Big Thank you to G-Werks and PSD again!

[Tempest 0]

Well, I'm back home again after a 3-day business trip in the Kent and East Sussex area.

 

As this was all reasonably close to West Sussex, and Littlehampton/G-Werks in particular (well, when you live in Coventry anyway), I decided to take the Corrado for business :shock: Did I regret it? Nope, the alternative would have been the company 55 bhp monster Escort diesel white van :lol:

 

The Corrado's clean again, as it did get filthy down in Kent.

 

2 nights in a hotel, one of which was sweetened by a meet-up with Luke aka G60Dub for a few drinks and loads of Rado-Talk in a nice pub somewhere in Margate (or was it still Ramsgate? You can tell, I'm not from down that end of Blighty :lol:)., thanks, mate :-) Might be down that end soon again for some more drinks and Rado-Talk :-)

 

Today on my way home I dropped into G-Werks/PSD to get 4 new injectors for my G60 in a final attempt to solve my reported stutter on coldstart problem.

 

Darren and Steve let me get on with doing the job myself, already full well knowing that my Rado is special and would have some nasty surprises up its sleeve :lol:

 

Darren: "Every job on this Corrado takes 2x as long!" That made me feel better again, after I rounded off the first Allen bolt within 5 minutes, but with the aid of Steve's big lumpy mallet and my 12-point socket we got that one out.

 

After a close inspection of the injector loom we decided to chuck the existing one out, and me having, of course forgotten to get one from my stealers in time, Darren sacrificed his brandnew loom :-) To get the old one out, 2 further Allen bolts needed to be removed, and yes, you guessed it, one threatened to do the typical Tempest-US-Rado-trick, i.e. round off.

 

Darren then very dryly remarked: "Well, there's only one way forward now!" Intake manifold off!! Arrggghhh! This is where I let the boys have a bash at my Rado, as I once again was disappointed at the constant set-backs my Rado always manages to give me for what otherwise would have been fairly simple jobs. Compare that to my Roccos (the Storm Rocco even being 6 years older and many more miles on the clock, but no problems were encountered when I took the exhaust manifold off, did the brakes, suspension etc.)

 

Anyway, thanks to the Darren and Steve's perseverence my Rado did end up with a new set of injectors and new loom, and whilst the intake manifold and throttle body were off, we also decided to chuck out the existing vacuum hose to the ECU to be replaced with a shiny blue new silicone hose (of exactly 1 metre length, of course :-) ).

 

So, a big thank you once again to Darren and Steve and their willingness to tackle yet another seemingly easy job, that turned out to be another typical Tempest-Rado-job, i.e. a bl**dy nuisance. Did I ever mention the 2-hour job that Darren had to just remove the G-Lader from my Rado, because 2 Allen bolts (yes, I love those things, as you can imagine by now; had my own fun with them in the summer on the crankshaft pulley and the rear brake calliper brackets :angry:) rounded off? Well, that's my Rado ;-)

 

On the other hand: On the way towards G-Werks and PSD I did encounter another Rado going on to the A27 at Lewes, we waved at each other confirming our superior choice of cars amidst all the typical commuter rubbish on the roads :-)

 

Tempest

[W3RKD 0]

Eric - Its allways a pleasure to have you gracing the doors of our workshop..

 

You also forgot to mention it was my holiday too. and i know you want a pair of my little girls wellie boots.. I will have a pair waitng here for you on your next visit ! :lol:

[Guest]

Tempest, Glad you got it sorted mate! Funny how we were talking about getting to the fuel rail, and you remarked.. easy I'll just remove the isv and the breather pipes :lol:

 

Keep me posted for next meet

[Furkz 0]

Nothing is a 10min job on a corrado,, ever,,, i found this out from the day i bought it,,, nothings ever straightforward either

 

at least daz wasn't rolling around on the floor like weds night :lol:

[Supercharged 2]

Is it any better then Eric or can't you tell yet?? maybe it was the injector loom all along...

[Jim 2]

Any improvement then Eric? My fingers are crossed that this is going to be the end of your starting woes! :)

[Tempest 0]

You also forgot to mention it was my holiday too.

 

Oops, yes, sorry. That was really appreciated Darren 8)

 

and i know you want a pair of my little girls wellie boots.. I will have a pair waitng here for you on your next visit !

 

:lol:

 

and you remarked.. easy I'll just remove the isv and the breather pipes

 

Yes, getting to the fuel rail was fairly easy, getting the wiring loom out was the swine.

 

Is it any better then Eric or can't you tell yet??

 

Haven't tried to start her up with a cold engine yet, and won't either for the next few weeks, as from tomorrow on I'm off to Germany for Chrimbo again.

 

So, sometime in the future I'll be able to tell, and yes, I thought as well, that it might have been the loom in the end, cracked as it was for the one injector.

 

Right, customer waiting :x , still at work.

 

Tempest