My new 850 t5 saloon

[pamdam]

Just collected ny new green 850 t5 manual saloon drives great pretty basic model with wind up windows and no fogs etc. cant wait to get to work on it tomorrow hope fully be ready for hlm on the third.
One small issue which im worried about is stringy thick bits in the oil, hoping it just dirty oil and not head gasket trouble.

£500 so not too much money wasted if it is lol. I'll get some pictures up later.

[Kingsford G]

Check for coolant hoses pressurising if they remain soft u ok and do the oil change and another one after about 500miles using a quality oil will clean the engine up.Oh and congtrats wiv yr purchase.

[pamdam]

Cheers buddy. Just be sad to see the old auto estate go next week. Yeah doing a change tomorrow and praying its not the head. Hate having a car off the road.

[s_cowen]

Nice one sounds good, get some pics up, :smile:

[pamdam]

Head is fine thank god it was condensation on the dip stick. Done the oil change filters and bled the brakes today, also gave it a good polish and fitted the new boost gauge and mbc and changed afew hoses.
I'll get pics up tomorrow at work hopefully.

[pamdam]

Update just took her out with the mbc up to 1.2 bar and she went mental the auto estate i have was nnothing near this fast.
I have found a dyno print out in the history dated november 2011 with 231.5 bhp on complete standard set up.
Looking forward to hlm next weekend.

[T5frankie]

Update just took her out with the mbc up to 1.2 bar and she went mental the auto estate i have was nnothing near this fast.
I have found a dyno print out in the history dated november 2011 with 231.5 bhp on complete standard set up.
Looking forward to hlm next weekend.

how did it get to 1.2 bar? was it mapped? most it should boost to is 1 bar

[LiamT4]

Head is fine thank god it was condensation on the dip stick. Done the oil change filters and bled the brakes today, also gave it a good polish and fitted the new boost gauge and mbc and changed afew hoses.
I'll get pics up tomorrow at work hopefully.

Plenty of people see mayo on the dipstick and think the worst, usually just a combination of cold weather and short journeys.

A long drive usually gets rid of it.

[pamdam]

how did it get to 1.2 bar? was it mapped? most it should boost to is 1 bar

yeah i think so the ecu has the bar missing again and the print out of 231 is high for a 17 year old car that was only 225 standard. It boost to 1.4 but for obvious reason i wound that back abit.

[T5frankie]

definatly sounds mapped, you didn't want the s70r then?

[merc85]

yeah i think so the ecu has the bar missing again and the print out of 231 is high for a 17 year old car that was only 225 standard. It boost to 1.4 but for obvious reason i wound that back abit.

231bhp was that at the Crank or wheels?

[T5frankie]

231bhp was that at the Crank or wheels?

ive seen mapped 850 t5's producing that power at the crank before probably started at around 200bhp

[pamdam]

Still thinking about it, got offered 700 for this manual earlier by a guy who rang up about the auto i sold.
If the s70r is still around next month Ill get it.

[pamdam]

231bhp was that at the Crank or wheels?

wheels i think I'll find out saturday lol

[T5frankie]

what does it say on the print out?

[t5_monkey]

WHP is all that matters....

[pamdam]

what does it say on the print out?

it just shows a graph and in top corner says 231 hp. Remember the green saloon i sent you from pistonheads theres a picture of the printout there.

[T5frankie]

with 230ft lb torque i would say thats 231 bhp not whp

[pamdam]

Abit rubbish but lots of work to do on it anyway. The fun starts.

[T5frankie]

a good basic service would help, plugs, leads, cap and rotor, replace any old pipes and hoses etc, you may stand a better chance next time i race you lol

[pamdam]

a good basic service would help, plugs, leads, cap and rotor, replace any old pipes and hoses etc, you may stand a better chance next time i race you lol

lol I'll need all the help i can get. Although i defenitely would have beaten you on a race home. Lol. Yeah changed all the small hoses today, should help abit and did the filters etc.

[T5frankie]

You may have beaten me but I would have been right behind you lol

[pamdam]

Yeah very close behind. Tail gater. Lol

[pamdam]

afew pictures of the new lady in my life lol

[T5frankie]

i do like the olive green ones, my 2nd favourite colour lol, get on the hunt for a 16t before the weekend lol

[pamdam]

after driving it the past few day i think Ive got to sort the clutch first its really high.
might not be going on the dyno and just coming up to make up the numbers not worth the risk.
picking up a set of wheels and tyres on the way there though lol.
I love the olive green got my eyes out for the next car already though now ive moved house we have got a 9 car drive way and triple garage. :) so lots of space for new toys.

[T5frankie]

after driving it the past few day i think Ive got to sort the clutch first its really high.
might not be going on the dyno and just coming up to make up the numbers not worth the risk.
picking up a set of wheels and tyres on the way there though lol.
I love the olive green got my eyes out for the next car already though now ive moved house we have got a 9 car drive way and triple garage. :) so lots of space for new toys.

as long as it dont slip it'll be ok

[pamdam]

nah not slipping yet. just my knee hits the wheel when i let it off. lol. is literally a foot from the floor to the bite point.
not sure if thats just normal coz it still pulls really well even with the 7 flat pack chests of draws I'm carrying around.

[bigrotch]

It won't be long befor it starts to slip by the sounds of it mate

[T5frankie]

dont wory till it goes then replace with an 850r clutch, my mussus' 850 clutch has a high clutch too been like that for 4000 miles so far

[pamdam]

Yeah been driving it today and it seems ok. Might just be me being over cautious. I will need to upgrade the clutch at some point anyway.

[pamdam]

Just thought I'd update the thread with how she is now.

I have just put the bk alloys on just waiting for new rubber, then the plan is to get her on coil overs hopefully by next weekend so I can go to Santa Pod for ultimate street car.

Feel free to post your pics on here if you have Coil overs on id like to see the stance.

Also I am looking for a steering boss if you have one?