Surely it should be better?

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:28 pm

not saying that pushki is insane or anything

but 40notes for a fuel filter is a little nuts

Post by **4thgenphil** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:30 pm

lewd lude lover wrote:imho ignore pushki's valid but expensive option and pop down your local motorfactors or go to ebay and get a blueprint for £8.50

sane option

thats for a 5th gen

Post by **4thgenphil** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:31 pm

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nipparts-FUEL ... 3373877365

Post by **Pushki** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:52 pm

Yeah, sorry Tiger. That part number was for the 2.2l VTEC.
£40 is a lot of money. It works out at £10 per year if you change it when you should (every 4 years).

I'm a sucker for quality parts!

Having said that, I bought another brand new second-hand one for less than £20 from a forum member. Should see me alright until 2017.

Tango Tiger · Post by **Tango Tiger** » Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:39 pm

Thanks everyone.

Found this on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190691134108? ... 706wt_1037

At least we'll now how to change it without scraping any more knuckles now.

Tango Tiger · Post by **Tango Tiger** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:42 pm

Took it into our local friendly garage/exhaust centre today. Left it with them, they repaired the leaking joint where the manifold and downpipe meet. Still having slight problems on set off but the power is there now. He also advised I took the baffle out of the tail pipe as it was choking the car too.

He said it may take a little while for the ecu to sort itself out, but in the mean time it's improving bit by bit.

Post by **Merlin** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:02 pm

Merlin wrote:Are you 100% sure your exhuast manifold and downpipe are good condition?

Tango Tiger wrote:Took it into our local friendly garage/exhaust centre today. Left it with them, they repaired the leaking joint where the manifold and downpipe meet. Still having slight problems on set off but the power is there now.

I'll have a rep please!

Tango Tiger · Post by **Tango Tiger** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 1:13 pm

Help needed again please!

Ok, after I had the leak sorted on the exhaust the car was brill for a week or so. Now it's back to how it was again. Engine light comes on when it feels like and It's choking up when setting off in 1st.

I've tried to find the 2pin connector under the dash to do the paperclip test, but can't find it anywhere. (I Did find the alarm box though so I can look at fixing that at some point now) Any ideas?

I also can't find the OBD connector, could anyone give me a clue please? Where is it and is it an ODB1 or 2 connector?

Oh btw, it's a 96 BB4

Thanks in advance
Alison

Post by **Merlin** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 1:26 pm

Tango Tiger wrote:I've tried to find the 2pin connector under the dash to do the paperclip test, but can't find it anywhere. (I Did find the alarm box though so I can look at fixing that at some point now) Any ideas?

The service connector in the 4th gen is a right git to get to first time around. Its attached to a plastic popper that is itself attached to a small beam that runs parallel to the face of you radio head unit. The popper is located directly underneath the head unit buried beneath the centre console trim.

The OBDI connector (3 pin?) is right next to the service connector.

Tango Tiger · Post by **Tango Tiger** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 1:40 pm

Thanks for your quick reply. I'll have another good look this weekend. Wish me luck!!