My car was suffering with a rough idle/ hunting which was really starting to annoy me, not least because it made the gearbox chatter even worse, but it also caused the car to "kangaroo" at low speeds on slight throttle, so looked like I didn't have a clue how to drive it
So after diagnosis by Cabrio327i Dave - top bloke- it was decided the inlet manifold gasket had gone on the inlet nearest the bulkhead. Not only did Dave give me a couple of gaskets he had knocking about, he also turned up this afternoon just as I was starting the job! Bet he regrets that one!
Anyway, he soon had the inlet manifold off and discovered the o rings on the crank crase to manifold breather were shot & one missing. Being the true gent he is Dave went back home and got some from his gargae, nice excuse for a passenger ride in his lovely cab
Job done, he was nearly late for picking his missus up!
Many many thanks to Dave, top top bloke
Whilst the job was on I decided it would be a good idea to put the cam cover on I got from Widge and had subsequently tarted up, has improved the low rent look that was under the bonnet no end.
Here's some pics of the job
Before
After
I was exceptionally pleased with how clean it all looked under the cam cover, everything looked tip top for 153K miles, car has been run on Mobil 1 for a lot of it's life, semi synthetic now though
Shows how clean it had been running looking at what came off on the right
Same again - tarty black on left, yesterday's vintage on right
Once again - cheers Dave
