about £2.5k breaking. Its been sat there for years and years I think i know the owner, ill ask him about it when i see him next. It was registered 1 week before your car 1/03/1991, and is a 3B like yours Wow, so it is! Someone's went to a lot of expense/effort getting the ABY wheels and ellipsoids. Can you also ask if the distributer is available? Get it bought hicksy! Ive spoken to the chap that has it, it belongs to a customer of his. It threw 2 rods out the side of the block a little while ago and is being slowly rebuilt, its almost ready to be put back in the car. Its the kind of car i could see myself having one day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 I had hoped to come home to a pile of goodies that I'd ordered for the S2 and give you some nice pictures. Instead, I picked up a new accelerator pedal from Audi and went to the Burger King drive through. Window goes down, I get my food, window goes back up....... erm.... window goes back up? Shite. Looks to have been water ingress into the door and the regulator has seized. http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC13456.jpg Obviously it had to be raining today. Cut the drive wire and have tie wrapped it in place http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC13457.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 £180.96 + VAT less 10% discount. Su-fcuking-perb :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 Got one on its way from eurocarparts.com. £200 including VAT less 20% discount, so £160 to my door. Not ideal, but better than the Audi option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naylor2006 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 Its all progress! Nothing worse than car troubles at the drive through! Im looking forward to loads of pictures of parts etc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted July 4, 2012 Author Share Posted July 4, 2012 Its all progress! Nothing worse than car troubles at the drive through! Im looking forward to loads of pictures of parts etc! Not really progress mate. It's a couple of hundred on something that wasn't broken a couple of weeks ago Some parts arrived: http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC13460.jpg Genuine N75 valve.Bosch distributer capValeo rotor arm Awaiting 8mm Magnecor leads before doing a bit of an ignition system refresh at the weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naylor2006 Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 Nice sheets mate. Pictures of parts are always nice. Got mine booked in for service and refresh on monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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