My Ek9

sound dave! just edited my post. any ideas on the new bit ive added?

The water i reckon will be a case of going over everythin again in terms of hoses, i reckon you have just missed a hose and its tucked out of sight somewhere (i did that)

and when i got mine started back up my idling was all over the place, biggest cause is usually a vacuum leak, ie filter not on properly, IM not bolted down tight etc

Ben, what ezza said above, sounds right, as the water is leaking from around the IM gasket aswell, i reckon whip it off slap some gasket sealant on it refit it and find the correct torque settings on it, and see what happens then, two birds one stone n shit

Thebooosh...! wrote:

sound dave! just edited my post. any ideas on the new bit ive added?

what ezza said. check everything and then check everything again
and as pallet said, find the correct torque settings - im sure ezza posted them up in useful links section

yeah well i started taking the IM off today but realised my tools are shit and i need to lend yours pallet and il have to lend that torque wrench too! if you dont mind? il double and double check again all hoses and vacums!

thanks!

sick ben well done for getting so much done on it!

yo i got a gromet lying around u could use to block of either fuse or A/C hole in firwall i found it on my eg shell

Ben, when are you next free, and what tools do you need etc, and we can sort that fathead IM out and jog that leak off.

tesh - yeah sound how much would you want for it?

pallett- well i was free this afternoon but its dark now! got no credit to call!!

U at the next meet? u can buy me the new Mcflurry from McDonalds in exchange for it

haha whens the next meet?
what flavour is that new mcflurry?

the 3rd

well i wont be able to make it in my bag of nails, but could get a ride in pallets if hes got space and if he goes!

Yeah hop in with me y0, and erm ill call you tomorow or something as ill be free tomorow afternoon from \bout 3, if your not at work that is, if not im busy till the weekend really but could come up saturday early like.

ben how's this coming along?

nothing much been done cus, just chnaged the gearbox oil and filled the engine up with coolant now as there isnt any leaks. only one problem that i noticed though! now that ive lowered the car theres loads of negative camber on the passanger front wheel and none at all on the drivers side??? its pissing me off, ive looked and looked and looked! my tracking is out a fair bit as i hit a curb in the ice when it was on the road but thats only toe in and toe out aint it. ive changed the track rod ends both sides and checked for damage and cant see any at all. the only thing that im thinking now but it would be rare to make the wheel sit this way is the wheel bearing. got a quote from my insurance company which was all good so gonna pay the deposit the begining of the month then go take it to be MOT'd so il need to know that place you take yours cus.....
also gonna order 2 new tyres and my wheel boss and might go get that battery cable this saturday if your free? thats if my cheque clears in time anyway.
other than that it just needs the glovebox put back in and a good clean inside and out.

iv got the same problem with my rear wheels, one has loads of camber and one not much, having to buy camber arms and traction control arms to adjust the toe as no-one can see why its happened

its so annoying! i just want it to be normal!

LOL! ye man we can go and pick that cable up or whatever and whenever you want your mot doing just let me know and i can go and book it in for you.

camber i have no idea was it like that before?

well if the camber was like it before i never noticed it :S

yeah we will pop up saturday morning then if my cheque clears.

as for the mot it has a decat, no rear foglight, and HID's but can put original bulbs in just in case. you reckon he will be able to pass it on that? how much is it again?

haha ye dude aslong as all your tyres are ok and its not mega low it will be sweet, you've got my nummber aint ya just drop me atxt or whatever!

tyres will be sweet and its only just over the tyre in ride height so should be sweet. yeah il give you a txt a bit later on or something

If you look at the pics you will see what i mean with the camber being different on both sides! i know the tyres flat on the drivers side but ive tried pumping it up and its still the same. making me angry! i hit the curb back in the ice just hoping i dont need a new lower wish bone or anything, but inspected everything and all seems ok so i aint got a clue




let me know if you have any ideas what could be wrong

well worst case scenario......Subframe.....
when i had an mx5 i hit the curb and it bent the wishbone, changed it and it was still out. diagnosed as the subframe .
on the other hand, that was opposite camber to yours, it was tucked under as opposed to yours, so i dont get it

i hope its not the subframe or big mission to get everything back out again!
it was the drivers side i hit the curb so i dont get it either. i looked at my brothers car and his camber seems to be the same as mine on the passenger side so its got to be something to do with hitting the curb aint it.

think im just gonna get my tracking done and go from there.