Nope - but watching one with interest!

^ +1 Give the whole area a good clean with a wire brush first, to remove as much rust and dirt as possible, especially from the bolt/nut/threads. Soak a few days before you are going to do the job, I use PB blaster. Use good 6-sided sockets, not 12. Work them backwards and forwards slowly when...

Well done for tracing it and finding the culprit

It’s a nice car… but it’s still 23 years old. Mis-matched tyres on it for a start. Definitely worth saving, just not worth 5k.

Very tidy indeed, but a lot of money for it

Has the suspension been lifted or altered?

It’s coming together again… 👍

Why are you burning through drop links so quick. What’s wrong?

This will help you…

Check the sensor at the end of the fuel rail. Also check the wiring harness for it.

P1260 is related to the fuel pump, 0190 is fuel pressure related P0500 is a speed sensor issue These could be old codes. Clear them, then run the car and re-read.

What made you replace the HPFP? What were the symptoms you were trying to fix?

FL1 td4 presumably? Have you read the codes / got any live data?

So I’m looking at options for a stand-alone screen for the F2. Last week I put one into the F1, that my daughter bought online from Jeff. Made of Chinesium, but Bluetooth calls and maps work quite well for the price (£80 ish). Any one have any recommendations? Know of something that works well...

Well, that was the symptoms of my first dodgy one - wouldn’t fire up when warm. The second dodgy one (that I found ‘by error’) was me replacing the first one with a cheap knock-off. Had an intermittent electrical fault I think. Lesson learned.

Thats a bugger… I had something similar on my 1 once… I did some work on the fuel system, replaced filters and the LP pump. The thing would not start after… turned out I also had an intermittently dodgy camshaft sensor! (They don’t throw a code)

I didn’t even notice that… I was too busy looking at the guard! Not good.

Sounds like torque steer to me too… that’s where I’d be looking first, to prove or disprove, before replacing parts.

I recently did the same - though it’s been sold given to my daughter. So keeps returning with “can you just…” 😂 It’s nice to see it every few weeks, and she uses it as her daily - loves it. And I can still have a drive 😉 If I’m honest, the 2 is much nicer to drive, even though it’s only 5 years...

A td4 timing chain should not need replacing… it’s a chain!