Results of service

[Insomnia]

My 20V NA Coupe (same engine as a MK1 HGT Bravo and HLX Marea) on 140k miles visited Rog and Ruben at PowerItalia on friday for its yearly service.

Only done 4500 miles in a year but thought it was due and with Spa track weekend and MOT coming up, everything needed to be tip-top.

I asked for the following to be done:

> Full Service
> Fit my EBC pads (from group buy on FCCUK) and 3G 10GR discs
> Brake fluid change
> Compression test
> Give it a once over for MOT suitability

Figured that would cover all bases.

Compression came back as:
172
170
170
173
170

The ICV was also cleaned.

The car already feels much more reliable in braking (as in it actually stops). The advice received was not to do the fluid with the pad/disc change but I insisted. If there is air in the pipes from the fluid change, I can always deal with this myself later on. With that said, nothing untowards at all has been noticed (apart from a squeek which I'm hoping will go after the pads are bedded in).

Will probably need a new caliper on the rear as the piston was a little odd but I'll gauge that.

By all accounts for a 13 year old non turbo on 140k miles, it's in pretty damn good shape so I'm very happy Rog complemented that the car was clean underneath and in general good condition. Result!

Just proves that regular servicing and TLC goes a long way to preserving your beloved car!

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1997 Naturally Aspirated HGT in disguise!

 

[Adrian-Bravo]

Nice even compression results. That must put your mind at rest.

 

[Will]

Which EBC pads have you got in it fella? And i bled my brakes when i put new pads on all round, as i put stainless lines on too, and i havn't had any problems at all (used halfords own dot 5.1)

Good to see the old girl is still in good health! Will you be taking it to brooklands?

 

[Insomnia]

Yellowstuff front
Redstuff rear

I was informed that the yellowstuff ideally like to be warm/hot before full potential is released but even cold they suffice - I'm used to cr*p, and I really mean cr*p brakes from the previous set up so in comparison they're greeeeeat!

Compression test certainly put my mind at rest - last thing I would want to do is take the car over to Belgium and then totally ruin it on the track if it wasn't healthy.

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1997 Naturally Aspirated HGT in disguise!

 

[Robin]

Nice setup, same as me on rat1 but I had mintex extreme pads instead, they will always squeal a little due to the grooves.

Cheers
robin

Fiat Marea Weekend 2.0 20v HLX 147 83k and so far so good!

 

[Insomnia]

Now got my hands on some diagnostic software developed by Barnacle over on FCCUK.

Updates in realtime so rather nifty

What I'm trying to do now is use FiatECUScan to reset my airbag light, although seem to be having a communication error with the airbag ecu. Grrr. More fiddling required....

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1997 Naturally Aspirated HGT in disguise!

 

[stephen01]

that looks like a nifty bit of software, on a side note what do you think of the ebc pads?

What a twa* who puts 27 pounds of petrol in a diesel? derrr