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Ian Daly

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  1. Hi all (?) Looking at posts on here I'm not anticipating too many replies 🙄 though I shouldn't complain I visit here less that Father Christmas! But, just in case, the missus went out to her car ('90 SDi 1.7 Lupo) to head off to her office as normal, standard start procedure for her (although I was watching from a sixth floor balcony about 75m away) brake lights came on and I could hear the starter throw, but it didn't turn over, a couple more attempts with same result. I made my way down to her and Coldplay (cos it was all yellow) , I too tried but this time nothing, no brake lights, not even any dash lights. I have to say that turning the ignition felt slightly odd, so I'm suspecting that there's a problem with the ignition switch and it now blown a fuse? I have time to mull this over before I can have a further looks as she's cleverly stuffed the keys in her handbag and taken them into work, yes I did take her in and drop her off, so any thoughts anyone...one..one? Cheers Ian.
  2. Please disregard, have sourced one already 😉
  3. Hi all Haven't been on here in a while as I've move onto a Passat estate (can just about get the Lupo in the back) as I'm slowly shifting all my goods and chattels to France. Anyhoo the missus now uses Coldplay for her commute into her office, needless to say I only hear about any problems when it a. blows up, b. falls off or c. just stops working. c. the front wipers almost stopped working, turns out that the drive for the passenger side has almost seized up, so I need a complete wiper mechanism, don't need the arms or the motor, anyone got one they want rid of? I'm in Kingston upon Thames, so closer the better. Cheers Ian
  4. Dear NornIron I have just read through this thread (that's a lie as I only read through the first page and a half then consoled myself by only looking at the pictures) and find myself feeling impotent, inept and generally a waste of a decent SDi! Please immediately forward details of how you ****, shave and shower that I can try and emulate your achievements at the most basic levels. Cheers Ian
  5. Ah, you've spotted the flaw in my thinking, I have no idea, correction, I know what one is, just don't know what that one does, probably something to do with actuating the EGR valve but if it's showing it shut (or rather no through flow) I don't see, other than reporting a fault, it makes a great deal of difference. Cheers Ian
  6. Hi Can you not just block it? My Sdi was running appallingly, read up on blocking, did and now the car runs great, I swear it even stopped a slow puncture on the right rear too (that last bit might not be true ) cheers Ian
  7. Cheers Joey, job for the weekend I think, assuming I can lay hands on the G50, I'd assumed that was the part number but couldn't enlarge you photo to confirm. Ta muchly, will report back Ian
  8. Hi Joey I too need to check the gearbox oil and at the very least top it up, two, possibly three things I need to know, what's the part number for the G50, (just in case my dealership haven't heard of it either) what is the oil capacity of the 'box and finally where is the drain, hopefully the latter is obvious but as yet I haven't looked! Keep up the good work fella! Cheers Ian
  9. Ravensthorne, thank you for this, in the past I'd made a rather pathetic attempt at blocking the EGR, but failed at removing that damn fixing that the dip-stick attaches to. However, today armed with your WTF attitude and a newly purchased industrial sized pair of mole grips, I attacked the damn thing. There'd been a sort of 'misfire' on constant throttle for a few weeks, which was steadily getting worse (thought it was injectors or similar) but having read your thread I though sod it, lets get this EGR valve sorted. I did almost exactly as you, but didn't even check the state of the valve, just stuck the blanking plate in place. Job done, no more missing and (although it's probably the placebo effect) the old girl seems to pull better, that said I suppose she should as she no longer has to re-digest part of her own effluent! Haven't done the 'trunk' mod yet, but that will happen shortly too! Cheers Ian
  10. Yup, did that, was just wondering what you meant by "clock springs"?
  11. Yup, you've surpassed my knowledge/ability there bud! Clock spring? (edit) Ah, are you saying that the whole air bag containing boss has to be replaced or the trick won't work, so the clock spring is the circlip the retains it? Cheers Ian
  12. I'll probably come back to you on this, unfortunately the missus is using the car for work, I have to get the other 'car' (Frontera) through it's MOT (bad month for this sort of thing) so I can get the Lupe back to work on! Cheers Ian
  13. You'll probably tell me I'm a chump but I simply bunged each end of the resistor into the connector on the end of the flexi-cable, did I do bad?
  14. Thanks for the offer cj1, what are you looking at for this, I may well be taking you up on it BTW I think they're 10mm nuts and I really won't be looking forward to attempting their removal, the look like they're in a seriously inaccessible place, not sure on the number of them though as if there are four at least two would be impossible to reach with taking the whole dash apart, wouldn't fancy doing that again it was a royal pain! Cheers Ian
  15. Sorry for delay in getting back to you guys, but at this time of year other thing take precedent. Ok, so I attached the resistors across both air bags, drivers side was relatively easy, passenger side not so much! The warning light did as ever, came on went off and came back on again, it did however seem to stay off for a noticeably longer period though. My thoughts are that it is the controller that is toast then, any thoughts or suggestion before changing this? Eventually I took the console apart and placed a cleverly cut bit of black tape over the warning light, just to get it through the MOT, my bad eh? Hoping you all had a very merry Christmas. Cheers Ian
  16. On my way to Maplin, very shortly, but only because I don't know of any decent electronics shop ! Cheers Ian
  17. Hi All Had another go at it, VAG-com reports that it cannot connect to the controller no matter how I connect, so I think that was grasping at straws. However I did find a fault code that was described as intermittent on the immobiliser, any chance that might be affecting things? Following Carrera-gt's suggestion (thank you for that fella) I took off the D/S air-bag and was faced with what I assume you mean as the cassette connector, two pin jobbie on a flat lead that goes into the back of the boss? I don't have a resistor to hand so stuck a multi-meter in and checked current got a reading of 14-15 (presumably volts, sorry I'm piss-poor with electrics) so can I assume from that, that all is okay there? I'll get a resistor as described, at least I believe I can test that on the drivers side air-bag and either blame or eliminate that? Skezza, I found the controller, the carpet was already 'trimmed' so someone has been in there before, managed to withdraw the connector but couldn't figure out how to get the unit out and was sufficiently hacked off to call it a day at that point, so all in all non the wiser. So I think (and I'm prepared to be told I'm wrong) that the controller is carrying out the test correctly, because of the reading at the D/S air-bag, but one of the air-bags is fritzed, any other thoughts? One further though I had was, is there a sensor that detects any impact at the front of the car, if so could that be faulty? Thanks in anticipation for you replies/patience. Cheers Ian
  18. Hi Skezza Cheers for that fella, I have tried connecting up, that's when I got the "failed to connect with controller", but I note that you say turn ignition on and then connect, can that make a difference or am I grasping at straws with that thought? I'll give the controller removal/clean up a go for sure. My thinking was that maybe someone had already 'read' the module and as the warning said fritzed it! Fingers crossed, I'm due some good luck! Thanks again, Ian
  19. Hi all Luckily I haven't had to call on you knowledgeable lot for a while but Coldplay failed her MOT because the damn airbag light won't go off! So far I tried to remove the fault by disconnecting the battery for a couple of hours, no luck there (unsurprisingly), next I purchased a lead and software (the 'recommended' £5.00 one, although it's only £4.37 now). Ran the test, warning came up about potential damage to controller on 2000 and 2001 cars if tested, mine is a late 2000, but I thought b@gger it as it's not working anyway, however it "failed to connect with controller" so I'm none the wiser. As I see it best case is that there's a dodgy connection somewhere that needs chasing down, worst case being the controller and bags are shot and will need replacing. Quick look on ebay shows me that even to replace all three units (inc controller) won't break the bank. My dilemma is now, can I replace the lot with modules from a later Lupe (ie not the potentially dodgy 2000/1 variety) or am I stuck with replacing like for like and not being able to read them or remove fault codes? Any other advice or suggestion would be most welcome? BTW is it as big a faff as it appears to be to get the dash apart, advice on this would be particularly welcome! Cheers all Ian
  20. Well I'm really not getting this, just rang to ask for a quote, chap I spoke to asked what my renewal figure was, told him £308.43 (cos I'm an old git, but there again only 1 years NCB). He replied that thier minimum policy was £340.00. Strange said I, you haven't asked any questions at all, not even my name, doesn't matter our minimum policy is £340.00! How does that work then? Cheers Ian
  21. Thanks all, was going to do this next Sunday, last Sunday was changing the front pads, however some 5 hours later following much wailing and swearing I decided I need some new discs, arse! There goes this Sunday! Cheers Ian
  22. You're talking my language there Matt, thanks for the tip about the bump stops too! Cheers Ian
  23. Hi All As title says, I'm just about to change the old and decidedly tired rear (2000 Lupo SDi) for new, anything nasty I need to be aware of, or if anyone has written on the topic can they point me to it? Cheers Ian
  24. Wow, if I were you I'd steer clear of the lottery for a while! Hope it gets better for you! Cheers Ian
  25. Ian Daly

    Hey,

    Hi and welcome That's an impressive amount and quality of work, I especially like the new leather interior. What engine is it and are you intending doing anything to that? Cheers Ian
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