So as a few will know I bought Paul_13's 306 estate off him.
Link to Paul's old thread for the car http://306oc.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=27416
He told me everything that was / is wrong with it but at the price I paid I had nothing to loose , and I had just driven my daily through what was supposed to be a foot deep of water but turned out to be nearer middle of the windscreen height which promptly f***ed it of course.
How it looked when I bought it - shamelessly stolen from Paul's old thread
So issues with the car
It had smashed into another car head on - put on a new front end and rad
Cuts out - Paul gave me a new relay which sorted this
Battery was knackered - nicked one out of my 405 before it got scrapped
Power steering was leaking - 5 cap fulls of brake fluid in the PS tank solved this
Exhaust nearly fell off - new exhaust clamp
After this it ran sweet for a few thousand miles defiantly got my money worth from it
How the car sits now
Engine bay - after being jetwashed multiple times still no cleaner
Current issue`s are
Its cutting out a 2.5k revs at full throttle fpr has been replaced as has fuel filter and the lift pump has been cleaned - though something looks broken inside it.
Major boost leak - need to get underneath and look for it
Rear heated window doesn't work ,neither does the back wiper but not bother about this
Bumpers aren't same colour as the car
Loom is chopped up as before - going to replace entire loom at some point
AC is f***ed and likely to never work again
Overall its not a bad car for what I paid and I quite like it now so will slowly (very slowly) be repaired
Some random images
Boob
Can't remember what I was trying to fix
Before I sprayed the bonnet
Found a car with the same paint scheme
Link to Paul's old thread for the car http://306oc.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=27416
He told me everything that was / is wrong with it but at the price I paid I had nothing to loose , and I had just driven my daily through what was supposed to be a foot deep of water but turned out to be nearer middle of the windscreen height which promptly f***ed it of course.
How it looked when I bought it - shamelessly stolen from Paul's old thread
So issues with the car
It had smashed into another car head on - put on a new front end and rad
Cuts out - Paul gave me a new relay which sorted this
Battery was knackered - nicked one out of my 405 before it got scrapped
Power steering was leaking - 5 cap fulls of brake fluid in the PS tank solved this
Exhaust nearly fell off - new exhaust clamp
After this it ran sweet for a few thousand miles defiantly got my money worth from it
How the car sits now
Engine bay - after being jetwashed multiple times still no cleaner
Current issue`s are
Its cutting out a 2.5k revs at full throttle fpr has been replaced as has fuel filter and the lift pump has been cleaned - though something looks broken inside it.
Major boost leak - need to get underneath and look for it
Rear heated window doesn't work ,neither does the back wiper but not bother about this
Bumpers aren't same colour as the car
Loom is chopped up as before - going to replace entire loom at some point
AC is f***ed and likely to never work again
Overall its not a bad car for what I paid and I quite like it now so will slowly (very slowly) be repaired
Some random images
Boob
Can't remember what I was trying to fix
Before I sprayed the bonnet
Found a car with the same paint scheme
Cherry red 205 XUD VNT - Project thread here http://306oc.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=25522