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    Cars fixed but i wanna slash up!

    As some of you know my car has been running poor for the last couple of weeks, i did the usual fault finding and got nothing, changed the plugs and then the leads (OUCH £££) still to no avail.

    She would just not produce boost and sustain it and felt like i had a dodgy plug.

    Disheartened i made an appointment with volvotuning for yesterday to let the masters have a poke about, Adam drove her and said maybe actuator is failing, as i had said i'd checked all the hoses for leaks.

    Off he went to get the test rig and i started poking about, then in clear daylight, there was the problem, right under my nose.

    Bloody elbow joint rubber hose on the left of the manifold, the one that i do for other people and spot instantly had a inch split in it.

    It actually looked like it was a join in the rubber, until the short one stuck a screwdriver in it and the car gasped.

    I relieved Hamish of some vac hose and made tracks for home tools at the ready. 25 mins later it was done and i reset the ecu till after dinner for road test.

    She is back to being her former glory but i am soooooo gutted i didnt see it in the first place, too good for my own car it seems.

    So if your car is not its normal self, check that dam hose.
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    My sentiments exactly mate.

    Ive been out for a blast this morning too, she is getting stronger by the mile as the ecu is learning the new parameters
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