The Panda Nut
Nutty about Pandas Infected by Panda virus and OPD
I noticed yesterday daffo is quite overdue for service. So today I piled in. Castro edge 5/40 and a new filter. I noticed the filter in now marked MOPAR and no longer FPT but it came in a Fiat box and this time it says made in France. The last few have been Chinese. Air cleaner removed and was so clean it really wasnt worth changing, so I didnt. The airbox was also clean maybe a product of being used on trips to work at night. Less pollen flies and dust??
I decided the throttle body looked pretty dirty and so removed that and cleaned it and while it was off I mopped out the manifold which had accumulated some oil. No mayo this time as the catch can collects that. I would say there was may be 2.5 - 5cc that was easily soaked up by some clean sheet. I also decided to remove and clean the VVT solenoid which was still clean since tha last clean when the cam belt was done recently. New plugs - a code in then ECU said there had been some misfiring on No2. No 2 was a vaguely different colour just on the elctrode ptherwise nothing to report. All plugs carefully refitted with fingers since the cross threading debacle and the whole thing cleaned with some degreaser now looking smart.
Result? My goodness me does the car feel better, cleaner tickover, instant pickup, and quieter by enough to notice. All the stuttering has been eliminated so well worth doing. My health is still not great and I ran out of steam before doing the pollen filter so hopefully tomorow will see that done. Hopefully good for another year Just front tyre wear to sort out. I think new arms and springs. Tyres are too expensive to put up with this! All I need now is for the driver to CLEAN THE B***** thing out!!
I decided the throttle body looked pretty dirty and so removed that and cleaned it and while it was off I mopped out the manifold which had accumulated some oil. No mayo this time as the catch can collects that. I would say there was may be 2.5 - 5cc that was easily soaked up by some clean sheet. I also decided to remove and clean the VVT solenoid which was still clean since tha last clean when the cam belt was done recently. New plugs - a code in then ECU said there had been some misfiring on No2. No 2 was a vaguely different colour just on the elctrode ptherwise nothing to report. All plugs carefully refitted with fingers since the cross threading debacle and the whole thing cleaned with some degreaser now looking smart.
Result? My goodness me does the car feel better, cleaner tickover, instant pickup, and quieter by enough to notice. All the stuttering has been eliminated so well worth doing. My health is still not great and I ran out of steam before doing the pollen filter so hopefully tomorow will see that done. Hopefully good for another year Just front tyre wear to sort out. I think new arms and springs. Tyres are too expensive to put up with this! All I need now is for the driver to CLEAN THE B***** thing out!!