Small setback

Hello there! Hope you had a great summer. Here in Sweden August has been very much better than July, problem was that most people took their holidays in July! The car has been running pretty well since the tune up. I had to swap back to the original crankshaft sensor as the cheap replacement I bought from ebay wasn't functioning properly and was confusing the ECU. Talking of the ECU, that was also faulty, a dry joint somewhere was making it cut out which made it impossible to start the car. Long story short, that has now been replaced so generally the car has been flying although fuel consumption has been quite bad. At least until this morning! 

There have been a few occasions when the turning the engine over it has coughed and spluttered and backfired before starting but today it backfired and then when I tried to turn the engine over again it revved to 5000 rpm and stayed there. This is what happened outside my mothers house in July so I knew exactly what  the problem was - a cracked plenum!

It's cracked along the same weld line as before and I was charged a lot to fix it that time by TDI.  I'll try and get it welded again but I think the aluminium is too thin. Maybe it can be reinforced somehow.

I need to check out the super charger too, there seems to be a bit of an oil leak coming from somewhere. Gasket leaking perhaps?

Inside the blades look in extremely good condition.

It's a pity it has happened now with so many months of driving left. Hopefully though I can get it welded soon. I'll try my favorite company in Huddinge 

Restaurangmaskiner Kurt Norén AB.

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