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By Nick Jones · Posted
I’m guessing that pressurising the tank will probably help keep the more volatile fuel compounds in solution, so the fuel will stay fresh longer. -
I remember reading something about BMW needing to solve the problem of fuel sitting in the tank for much longer because you use it so infrequently in the phev. Maybe the pressurised tank is to help solve this? -
By Nick Jones · Posted
Nice looking thing. If it’s the 5 pot diesel there are a couple of known issues to look out for to do with the EGR system which are important as it shags the engine. Fairly cheap, easy fix if caught before the damage is done. Darkside Developments have info on this. Likely you’ve done your homework and already know this. -
I'm calling this one the miracle franken-watch. Why a miracle, because it's the first movement I have fully rebuilt, combination of two broken movements. Which it turns out, now both work after a few weeks or meticulous disassembly and re-assembly. Housed in a nice titanium case. I'm chuffed -
We've been eyeing up camper vans for years now, looked at many discounted many more, Finally bit the bullet this weekend, by god these things are expensive! Mileage is a little higher than i would like, but with full VW service history it should be alright. You forget these things aren't like cars, designed to munch miles.
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i drove the first GTE, took it out for a test drive, blasted it along the road, and drained the battery pretty much instantaneously, thankfully the ranges are much improved these days. I drove a new one and was very impressed with the range. We have a BMW X1 Phev, and its blown my mind, i couldn't ever go full electric, but hybrid it ticks all the boxes. 90% of the time, we drive on electric. In fact in 3 months we've used a tank of petrol, in 2000 miles. Apart from it not liking my Tesla ( stolen of a friend ) charger, the hybrid gubbins have been flawless. There are some nuances with it that are interesting... 1) The fuel system is pressurised, which means to fill it up, you need to press a button to depressurize it, before it will open the petrol flap. I can only presume it needs to be pressurized to kick in instantaneously, but do you think the depressurization worked when i went to fill it up, did it heck, a quick software update fixed that. 2) This one is brilliant, the cruise control doesn't like surface rust on the disks, i have no idea why, but every time you wash it, and don't take it for a spin round the block to clear the brakes, cruise control is disabled. The annoying thing, because its hybrid and regens, getting it to actually drag the brakes is quite hard. Spoke to BMW and they were like, yeahh, emmm we know, no fix yet...
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By Sigma hurricane · Posted
Funny enough I had one of the first GTE’s stopped working after a couple of weeks. Dealer took it back as it came up with hybrid fault. Took them 2 months to decide it was just a bad 12v battery. Only good thing was they lent me another car during the time and paid for the fuel! -
Harry is going to add triangular fillets to each of the rear arm brackets . -
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By Escadrille Ecosse · Posted
Yep. A mate had a brand new Hyundai Ioniq (or ironic). Stopped working and AA man diagnosed 12V battery flat. Went back to dealer. They said they couldn't diagnose the fault because the 12V battery was flat and needed 'a special part' from Hyundai to charge it. Six, yes six months, later fault still undiagnosed and car still VOR. Lease company gave him the Kia he had eventually managed to extract from them as a replacement vehicle. So far so good. Mind you another mate has a two year old Discovery 5 that went into permanent limp mode. Took it to his usual 'man' from whom he had purchased said vehicle. LR diagnostics weren't showing anything wrong with the car so the 'man' brought in LR for advice. They scratched their heads and said car needed an entire new wiring loom (FFS) and if my mate wanted to proceed they could get that done in about 6 months time. And after he got a new mortgage! His man (who is old-ish school and really quite excellent) took an educated guess and replaced the MAF sensor and lo and behold the car worked again. I'm glad I have a car designed and sold by people who actually knew how it worked.
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