Martin Radoczi

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Picked this up today - a lovely 2004 TD4 SE.

I've been looking around for ages, and my patience has paid off. Got this for a good price - full service history, excellent condition, heated front and rear screens, heated seats, rear parking sensors etc. I originally wanted a silver or black vehicle, but I'd never seen this colour before and rather liked it - I don't know what it's called though?

It's not going to be a mega project, just optimising it to my liking for camping trips, light green laning and general weekend toy.

I gave it a very good clean inside, and a quick jet-wash; cleaned the leather steering wheel and gear knob, got in all the cracks on the dashboard with a paint brush and polished all the trim. I've also treated and restored all the black trim externally.

Oh, and I've fitted my 'One Life. Live It' decal to the back window! :cool:

Owned it for only a few hours and the spending has already started!

Ordered already:

- Full set of silicone hoses.
- K&N air filter.
- EGR blanking kit.
- PCV modification part.
- Exmoor Trim rubber mats.

Planned:

- 5 new tyres. Geolandars?
- Slimline stainless exhaust.
- Changing headlight bulbs.
- Bonnet vents.
- Double DIN head unit.
- Sound-dampening all panels.

No doubt there will be substantial expenditure in addition to this!

Things that I've noticed that will need attention:

- I'm getting a bit of dampness in the rear in that little bucket thing. It's not very bad though.
- I tried the power fold mirrors, and the nearside one did a weird click-click-click thing when it was going back, and now it moves a bit loosely to the touch.
- The switch for the heated front screen doesn't switch on. I'll have to investigate.
 
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Looks nice. I like the SE spec. You might have the FBH like mine. I hooked mine up to a remote, so I can have a nice warm car before setting off.

Looking forward to seeing how the project goes.
 
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Be careful using a K&N air filter. if it is the oil based one as it can damage the maf sensor
 
That does look really tidy and I would also say from looking at the top picture that you have an FBH.

How many miles?
 
Do I do something to make the FBH work, or does it just get warmer quicker on a cold day? Or something else?

The vehicle has 100k on it.
 
Normally the FBH will fire up when the outside temp is down to a certain level (can't remember what the actual is...) so the engine and therefore heater warm up more quickly.

As Nodge68 has done, you can wire it up to fire remotely...
 
From what I've seen go through the forum, the FBHs do not sound like the most reliable of components!
 
From what I've seen go through the forum, the FBHs do not sound like the most reliable of components!
On the whole they are pretty reliable. They need a periodic clean internationally and sometimes the PCB can play up. The only other bit that can cause issues is the dosing pump. They are definitely a useful device and well worth the potential minor breakdown.
 

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