Where the wires went into the casing on the pump the insulation was all split and had melted together so that might be spot on. The green was the worst.

Ordered a new pump and a new relay to hopefully be here tomorrow.

Reckon it would have caught fire if I hadn't noticed it. I've had one go wrong on my other p38 but that was a snapped conrod where the piston jammed in the bore probably as it snapped. Have to be careful when putting the new pump in just in case it wasn't the cause but something else failing...

Time to say good bye to the pump.

The piston isn't making any seal but that's a minor issue as the whole insides has just disintegrated. It has that awful burnt smell where the windings have just fused. It's a mess.

Just putting the car back in its parking spot and the eas pump was going crazy making the whole car vibrate. By the time I got to it and pulled the plug the body was up to 75°C. Managed to decompress it all and have got it on the bench cooling down. The three motor cables have melted so guess...

I will leave it alone for now and wait for Marty to do some more filters hopefully.

So I am pretty confident that the new battery has sorted the going flat issue as it starts every time. When I started looking into the flat battery I disconnected the RF receiver for the remote unlocking and have been locking with the key which is OK most of the time but a bit of a pain when I...

So the new battery has been in a week, have been out a few times on shortish runs, taking the dogs out and some shopping. So far so good it has started on the button each time and have not been near it with the Ctek :D Yesterday I ran a lead from the dash to the connection for the LPG ecu power...

So new battery arrived yesterday, gave it a charge overnight and fitted it this morning. Also checked all the cables to and from battery to make sure everything was good. Let's just say it made a difference straight away, doing the window resets the windows went up and down the best they ever...

The screens look aftermarket as they are turned on by a toggle switch in the spare switch position. They power on but nothing is displayed just fuzzy white. The PlayStation is in the workshop on a shelf.

I ordered the Platinum 642x today as nobody could give me expected or realistic delivery times on the Hankook. Am also going to remove any redundant wiring and kit. TV screens in the head rests(if I can work out how to get the head rests out) PlayStation 2 under the passenger seat and some old...

BMS are out of stock but there is Battery Factory. They have the Hankook https://batteryfactory.co.uk/products/hankook-mf31-1000-643-644-heavy-duty-starter-battery-12v-ah115-cold-cranking-1000amps Or push the boat out...

Wow that's a beast of a battery.

Anyone recommend somewhere I might get the Hankook as they seem to be out of stock. Tayna batteries where I got the Varta from want me to box it up and send it back to them for testing, not cheap given the weight and some couriers won't even accept it. So the warranty is not worth anything in...

I was just looking at that very battery online. :D

This is the spec of the battery.

So this morning with my glamorous assistant did the voltage drop test on start. Before the battery was connected it read 12.57 after four days disconnected. Connected up and neither starter motor or alternator causes the little spark you get when connecting. Something else does but its tiny...

12.69 v this morning so looks like battery might be OK. Am going to reconnect it tomorrow and see how low it drops when cranking.

Battery fully charged yesterday its now been off charge on the bench for 12hrs voltage has dropped from 13.25 to 12.7 v and as its raining won't be putting it back until tomorrow so another 24hrs sitting on the bench.