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Think you're also supposed to re-set the throttle position for the ECU by pressing the pedal four times in succession with ignition on ?

yes, sorry . . . . oil cooler the splitter is simply a copy from the photo's you see, cut from ply with a jig-saw, primed & aerosol sprayed to body-colour. A central support and two side supports to fix it to the underside valance, the supports shaped to give it a touch of down angle. Works fine and...

Just looked at the link RSR92 . . . . they're the normal 'titchy ones' but at £9.95 you can't really go wrong . . . but it sounds (from others) they're not a very good fit ? Personally don't think fins are needed on those and/or wouldn't look right, but as with everything to do with 'flashy bits' it...

the scoops are fibre glass RSR92 with the fins from plastic sheet; the whole lot interlocking & bonded to each other and to the original 'F' intakes . . . . shaped to allow screw on-or-off as the original ones do. The finishing chrome piping (which I think picks them out well) is press-on chrome vin...

air scoop 6.JPG air scoop 10.JPG air scoop 11.JPG I couldn't find any scoops so made my own. They're larger than the 'standard' ones and I did it because I've an oil filter . . . the near side scoop is piped direct onto the oil filter. As a result I only get oil temperature of 90 in normal use and ...

Rob . . " the side air intakes are less efficient at bringing air to the rad" . . . fully agree and your comment reminded me I made & fitted scoops (fairly big) and recall the oil temp fell after fitting them. I think the conclusion is an oil cooler in the engine bay probably needs to be in conjunct...

I've never had a problem with "over-cooled oil" in the winter Rob. If I did, a very simple solution would be to whip-off the side-vent, remove the oil-cooler flexi-pipe and re-attach the vent ( a bit like old fashioned carb air intakes which you could reposition for summer or winter conditions)

Can't tell you much about the oil-cooler 'flyingbanana' because the previous owner fitted it (he set the car up for track racing). But I know for a fact it's not OE . . . the cars a '97 VVC . . .it's a seven row 'generic' cooler (Mocal ?) . . . .takes air from the nearside vent (and for what it's wo...

I've not had a gasket failure but if you've got emulsion on the dip-stick and lose half a pint in 200 miles I'd expect the worst. The car shouldn't lose any water and while there could be a leak somewhere else, the emulsion in the oil is ominous (the more so if it's only been changed recently) . As ...

Aren't we talking two different subjects here ? Surely Rob is advising against high revs until the temperature gauge reads normal. . . . meanwhile, down on the farm, Robbo is talking about the oil temperature gauge reaching normal. Spot the difference ? (or is it me !)

Quite like the rear spacers Rob . . wheels nearly (but not quite) sticking out . . looks a bit 'purposeful' ! I did once try to remove them to see what it looked like but then found wheel-nuts on the extra long studs wouldn't clamp the wheels so left things alone. I don't actually need all this 'tra...

My car as bought has 15mm spacers to the rears (previous owner set it up for track days). Consists of 1x 10 mm plus 1 x 5mm. I can confirm you'll need longer wheel studs for 15mm but I think the standard studs are OK for 10mm. They're only fitted at the rear, so can't advise about the fronts. Car ha...

Two planks of wood about 4' long. Nice smooth progressive rise to the top of the ramps. The longer the planks the shallower the angle, the less you've got a problem with front valance grounding.

Get a standard back-box & fit it for test purposes only, then refit your preferred exhaust. About a half-hour job. Any old second-hand box should do. My car (modified for track racing by the previous owner) has a custom made straight-through exhaust without a cat ! Makes an incredible racket. When I...

Mykel you say :- "To reset the TPS readings, you switch ignition on, and within 20 seconds fully press and release the throttle pedal 5 times. Do it slowly but firmly. Afterwards, turn ignition off again and wait 10 seconds. Then you can start the engine. This will let the ECU know the throttle angl...

and just to confuse things I've got budget tyres all around on my F, set at 26 / 28 as per the handbook and it goes around corners as if glued to the road.

What/where/how/when is the "TPS reset procedure" Mykel ?

For MGF's there is a Forum where most of the owners seem to adore 'em. Some of them write most anything they like (although it's not always right). Yet it never seems to bore 'em. (Nominated for the Limerick Of The Year Oscars at the National MG Limerick Writing Contest . . . . entries close midnigh...

Coat of paint followed by quality under-seal of the sort that stays flexible, leave that for a couple of days and top it all off with a coating of Waxoil. If you want a quicker job, just use Waxoil.

Androlyn :- from someone who's actually used K seal in their MGF, there's no problem and it does what it says. Like you I had a small irritating leak that I couldn't trace (but definately wasn't the head gasket). Put K seal in and over the next few days the leak stopped, and has stayed stopped ever ...