If it's got a hole in the block with a con rod poking out or it's seized solid and can't be turned, it's overpriced, otherwise it's not a bad buy.
Thanks for that, now saved in my folder of useful P38 stuff.
So we're all paying roughly the same whether diesel or LPG.
You can fit the later modulator to an earlier car and, if you change for the Wabco D ECU as well you also gain 4 wheel traction control. IIRC there's a couple of minor wiring mods that have to be done and there is a how to do it article floating around somewhere (but not one I have bookmarked unfortunately). Not sure what would happen if you just swapped the modulator without changing anything else though.
BrianH wrote:
it cost me £52 to do 267 miles in a 1.9 diesel in the last couple of weeks
With the only place that has had reasonably regular supplies in my area at 79.9ppl, that's about the same as my 4.0 litre V8!
Starter motor would be a good call, coils but only if you can get genuine, aftermarket are likely to fail long before the originals. My original alternator lasted around 300k miles but even then it was only the brushes that wore out, for around £20 you can get a replacement regulator including brushes. Spark plug leads are almost a service item anyway. If the engine is going to somewhere like V8Developments or Turner, they will replace the oil pump, cam chain and any other bits that need replacing when doing the rebuild (mine got both and one faulty knock sensor when it was done). Oil coolers don't usually need replacing unless the threaded ends are stripped off when trying to change the hoses (which do start to leak at the crimped ends), so new hoses and cooler (if required) are probably a good idea. I would also say water pump but know you replaced that not long ago so won't need changing again.
I think all of the suppliers do it, they'll have the LR part number with an extra letter on the end signifying which supplier. That is my one complaint with Rimmers, they will offer genuine or aftermarket with no mention of who made the aftermarket. LRDirect and island will tell you if it is Geuine, OE, Bearmach, Allmakes, Britpart, etc so you stand a good chance of knowing what you will get.
As you have seen on LPGForum, it seems Flogas are getting supplies out now so hopefully availability will get back to normal shortly. Maybe once there are more places supplying it, prices will start to come back down too. Historically they've always gone up in the winter anyway.
Still cheaper than petrol though......
When the HEVAC is first powered it drives the blend motors from one end of the travel to the other to check the feedback. With them not connected they travel further than they should so will flag an error.
Part numbers are different with the change coinciding with the switch from GEMS to Thor. If the Thor has an extra sensor (wasn't aware it did but if you say so) then that would be the difference. Blocks are the same so can't see why the front covers wouldn't be interchangeable.
I replaced one of mine last year but don't remember if it was OE or Shitpart (I tend to go for OE on anything mission critical) and the crimp is completely different which is what made me initially suspect yours was one someone had made up.
Not necessarily the one on the lid, that may have been swapped at some point. Get the one that matches the VIN and fuel type.
Pierre3 wrote:
I do suspect that the later fuseboards, - Petrol - YQE 103410; Diesel - YQE 000010 - may be used in place of the earlier boards - Petrol YQE103410; Diesel - YQE103420
I very much doubt it as the loom part number changed at the same time as the fuseboard number changed so I suspect the pins on the underside are laid out differently. If you were to swap for the later board I suspect you'd need to change the loom too.
The 3 early part numbers were beefed up once they discovered weaknesses, hence going from a number for 94-97, then 97-98 and finally the 98 board which is backward compatible with the earlier ones. By the time the later ones were produced they had no doubt learnt from the earlier mistakes. On the petrol it makes sense for there to be a big change for the 99 model year onwards as that coincides with the change from GEMS to Thor so a completely different engine loom. Why there was a change to the diesel I have no idea, were there any major changes for the 99 model year diesel?
The fact the label is the same between the different fuels just shows that the fuses and relays are in the same place and do the same thing. One addition for MY 99 is the extra relay for the AC compressor clutch which the pre 99 cars didn't have.
They doesn't look like OE pipes to me. Maybe they have been changed at some time in the past with some that were made up?
Problem is usually weak spade terminals that the relays plug into, that creates a high resistance joint which leads to it heating up. Very early fuse boxes had a couple of tracks that were too thin for the amount of current they had to carry so would burn out too. By 98, after 2 modifications to the design, that problem was near enough cured.
BeCM - Settings - Lights-Windows - Sunroof change from Enabled to Disabled and it won't know it is there so won't expect you to set it.
Only twice? I got multiple 7 day bans before I got a lifetime ban....
Then I signed up with a different username and ended up replacing RRTH as Admin.
There's 3 main part numbers for the diesel with superseded part number in between. The original one from 94 up to end of 97 year, was AMR3376, which superseded to AMR6406. AMR6477 was used on 98 models but the earlier ones also supersede to that number so an AMR6477 can be used on all models from 94 to end of 98 model year. The changes on these will almost certainly be the same as similar changes to the fusebox for the petrol models which was beefing up some of the tracks to prevent then burning out. 99 to 01 model year use the YQE103420 while 01-02 models need the YQE000010. However, the wiring loom for an 01-02 car is different to earlier ones so chances are that the outputs on the underside of the fusebox won't be compatitble.
It's mainly down to supply chain issues with Flogas meaning they have been prioritising domestic customers over forecourts. Therefore those supplied by Calor have seen demand go through the roof so are running out far faster than usual. Calor are also prioritising domestic customers so deliveries to forecourts are taking longer than normal. To cap it all, there's these nutters blockading refineries meaning that even when the tankers get there to fill up they are kept hanging around for ages. autogas.app is more reliable than filllpg.
I've probably used more petrol in the last month than in the 12 years I've owned mine......