Everything posted by ianl
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Name That 90's Music Video.... Part 1
15 george michael - fast love
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Name That 90's Music Video.... Part 1
6 shaggy - mr boombastic 1999
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Name That 90's Music Video.... Part 1
18 lighthouse family - lifted
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letting car idle
the previous discusion about not leaving the car idling to warm up was in response to those that start their car 10 minutes before they go anywhere to "let the turbos warm up" to avoid shortening the life of the turbos the counter argument was start the car and drive carefully for 5 minutes without booting it is better for the car. when driving gently the car will warm up slightly faster than sat at idle, therefore the oil will become fluid quicker and therefore protect the engine fully slightly sooner. that said its unlikely that the occasional difference between 10 minutes at idle and 5 minutes at gentle driving will affect the life of the car to any obvious amount, much less so than booting it to red line from cold anyway
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Can it get any worse?
make sure you thourally dry the air filter and the maf
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Name That 90's Music Video.... Part 1
break fast at tiffanies 1995
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Name That 90's Music Video.... Part 1
i'd decided it was blur but couldnt remember what it was called
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Name That 90's Music Video.... Part 1
12 deep blue something breakfast at tiffanies
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Name that 80's music video..... (part 2)
give up on the last one cant decide if they are women or 80's rock band male perms
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Name that 80's music video..... (part 2)
5 cars drive, 1984ish?
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Name that 80's music video..... (part 2)
beutiful south a song for whoever 1989 at least thats that f'kin penguin dealt with
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one cylinder not working properly
cheers, your like some human google bot 300zx indexing service the coilpack diagram was spot on and a few pages later i found the injector diagram :) now i know what to do next, just need the rain to stop also got a couple of injector conectors on order as i broke one. no idea how your meant to get them off intact
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one cylinder not working properly
so lots of progress, but still not working properly still not got a working cylinder one :( thanks to everyone for the advice (especially Jefftt and Jamie) now i'm after some more help before i give up and buy a 370z i've fixed the intermittent cylinders 4 and 5 by cleaning all the green gunk of all the injector plugs and sockets (except no 6 that i couldnt get too) and pushing the plug firmly into the PTU. however still no cylinder one i measured injector one and no resistance so bought a second hand one and replaced it i checked the cylinder has no water in it and the maf and air filter are dry i swapped coilpacks one and 3 and the fault stayed with cylinder one i replaced the spark plug on cylinder one. i checked the main plug is in the ecu firmly i listened to the injectors with a screwdriver and injectors 2 to 6 give a clear sharp click, injector 1 gives a mufled indistinct nock. therefore i deduce injector 1 is not firing and assuming i've not been sold a duff one( it reads 12 ohms) i think i need to start testing the wiring loom as i understand it the injecctors are fed straight from the ECU? do both wires come from the ECU? if so why two wires? does anyone have a diagram/picture of which pins of the ECU ? what sort of signal do the injectors get? (i am asuming a 12v low current pulse) would i see anything using a multimeter, or do i need an osilascope, or is there a correct tool for the job? while i'm checking the wiring loom: i believe the coil packs are fed from the PTU? why 3 wires? do all 3 come from PTU? what do the 3 wires do? what is the correct test tool here? thanks again to anyone who can shed some light / encourage me back to looking at it
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Name that 80's music video..... (part 2)
time for some complete guesses: 5 shadows 12 def lepard
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Name that 80's music video..... (part 2)
4 black box ride on time 1988
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Cruise control faults
the imports had both a minimum and maximum speed within which the cruise control would work. cant remember off hand what it is but think it may be something like 45 and 70 most imports get a speedo converter chip rather than a set of UK clocks and the converter "fools" the ecu alowing the cruise to set at higher speeds so first try it at 60mph to be sure next look at the clutch and brake pedals, both of them have one or two switches (model dependant) when you are not pressing the pedal the switch should be depressed. if either the brake or clutch cruise control switch are released then cruise will not engage
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Name that 80's music video..... (part 2)
for 4 i keep thinking nena cherry (the singer not the porn star)
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Name that 80's music video..... (part 2)
10 looks like lisa stansfield, so i'll guess all around the world '89
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Name that 80's music video..... (part 2)
7 eurithmics sweet dreams 1984ish 8 meat loaf?
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Help Needed.... please...
cheers, but its a bit far, i guess about 2 hour drive, on only 4 cylinders
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Help Needed.... please...
i could pop round, not sure why but fixing other peoples cars seems more interesting than fixing my own which is what i had planned
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Paypal Probs
if you have money in the paypal account and havnt upgraded to a pro/business account then gifting should be free if it has to take the money from your card as the acount is empty then you pay the fee
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Trackdays
lots of us do at japfest. as well as other tracks stock brakes struggle on a track day- discs getting too hot and boiled fluid. long corners can be a problem last wet japfest a number of people came off the track but theres plenty of grass there another member in guildford, what colours your car?
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