22 Sept 2026 09:18
An Arnage rear shock, note the grey lump half way up on the left, this is the solenoid block with the socket at the bottom. This gets dirty, if the connection here is bad you get intermittent auto ride control errors. It seems to be a fairly common problem.
12 Sept 2026 11:13
Just a brief one this, in case it helps somebody out. My mate came to me saying his van wasn't running right and that it had gone in to limp mode. I only have a basic code reader rather than a VW specific one but it was good enough to tell me that it had a p0201 code as well as 3 others. The 3 others cleared and din't come back, I believe they were caused by the misfire rather than being the cause, the 0201 code came straight back every time we started the car.
8 Sept 2026 09:29
Oooo, look at you!
4 Sept 2026 16:19
I took Betty out to see how well she was running with nice new coils and plugs - the answer to that is very well indeed. She's as smooth as a cashmere cod piece and it could be me but she seems to pick up better than ever it ever has in my possession. I gave her some beans and she responded beautifully, she does very well for an old lady of her weight and girth.
31 Aug 2026 08:48
Covers off Coil pack 3 removed, it took me about 20 minutes to get this far.
24 Aug 2026 21:53
I will admit it isn't very Bentley like but it will be living in the boot where it will be out of sight. The other unit needs to go in, each one will be driven from a separate channel on the amp and will be bridged to 2 ohms. It's probably overkill but it should sound excellent and that's what matters.
20 Aug 2026 10:13
God knows how many litres of race tuned v8 loveliness. Ginetta are the guys when it comes to race bred tech, they have been in iot a long time and their experience is second to none.
20 Aug 2026 08:43
I decided to give Betty the Bentley a good clean the other day, part of that process involved opening the boot lid so I cold clean round the normally unseen bits. It was at that point I noticed there are two lights in there that I hadn't really noticed before. Both were unlit so I thought I should have a look at why that might be - I just like things to work even if I am highly unlikely to need them. I guess if I got a puncture it would be useful to have a light so I can see the tools and spare if it is dark outside. Anyway it was a damn fine excuse to go back in to fix mode and have a prod about.
10 Aug 2026 08:58
Half a million quids worth of cargo loaded and ready to go, the man himself on the right.
7 Aug 2026 09:28
Alpine KCE237b Bluetooth interface, note there are 2 different connectors, this is the one for my CDE111R
6 Aug 2026 14:03
I started my car up the other day and the TPMS warning light stayed on, going in to the menu showed that the front left tyre was showing 8 psi. I checked the pressure with a gauge and it was at 32 - which is bang on. The problem persisted over several starts / stops of the engine so I took it to my local tyre place.
5 Aug 2026 16:09
That's properly knackered, that is. Both ends were remarkably floppy.