Member Since: 15 Aug 2020
Location: Marsden Yorkshire
Posts: 20
New D3 Owner ...and so it begins..
Hi everyone- so i've got hold of a 2007 GS 2.7...has a FSH. So i test drove it for an hour, and it was fine...day after i got it home the fun begins.....
So it was cheap, so i dont mind spending a few quid on it to get it right/nice.
Firstly, driving
along, bing bong lights etc... So HTC suspension lowered etc... so read this forum, Saw the brake light/ brake switch may be at fault...Made the wife get out, and drivers side brake light is out. So got home, ordered a new brake light and brake switch, and they are coming tomorrow.
Second- Central locking, dont think i even checked it when i bought the car, but it doesnt work, on both key fobs. So again using this forum , seen about the green splice- so ive taken the sill off and think maybe someones been there before?
Thirdly- not a problem, but anyone know how to get rid of milk? The car was like a farm yard inside, and soneone has spilt a chocolate milkshake...and it was a while ago....I have removed all the seats, and cleaned and shampooed, but ill probablly get a new carpet!!
So my question ( for now ), if the passenger side green splice has been done before, would you do it again? or is there anything else i can look at? ( apart from fob batteries? as i think the car was sat for a few months )
Thanks in advance- youll probably here quite a lot more from me....
( ive got to check the battery for voltage tomorrow, incase the brake bulb/switch is not the problem )
Brads
21st Oct 2020 6:19 pm
Motolab
Member Since: 18 Oct 2019
Location: Sleen
Posts: 1815
Welcome!
I had water ingress in the integrated transfer case (behind the Engine ECU) causing the HDC fault...
Bad battery can also cause the “fault”. Reasons can be....... well “a lot”
Regarding “milk”
Bacteria or enzymes...... the use them in the interiour / car cleaning world...
Give them 24h or maybe 2 x 24h and it did solves a lot of smells in motors i bought in the past...Best regards
Harold
Always looking for Pre '55's & Pre war British Motorcycles! knowing or having one for sale? PM please. I visit the UK 6 times a year
Ps. I edit my texts quite often, english is not my native language, so I will edit My “typo’s” etc.
21st Oct 2020 6:43 pm
bradleigh1977
Member Since: 15 Aug 2020
Location: Marsden Yorkshire
Posts: 20
Changed the brake switch and bulb today- so hopefully that will sort it out- tested battery and its running at 14.8 v when running. Found a new carpet so going to pick that up as old carpet just stinks of old milk and is stained all the way through to the foam. For the central locking- is there a green splice on both sides of the car? Or just passenger side?
22nd Oct 2020 6:38 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
To test battery you need to check its resting voltage, ie leave it over night then check it without waking the car up.
12.6volts is perfect, then it is a sliding scale downwards from there, bit like owning a land rover really!
22nd Oct 2020 6:52 pm
bradleigh1977
Member Since: 15 Aug 2020
Location: Marsden Yorkshire
Posts: 20
Battery tested at 12.49V
I noticed as its raining- and the water was dripping behind the fuse box as the rubber wasnt pushed in- when i pushed it in, it then came off further down by the headlight
What should i be looking for , as in what damage can the water do behind the battery/fuse box, incase thats the problem with the suspension lowering.bong bong fault after 10 miles or so of driving? As i havent driven it yet since changing the brake switch and bulb, as ive taken the seats out , as getting a new carpet tomorrow..
23rd Oct 2020 5:09 pm
Globetrotter448
Member Since: 21 Mar 2017
Location: Londonderry NSW
Posts: 1783
Check the radiator overflow bottle as the picture makes it look empty
25th Oct 2020 2:42 am
Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
Posts: 10364
That’s the fill side of the bottle.
Not a worry
25th Oct 2020 5:12 am
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
Remove the rubber seal, and refit it so the gap is at the front on top of the radiator, gap will eb about 2 inches, causes no harm.
I assume when new there is no gap, and the rubber shrinks with time.
12.49 volts is okay, was the car totally shut down?
25th Oct 2020 5:02 pm
bradleigh1977
Member Since: 15 Aug 2020
Location: Marsden Yorkshire
Posts: 20
yes it was totally shut down, ive ordered a new battery anyway, and its coming today.
Just gonna buy as many new parts as i can .2007 2.7 GS Black 167000 FSH...
26th Oct 2020 8:32 am
smoke4k
Member Since: 21 Oct 2020
Location: Chippenham
Posts: 47
Do you have to perform a battery adaptation on these when you fit a new battery?
8th Nov 2020 9:01 pm
Rocksteadee
Member Since: 16 Nov 2020
Location: Southampton and Dartford
Posts: 40
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