Is the kit to test emissions expensive?G4 passed MOT with no advisories. Did the emissions test first to see if the new O2 sensor and throttle position sensor had worked their magic!! All good.
Is the kit to test emissions expensive?G4 passed MOT with no advisories. Did the emissions test first to see if the new O2 sensor and throttle position sensor had worked their magic!! All good.
Never thought of that.. Good point.Probably! I wrote it badly. What I meant was I asked for the emissions to be done first, a. While engine hot and b. If it fails on that no point continuing until fixed.
Job well done…It was ok. There's a special tool you need to get the pump off and you'd really struggle without it. I got the Sealy version and there was an issue with the support sleeve not screwing in very far (damaged thread on it I think) but the pump came out easily enough. Because I had bought a donor engine I had all the attached pipe work, so I just swapped it all over as one unit. If you check on my thread of Jan 31st you will see Arctic 2 posted steps with pics and Nodge and others helped to isolate the fault back to the HPFP. I started the thread with a video showing a lot of smoke, hoping it was an injector issue. The pump I took off actually looks in pretty good nick, but obviously the seals have gone inside.
Hopefully. I've learned not to give in to optimism where this car is concerned.Job well done…
Our old 6 berth Mitsubishi Canter camper/motor homes have done 400k miles.Met a guy driving a 20 year old Land Cruiser who boasted it was coming up on 200,000 miles.
I told him “You’ve a bit to go yet mate. My 17 year old Freelander’s just passed 226,000 miles.”
What a nightmare.I was manning the tech support/breakdown line yesterday and I take a call... Hello he says, this is Ken whatever from Fire Investigation NZ... I'm representing someone who bought 1 of your campers, he had a problem with the cooker grill not holding a flame and you said to get a gas fitter to replace the thermocouple/flame sensor and send the bill to you... well he did that and the gas fitter burnt his camper to the ground!!! Not only that, the camper fire spread to his house and burnt that to the ground, damaged the houses either side, and totalled a car. 24 fire brigade staff and 12 police were in attendance!!!!
Mind you, they breakdown like a motor that's done 400k miles!
They are though fookin awesome beasts to drive
We sold most of them off last winter.
One chap, a really nice bloke, who bought 1 and lives quite close to our Christchurch depot and has been in a couple of times to get bits fixed, they're sold with a 6 month warranty. Even though they are high mileage, he would have paid good money for it, and he has subsequently lavished heaps of time, love and money on it - complete new paint job, new beds, lots of stuff...
I was manning the tech support/breakdown line yesterday and I take a call... Hello he says, this is Ken whatever from Fire Investigation NZ... I'm representing someone who bought 1 of your campers, he had a problem with the cooker grill not holding a flame and you said to get a gas fitter to replace the thermocouple/flame sensor and send the bill to you... well he did that and the gas fitter burnt his camper to the ground!!! Not only that, the camper fire spread to his house and burnt that to the ground, damaged the houses either side, and totalled a car. 24 fire brigade staff and 12 police were in attendance!!!!
It sounds like there may be an issue there.What a nightmare.
Presumably the gas fitter's insurance will cover the damage?
Ouch.Our old 6 berth Mitsubishi Canter camper/motor homes have done 400k miles.
Mind you, they breakdown like a motor that's done 400k miles!
They are though fookin awesome beasts to drive
We sold most of them off last winter.
One chap, a really nice bloke, who bought 1 and lives quite close to our Christchurch depot and has been in a couple of times to get bits fixed, they're sold with a 6 month warranty. Even though they are high mileage, he would have paid good money for it, and he has subsequently lavished heaps of time, love and money on it - complete new paint job, new beds, lots of stuff...
I was manning the tech support/breakdown line yesterday and I take a call... Hello he says, this is Ken whatever from Fire Investigation NZ... I'm representing someone who bought 1 of your campers, he had a problem with the cooker grill not holding a flame and you said to get a gas fitter to replace the thermocouple/flame sensor and send the bill to you... well he did that and the gas fitter burnt his camper to the ground!!! Not only that, the camper fire spread to his house and burnt that to the ground, damaged the houses either side, and totalled a car. 24 fire brigade staff and 12 police were in attendance!!!!
Plot twist - the guy used ‘Don’ from down the road - he offered to do it for half the price. He knows DIY.It sounds like there may be an issue there.
Oh. That's not good. Is there a gas trader's standards agency like the UK's Gas Safe (formally Corgi) in NZ?It sounds like there may be an issue there.
Let's hope not, but presumably that would the hirer's responsibility to cover any financial losses?Ouch.
Plot twist - the guy used ‘Don’ from down the road - he offered to do it for half the price. He knows DIY.
Yeh, there is and I believe this guy was. Just that there may be an issue as to whether he had liability insurance, or correct/enough insurance.Oh. That's not good. Is there a gas trader's standards agency like the UK's Gas Safe (formally Corgi) in NZ?