Paddy_SP's latest activity

It was 'PEN 15' - it belonged to Steve Parrish, who had it on several cars over the years. When it was on his SL500 I shared the drive...

I know some on here will be interested in wheels, suspension and possibly subframes if not damaged.

To be fair, we have relatively few members with QP VIs and I’ve not heard anything about subframe issues with those.

I suspect that I'll be needing the front subframes, but time will tell!

Some of you may recall that I recently bought a 2015 GTS from a salvage auction. What I didn't say was that I actually only bought it...

True - but when the MIL comes on for the secondary air, it masks any another problems that later crop up, so I intend to strip the front...

OK - the main fault is 'P2431-00 Secondary Air Injection System Air Flow Sensor Circuit Performance Bank 1'. There were also a few...

I've got the original faults written down - that is, the ones that came with the car, but the latest ones are still in the ECU. I have...

Yes, it does - the problem I'm having though is that I'm not convinced that they're 'genuine' faults. As they seem to be so transient...

An update - the car has mostly been as good as gold, however, it did completely freeze up on me on Tuesday. I'd stopped for fuel, and...

I ordered one this afternoon! I went for an Autel MaxiDAS DS808S-TS. I hope I chose the right one - it seems to do all the necessary...

You really need to buy your own scanner at this point ;) Flashing is not good but sure you'll get there. C

Well - I thought the special funnel was in the toolkit that got stolen, but it turns out that it was still in its plastic bag in the...

Unfortunately, some low-life stole the original toolkit after the auction, so I don't have access to the proper funnel. As for the...

Thank you! I've just spent the evening re-fitting the rear seats - in and out, in and out, until I got the right combination of seat...