The saga continues !!!!
The issue with the turbo hasn't gone away . . .
It did get better, but has slowly returned. I can normally prevent it from going into limp mode by changing how I accelerate under load but it's a PITA for sure. I've got about 6 months left MoT so was planning to push it to the end of the year (this should get me to 300,000 miles, too) but I don't know . . .
Late last week the high pressure hose on the power steering failed, ejaculating P/S fluid everywhere (!!!). Thankfully it happened at the office so I only had to drive it 16 miles home without P/S.
I ordered a second hand pipe of eBay (£10 + £3 P&P), finished fitting it last night (about 90 minutes off-and-on) and filled it up. Seems O.K, it's noisy at full lock but it's still working air out (plus the pump was running dry for nearly an hour).
Meh.
I did spend a few minutes last night wiping over the engine / covers as the P/S fluid covered everything !
The tax is out at the end of this month so the plan is to see how she's behaving for the next week after which she'll either be sold/part-ex'd or kept (depending how the week goes !!!)
