New Member in Banbury thought I would say Hi

Hi all I'm Will from Banbury, Oxfordshire. I purchased my Sprint blue 20VT coupe Back in September with 80k on clock and part history. I fell in love with the car the moment I saw it, now from the sticker on rear window and card I found in the glove box I can see this car at some point was owned by a member on here, maybe someone at some point may know the car?.. I don't have to many big plans but a few I have carried out a few small things and have a list of things to do but like everything will take time well I hope to meet up with you guys at some point.

Will

Hi and welcome to the forum Will

Hi and welcome Will - a few more clues would be useful to ascertain whose coop it was

Thank you for the warm welcome..
Well not sure where to start or what info I can give out to find out more really but Its a P reg sprint blue 20VT P935**P from around 2004 it was purchased and based in the Colchester, Essex area where some serious money was spent car lots of receipt's from Fiat dealership and PowerFiat till around 2012 when it changed hands and moved to the Basingstoke area and in June 2012 the guy who owned it then became a member here... not much to go on really

Will

Hi!!

Always good to see a new member from the Shire

Hi and welcome Will.

Hi and welcome

Hi I am also in Banbury. Can't say I have seen a blue one around here....

I've seen this blue coop pull up out my place a few times, I nearly tripped over the exhaust !!!
Will knows what I'm talking about, thankfully he has changed the exhaust now.
Hopefully see you Sunday

Hi and Welcome .

Haha Rich, Yes all changed couldn't wait to get rid of that thing. HiD kit done and I spent the day cleaning and polishing the lenses and yeah what a difference thanks for that info.. Will be following Nismo's guide now for the LED rear lights

Thanks Nismo

Stevo hope to see you around Don't think you can miss mine its always parked up on Bretch by the Maisonettes

There was what looked to be a dark Matte coloured coupe I passed last month in Banbury by Texaco on the Warwick road must be someone's on here we both waved.

You have met Stevo before, black LE.
We met up with Steve to go to Stanford Hall a few years back.

Ah yeah I remember now

Hey, i'm from Banbury as well. Me and my mate Tim (Timo I think his username is on this site) are both Coupe owners.

I was following Stevo through town the other day, but I cant remember seeing a sprint blue recently......I will keep an eye out.

Wave if you see an Electric Blue Plus

Tim's is plastidipped purple

Hi and welcome.

Hi will,

Do have white wheels? I think I have seen about......coupe looks good

Welcome Will - sounds like theres a few in the area - I'm only in Coventry - South Mids/Cotswolds meet? We pop down to Upton House now and again............Nice roads around Edge Hill

id be up for a local meet.....might have to come in the BMW though....Boost leak still an issue

If I get mine put back together insured, taxed and my oil,cooler fitted I'd do another meet.
Otherwise I'll be there in the Mini instead.

I think I've seen your BMW at Spiceball car park

I replaced my dump valve recently and it's made a massive improvement to my car. Could that be the source of your leak?

Ive replaced the dump valve and checked the pipe work I can see easily. Putting a boost gauge on today to help diagnose.

Although I have a new hard intake pipe coming next week so I cant test it till then anyway

Any other boost leak advice would be helpful

There's a quick test you can do to check the boost pipe from the turbo to the throttle body.

Remove the pipe off the bottom of the turbo and blank it off with something like a spray can and a jubilee clip.

Start the engine on the key, this will run for a few seconds and then stall as it'll suck all the air out of the induction pipe work. You'll also see all the rubber pipes collapse under vacuum, if there's a boost leak the pipes will pop back to there normal shape straight away and you'll hear the 'suck' showing where the leak is.

If they stay collapsed for 5-6 seconds all pipe work from the turbo to the throttle body is sound.

Cheers cc that's brilliant.... I'll give it a go today

Hello Banbury folk

I'm going to have my dads old coupe but I seem to recall the guy who used to service the car has been saying a while that the cam belt needs doing. The old mechanic has just retired. Do you know anyone in the Banbury area who to recommend to do the cam belt, and what sort of price to look at please.
Thanks
Ps dads car is an S reg 2.0 20v

I always take mine to Solo italia in Witney mate

I saw a silver 20v turbo in Banbury in the week. Many one know who that was?

There is a Steel Grey20vt on the Easington Road, probably the the same guy.

Cheers, do they take the engine out etc to change the cam belt? I've found pwk in dads stuff that shows can belt 2 yrs out of date! I'd sooner do it as nr to Banbury as possible as I'm a bit concerned the belt will go as soon as I start driving it.

Hello, thanks for the reply. I thought I'd already replied once. I've found stuff in my dads pwk saying cambelt overdue in 2013 so I'm a bit nervous at driving it far from Banbury for cambelt work. What sort of price do they charge in Witney please? Thanks

£350+vat for cambelt change

Cheers, I shall ring tomorrow.

If you are worried about driving it, Solo Italia can arrange collection on a lorry - they did this for me from Newbury when my Coupe was not driveable. Would be worth it rather than risk losing the entire engine. They are at Eynsham. Here is the phone number: 01865 881010. They have always done splendid work on both my Coupes, would really recommend.

Brilliant. Thanks for that, I am a bit worried that my dad will have driven it for ages with cambelt overdue then I will get in and it will go 1 mile later!