Project Double-stock HDi - On hold pending removal of thumb from arse

[Poodle]

Thanks guys, was so chuffed/angry when it started running lol.

Liam, i've got that down in my head as the most difficult part, will certainly be a huge challenge. That said, i've got some slightly off-the-wall ideas and think it's achievable, although definitely not in the immediate future, will have to wait until my budget's a bit more forgiving haha.

Yeah we should Sam, reckon you need some guidance if nothing else, the 2.0 16v petrol was a bad start, not to mention your experiment with latching onto other motorway users for a tow.

Now it's running i'm not touching the 'bay until it's back on the road Chris, sod causing it to stop again lol.



Right, proper update time....

Further damage has since been done to the car while moving it to the new house, most will already have lol'd at this, but for those that missed it:

We moved house in April and obviously the car needed moving too. Not having access to a flatbed and the move only being a few miles, we decided to tow it with my slightly unhinged second car of the time. Following a communication breakdown between my best mate and I (i accelerated and he braked - he was piloting the project and i was on boost), this happened:




Bollocks... Just one more job to add to the list, nothing structural so will be bending it back and welding it up at some point soon.

I've since picked up a near-identical 5dr silver HDi as a daily, which needed some work. Rather than actually fix anything i've just swapped all the knackered panels onto the project and the necessary running gear was stolen from the same. So yeah, have pretty much decided the project is going to be a sleeper, and a fugly one at that!

A couple of months ago, i decided she wasn't going to be back on the road any time soon and started selling off loads of parts to try and make some room in the garage (little did i know she'd wait until i'd sold most of it, then start as if nothing was wrong in the first place... ). On the bright side this means i've now got funds to pick up the suspension i want, namely Gaz GHAs, which will be purchased pretty soon. Managed to be the first to get to Chris' for that '6 beam too, which is in fantastic condition actually, pretty pleased with that.

This is how she looks at the moment:




Should probably explain how she's now magically running again:
In an effort to try and work out what was preventing starting, i have got hold of a scangauge - which told me nothing new - and a peugeot planet 2000 diag tool. The PP2K in particular has been enormously useful, it's already helped get several cars besides my own to run properly since i picked it up in May.

Used PP2K to read the codes, which told us nothing new, but going into the live data showed she wasn't getting any fuel pressure on cranking, as in it was actually showing 0bar, which is a bit weird since the lift pump alone will create 3bar... We went through the fuel system piece by piece, checked everything was sending/receiving the correct signals, working properly and swapped in known good items to see if there was any difference - it was all working perfectly. Each time we'd try starting it again while monitoring various parameters, but there was never any change... Finally got to the HP pump and injectors, I couldn't test these as i don't have a high-spec flow bench, but all are freshly refurbished items and really shouldn't be a problem. Was getting pretty disheartened at this point and we'd decided we'd try and start it one more time for the hell of it then give up and think about breaking it. What do you know, she suddenly showed good fuel pressure and fired up on the 6th/7th crank. All signs of the starting issues have disappeared as well. What the actual f*ck...?

So that's where i am now, once the coilies have arrived she'll be ready to be rebuilt and put in for an MOT. Have acquired a few other goodies since she came off the road, so hopefully be pretty sharp to drive once she's back together. Bits i can remember off the top of my head:

• Lower strut brace, only an OMP one though
  
• '6 Brake calipers and discs
  
• '6 Splitter
  
• Scanguage
  
• Decat and second mid-section for home-brew exhaust
  
• Blue fleck S16 seats

Dum-dum is going to be coming down and helping me strip her out next weekend and the welding shouldn't be far behind. Hoping to have her on the road by the end of November, money-dependant, watch this space!