VM in a Frontera

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VM in a Frontera

Post by dodgyvinyl » Sun Jun 13, 2010 11:57 pm

About 6 months ago, I bought a Frontera 2.5TDS.

After having 2 VM 800s, I know them well enough, so on hearing this one running at the auction, I bought it.

After buying, there was a lack of power over 2000RPM. A look on the forums, showed that the car was in Limp Mode and that it was probably the sensor on No.1 injector at fault..but could be anything.

I bought a ECU programming kit...which didnt work...then bought another which did....and showed No.1 injector at fault.

£70 and a modified socket later, new injector fitted... interestingly fixing the problem without resetting the ECU.

I wont bore you with the details of the 2 lower ball joints. 6 hours for 1 and 11 hours for the other says it all.

Today, the starter motor nailed.

I have bought a replacement on Ebay (new is £190).

I thought the fitting instructions might be amusing to VM owners here.

1. Undo front prop from diff.
2. remove downpipe.
3. remove offside wheel.
4. remove all pipework, air and water from engine bay.
5. remove front grille.
6. remove radiator.
7. remove intercooler.
8. get someone with very small hands and thin arms to sit in the wheel arch while someone else feeds the socket extension in through the engine bay and guide the socket onto the 2 bolts holding the starter and remove.
9. Undo the 2 cables on the starter and remove.

MORAL?

If you think life is bad...imagine what it would be like if you'd bought a fracking Vauxhall.
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Post by dodgyvinyl » Sun Jun 13, 2010 11:58 pm

And whats worse is they use crappy fuel pumps so you cant even put chip fat in them.
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Post by CHR15E » Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:07 pm

So you bought it because? :lol: :wink:
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Post by dodgyvinyl » Mon Jun 14, 2010 11:16 pm

lol.

Because....I saw it at the auction and thought ooooh, its a VM, it wont ever break and I can put chip fat in it.

...wise man say always look at forums before buying car.
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Post by InTheRover'Over' » Tue Jun 15, 2010 6:33 am

Moral of the story...


... If you want a 4x4 get a Land Rover lol.
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Post by CHR15E » Tue Jun 15, 2010 7:39 pm

dodgyvinyl wrote:lol.

Because....I saw it at the auction and thought ooooh, its a VM, it wont ever break and I can put chip fat in it.

...wise man say always look at forums before buying car.
Very easy to say after the event of course. :lol:

All been there now and then.
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Post by MG Mal » Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:47 pm

Moral of the story...


... If you want a 4x4 get a Land Rover lol.
I did! :D

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