Gap is critical for turbo engines...it must be 0.026-0.028. Spark plugs...Volvo (set of 5) for turbo engines,NGK iridium properly gapped or cheap copper Bosch or NGK properly gapped..nothing in between and nothing fancy...since it will not run properly with anything else. Cap & rotor MUST be Bos...

Those are some of the best re-finished wheel I have seen. ! Neil. Hi Neil, thanks for the kind words. I'm fortunate to have a really good powedercoating shop near me in York and they charged £54 per wheel including removing the old tyres and fitting the new set I supplied, including balancing. More...

This is Perfo, my emotional support quad set.

We sometimes tend to baby our cars and forget about our main mode of transportation. Your health is everything. Drop all sodas, chips, fried food etc. Eat organic as much as possible, particularly things like milk, potatoes and meat. I tend to eat very little red meat, opting for fish, chicken and v...

This is all so true. I've seen the phrase, "You can't outrun the fork" meaning that if you don't change your diet, you can exercise until you're purple and not make much difference.

"muscular as Krissprols" and "curl bars for children" made me laugh!

I've seen enough of the bottom end of my engine to know it has to come out of the car, either to fix it or get another engine in. Managed to do it in less than 3h30 today after work, was done before sunset :D Had to load the engine in the 940 to cross the gravel on the way to my garage 25m away :mrg...

I would check the temp sensor and the wiring. There are resistance values somewhere on MVS which relate to ambient temperature. If the sensor is bad, the car may think it is not up to temp and be flooding the car on start up. This can also cause the engine fan to run all the time as well. Also check...

I wrote a detailed DIY rebuilding brake caliper (new piston seal, new rubber boot) in this forum.

Well I have to say I am very impressed that you are going back to school to learn about something you clearly have learned to enjoy! I went back to school about 10 years ago to learn autocad for designing pipework for the oil industry. I completed 8/10 sections when they discovered they had no one t...