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Jul 2nd, 2019, 19:31 | #2011 |
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My diagnostic had 20 codes for various issues, some to do with the window regulators that needed re-calibration. The MAF ones I am happy with as they are due to the tuning (told so many times by 4 different garages).
Anyway, the air conditioning now works. The ABS Module I had in the shed has resolved the ABS message and the brake fluid was changed etc etc. Treated Gloria to a new pollen filter thing, oil changed with 10W/60, seals changed on the turbo pipe as they were leaking oil and had a software download os some kind that eradicates my ABS message. And, for the very first time, my air conditioning works! If anyone needs an air con compressor for a 2005 T5 I have one in my boot. Gloria's rough idling on start up has gone and she goes like stink. Sadly, another £716.... |
Jul 2nd, 2019, 19:38 | #2012 |
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I get codes with my map about flow being too high through the MAF. I get codes about idle being too high - I basically get codes about everything.
But, my ABS codes have gone, my smoke test was good, turbo pipe seals replaced and she goes just fine. 365 BHP+ of sexiness but will probably be in the garage again next week.... The garage left a 2 foot scratch on the roof...I spent 2 hours polishing it out. |
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Jul 2nd, 2019, 19:41 | #2013 |
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I received a cheque from Kwikfit for £59.95 for not aligning my wheels properly - as one of the track rods (or whatever they are called) was buggered. Really nice of them to send me a cheque 4 months later
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Jul 2nd, 2019, 19:49 | #2014 |
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I left the Toyota in Penzance. To be honest I am hoping it gets stolen as it has an engine management light on. I did some washing (clothes) and discussed, with myself, whether it is worth my time visiting a lady in a nursing home who is clearly mad.
She liked my Gloria though. Sadly, she is not allowed out so we kind of sit in the car and I blast £1.45 per litre fuel out of Gloria's ass. My client likes the sound of Gloria - ok by me. It's better than being stabbed with a fork And now my air con works - everyone is happy in my World. |
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Jul 3rd, 2019, 21:29 | #2016 |
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I found out I'm missing the bulbs from the reversing lights
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Jul 4th, 2019, 18:55 | #2017 |
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I woke up today in sunny Cornwall with the realisation that I am stuck with Gloria forever. Like the wife, I've spent so much money on her nobody is ever going to give me what I have spent on either of them.
Perhaps I could sell them as a job lot? The Toyota is going - I managed to repair that though it is a CAT S now. Someone offered me £850 for it and I am tempted to take it rather than tax it. I paid £1500 for it, I got over £2000 for it from the other party's insurers and said insurers just offered me £2450 for the whiplash I incurred so...in profit on the Toyota. Gloria - I wouldn't say she was a 'Keeper' - more an enforced symbiotic, automotive relationship. |
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Jul 4th, 2019, 19:02 | #2018 |
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Oh, I also thought about trying to find if there are any Cornwall Volvo meetings. Given Cornwall is jam-packed full of Volvos (many outside the same garage I went to the other day) I just wondered if we could all meet together as Cornwall isn't really a place for cars with the turning circle of a horde of elephants.
We could all sit there, like I do, listening to Massive Attack with my new air conditioning (my favourite new toy) and watch other cars go by that people drive - you know, the ones that don't have error codes every 500 metres and that you can do a 3 point turn in |
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Jul 5th, 2019, 09:40 | #2019 |
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I loaded VIDA onto my laptop and got it all working. I now have no SRS warning. Yippee.
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Jul 5th, 2019, 18:27 | #2020 |
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Took Gloria out for a blast...
'Parking sensor service required' - Gloria loves communicating with me.... |
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