But anyway, as always when buying a used car there are always unexpected problems.
First, the car almost rolled down my driveway when I pulled the handbrake up:
That needs some attention then!
Then day after driving it back from Luton I headed down to Leeds to see some mates, leaving Leeds the car decided it wanted to be FWD
Got it home and scanned it:
Balls
On a more positive note, the only other fault codes were relating to the headlights (which I think just need aligning), and the aerial.
Anyway, I did an output test on the Haldex pump and it showed me that the pump was dead. I was planing on changing the Haldex oil/filter anyway so ordered the parts for that and bought a working 2nd hand pump to see if the pump was the culprit.
I got the car up on a lift earlier and swapped the pump over...Haldex is now working, thankfully a nice easy, (cheap) fix. I will sort a new pump in a few weeks as I have no idea how many miles the pump had on before i fitted it.
The diff was covered in oil though which is slightly concerning:
However, when undoing the drain plug on the Haldex it was apparent that no seal was fitted the last time the Haldex oil was changed
I am hoping that the oil on the diff has actually leaked from the Haldex and ran backwards while the car was moving. I've cleaned it all up and will keep an eye on it.
Other things that I know I need to sort:
- A rear caliper is knackered
- Handbrake cables are stretched (already have new cables)
- Front calipers need to be painted
- Rear springs are cheap lowering springs, fronts are standard
- There is slight hesitation when on very light throttle...a throttle body clean will be a first step
- Re-trim the drivers seat
- Tidy up interior trim...possibly hydro dip some parts
- Paint the rear end
- New xenon bulbs
- New rear tyres
Once the car is mechanically solid I'll move on to the bits I want to do:
- LED bulbs inside
- Pressed plates
- US spec rear lights
- Coilovers
- Spacers
- Front splitter
- Side skirt extensions
- New exhaust tips
- Some polybushes - dogbone mount first
That's about it for now!