my problems with a s3 county Stn. Wagon Continue

Fair comment and thanks

I replaced the Inlet and exhaust gasket plus the carb, spacer which was cracked and the gaskets. I also replaced the array of bolts supposidly holding
the manifolds in place with new studs and brass nuts. I also replaced the High Compression Plugs with the correct Low compression plugs I then retuned the carb using an old Falcon Exhaust Gas analizer supported by a colour tune. The car was then takne back for a retest and the CO2 reading had been reduced frm 7.53% to 1.5% ( max permissable 4.5%)

So thanks for all the advice, joles as well.

Mike

nice one! is the beast back one the road then or was that just one fault from a long list of faults??

Yes the "Beast" is back on the Road and turning a few French heads. It was the only fault which is surprising for an old girl. With fuel prices falling she is getting plenty of use and nicely coated in Farmers road deposits No more over heating and now for a S3, quite rapid.

I wrote about the weird suspension set up at the rear and will post some pics. when the weather improves but have found it a bit bouncy on the rear and hard at the front. Perhaps the Pro Comp Shocks are too hard for the front leaf set up or I have become too soft with age.

I am now waiting for the French registration to come through and then I am fitting a new front panels and a new set of lights all round as the old ones have seen better days. The bonnet is due for a respray plus some burke put a branch trough the roof and left a hole so a bit of plastic padding and a lick of Limestone paint will cure that then she will be spik and span and muddy.

One odd thin is that the French have a habit of pulling out at the last minute from side roads which is just one of their many bad road habits. They don't seem to do it with the beast, I wonder why? Not knocking them, just an observation as their Lane dicipline is something we in the UK could learn a lot from and on particular those using the M25.

Thanks for asking

Mike