Information What the TDI 75 looks like under the bonnet

For drive cleaning the easy way:
Take a bottle of neat washing up liquid.
Create puddles of washing up liquid on any stains you want to remove.
Here is the best bit....
LEAVE IT ALONE for a few days.
You can then hose or jetwash it off.

Works a treat.
 
Apparently coca cola is also very good as an oil remover. Remour has it that Coke use the neat ingredients of coke in their maintenance bays for de-greasing their trucks.
 
Sarge said:
I fear if it comes down to that then, it'll be new replacement bricks, this is because the top side of the bricks are tapered as opposed to bottom side.



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Sarge
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normaly with brick weave paving, they are the same both sides with tapered edges, curved on both sides ive layed various types and found them all like that , might be worth pulling one out to have a look see if the cleaning, preasure washer route fails.

Gary
 
chb said:
For drive cleaning the easy way:
Take a bottle of neat washing up liquid.
Create puddles of washing up liquid on any stains you want to remove.
Here is the best bit....
LEAVE IT ALONE for a few days.
You can then hose or jetwash it off.

Works a treat.
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That IS 'exactly' what I've been doing for years! however because of the major mess on the driveway now I thought there may be a easier way.
 
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wilco184 said:
Very interesting, Sarge!

Thanks for posting these pictures. Out of interest, did you have any trouble undoing the nuts holding the EGR pipe to the exhaust manifold? I wanted to remove the pipe when I blanked my EGR, but I was worried about snapping a stud. :p

Regards,

Matt.
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Matt, No I didn't really experience any issue with the bolts. The only one that snapped in the entire removal process was one of the big gearbox mount bolts that's all.
 
A2Steve said:
Apparently coca cola is also very good as an oil remover. Remour has it that Coke use the neat ingredients of coke in their maintenance bays for de-greasing their trucks.
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That'll be the phosphoric acid. Strong stuff!
 
Well Well, what a surprise! this engine block as well as the head inside is MINT! found the problem, a bloody simple fix! can you tell what it is?


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Hi Sarge

I am impressed by your investigative prowess, I know that you are passing this world but once, any chance if your passing Glesga you could drop off that chain you removed, I think I may have a spare link.
 
May be an option for the air 2 if my heads gone .. what mileage was on that engine out of interest ... zippy
 
zipnjeff said:
May be an option for the air 2 if my heads gone .. what mileage was on that engine out of interest ... zippy
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Hi Mate, the mileage is 110k, as you can see from the pictures the engine internally is excellent conditon, just needs a clean up externally, however being out the car that also gives you a chance to paint it whatever/however you want before fitting into your car, therefore taking best engine bay award? ...lol



Cheers
Sarge
 
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