It was a very productive ‘F’ day today…
First call was in Hull to see Alex and David’s rare 1998 MGF 143 VVC in Old English white with a red interior. The car had failed on emissions. After we had a look at the MOT emissions sheet it pointed us in the direction of the Lambda sensor. Also while changing this we replaced the coolant temperature gauge sensor as we found this to be faulty too. Checked the live data and checked for error codes and found it to be running a lot less rich and good measure put it into its learning cycle to relearn all of its fueling.
We then went over to see Keith, in Kirk Ella, whose car had dropped a bit, so hydragas pumped up and is now sitting at a better height.
Then over to North Ferriby to return to Bob, with the parts that were required for his MGF mpi 120 that was suffering from a none starting issue. When we had first investigated we tried the usual culprits of fuel pressure and sensor issues. So we started by checking the coil pack, which made no difference, then the main HT lead, which again made no difference, so we changed the rotar arm and distributor cap and it fired up instantly. We then replaced all the other HT leads for good measure. Bob very happy to have his car back up and running again.
While we were there we had a chat with his neighbour Alistair whose MGF we will be booking into the workshop for underseal treatment later in the year.
Van all stocked up ready for next week at the workshop. What a lovely social day we had, great to see everyone!
Didn’t take enough pics though.
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