Day 4 of 4 (originally 7) – heading to the South East (ish) with some stops along the way and our last away trip of the year…
A departure from our digs in between Chatham and Gillingham, this morning, to head a few miles along to Rochester for work on Gerry’s 2002 TF 160 (paint code LEF) that he’s owned for about a year, having bought it from a chap in Bournemouth after a search for the right one.
Underfloor coolant pipes replaced with stainless steel ones, initially booked in for soft-ride-kit too, he’s still having a think about it. Gerry wanted us to give the car a general check over and wished to discuss a few things.
When we fired the car up we noticed that it was slightly lumpy, on code reading found another duff Lambda sensor, but the symptoms didn’t fit 100%. Although it was running lumpy, it was too even. We replaced the Lambda sensor and then checked further for another cause. Possibly thinking it could be one tooth out on the cam. After removing one of the short cambelt pulleys that side was found to be all good, but the main belt exhaust-cam pulley had a severely crushed roll pin. This, therefore, put the exhaust-cam out by half a tooth, bit of a theme this week. Though this was probably due to the fact that the bolt holding the pulley on wasn’t tight! If left like this any longer it could have caused catastrophic engine failure. Once replaced all the timing marks matched up perfectly, resulting in a much smoother engine.
Coolant cap replaced as the one on the car failed the pressure test, alternator splash-guard was missing so new one fitted, a few missing and wrong bolts etc replaced and she’s all good to go!
A pleasurable days work in Gerry’s company and having a good natter while we worked, he’s got himself a cracking car.
So we’re now on the long haul back home. The inevitable big hold up for the Dartford tunnel, but hopefully won’t be too late back. A successful last trip away of 2024. – https://ift.tt/BpXLsVc
