Re: C5 - life in the old girl yet?
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 10:20 pm
On the way to the garage, the oil filler cap apparently came loose and fell off down the back of the engine garage think it's cause the engine cover was so loose (I knew there was only one of the resilient mount bolts actually in place at that time, so entirely plausible - I just hadn't had time to sort it before dropping the car off)
Not a disaster, but messed up the engine bay around that area. I told them not to replace the bolts 'cause I had a load I'd bought ready to do the job, so it came back with the cover in the boot and the engine bay still to clean up.
Grubby;
Look at the pools of oil in the recesses in front of the rocker cover (not all from this incident - been like that for a while!)
Also I noticed the fuel lines weren't clipped in properly and one was broken;
Doesn't look much better, but believe me, it is.
Also four new resilient bolts for the engine cover ready to go;
One of the firewall insulator clips was missing, so got one off a breakers;
Refitted the cable into the clip on the bulkhead, replaced the broken fuel pipe clip and refitted both lines but I found that the front plastic pipe was then rubbing on the metal fuel line, so I left it unclipped and resting on top. I think they've been refitted in the wrong order when the filter was last changed, so they don't sit right. I might sort that one day...
Not a disaster, but messed up the engine bay around that area. I told them not to replace the bolts 'cause I had a load I'd bought ready to do the job, so it came back with the cover in the boot and the engine bay still to clean up.
Grubby;
Look at the pools of oil in the recesses in front of the rocker cover (not all from this incident - been like that for a while!)
Also I noticed the fuel lines weren't clipped in properly and one was broken;
Doesn't look much better, but believe me, it is.
Also four new resilient bolts for the engine cover ready to go;
One of the firewall insulator clips was missing, so got one off a breakers;
Refitted the cable into the clip on the bulkhead, replaced the broken fuel pipe clip and refitted both lines but I found that the front plastic pipe was then rubbing on the metal fuel line, so I left it unclipped and resting on top. I think they've been refitted in the wrong order when the filter was last changed, so they don't sit right. I might sort that one day...