Best comment & help so far! Thanks for that! Going to pass that message on to a very mechanically minded Freind and get that all looked at. Will give him something to do
lol, mileage on the other hand is pretty stable, odd that I know lol!
Thanks for giving more history on the car! Would like to speak to the original owner (wardy) to be honest.
Hiya pal... Im an old owner of this car.. suprised its still running in the present economy... the fueling was awful!!
The car engine wise was fine... I bought it as a non runner as some idiot didnt ever fit a cold start valve on it (which was crutial to get it to start)... The car was off the road for months prior to me buying it and had been neglected in a field while the owner scratched his head as to what was up with it.
From memory, the mounts were made solid with some PU tiger seal, (not the best way to do it, however its a proved & tested method)...
The coolant from memory never leaked although todger may remember something i forgot.... im sure there was no problem there tho...
The mounts were craply made (as they were custom made prior to me getting it)... They are made from thin metal, although if its still running now, they should be fine...
It had an oil issue of some sort when i had it running... Nothing major so dont worry, but just on big boost, i used to get a really bad smell in the cabin... I know the breather is venting to air, but the smell was more than a breather, possibly could do with a good flush out of the oil, and checking breather pipes flow correctly. Its always good to keep the oil in a turbo engine spot on anyhow, so your not losing out on giving it a service.
You really need to change that naff filter on the air mass sensor thingy.... A new aftermarket filter will only set you back a few squiddlys... To be honest it needed changing when i had it, and its still the same one!!
The pipework looks better than when i had it, as it wasnt painted, and was left in stainless... looked like a horrid towel heater!! If it was me, remove all that crap, get a standard bumper and get yourself an uno turbo or an escort rs turbo intercooler (small).... then run the correct size boost pipes.... not the oversize junk thats on it... that will get rid of the nasty lag that car has... When its on boost its loads of fun, but getting there is crap...
Gearbox wise, you cant really thrash it, as from time to time it was very notchy... I was going to drop the oil and refill with some decent quality stuff... this might still need doing, although once again a cheap thing to do..
The only major problem with the car was the wiring side of the engine... just open that plastic box to the right of the engine.... its full of loose relays and bodged wires... I was going to overhall the complete car, but after spending like £5 in fuel to do approx 10 miles, i gave up with it...
Sort the gremlins out, and get rid of the naff pipework, and youl have a non laggy half decent little car..
