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[Dom]

Update:

The good. The distributor is now on and working, which means my fuel consumption and power should be back to normal.
The bad. The exhaust is loose again, and is barely hanging on. This is irrating as we put on the new mounts only a few weeks ago.
The future. I'm going to order a new manifold, and exhaust system to fit the car to solve the problem.

[Dom]

Purchased stage 2 Maniflow manifold and RCM exhaust. Sounds great and its running nice. B)

[*DJH*]

Is That A Three Inch Exit There Dom? It's Like A Bazooka

[Bungle]

no its a domooka

[*DJH*]

Boom Boom

[Dom]

After a long day lectures 9 till 5 (last week, every monday), I returned to my car to find that a large puddle had formed and the front of my car was in it. I was parked at an angel with the front sloping down. The next morning I discovered that my front left carpet was soaked. I took it out, chucked away the sound proofing as it was destroyed and discovered a small hole. The water from the puddle must have risen and gone into the car during the course of the day.

I also have a mystery water leak. It's coming into the front passenger side at the front and drips down onto the carpet. It isn't the windscreen seal or the scuttle and inside the engine bay there are no holes or visible signs of liquid transfer. It's not the heater matrix either.

I've removed my ICE for now as I want to change a few things as well as sort out the leaks.

[Boab]

Could it possibly be coming in through the door hinges????? This is where I eventually sourced mine to. Also the window wiper hole????

[Dom]

OK. The mystery leak, what could it be?

It’s NOT:Coming from the engine area,
Scuttle,
Windscreen seal,
Windscreen holes,
Door hinges,
It's a long term leak. It's not causing me major problems at the moment, but if I can, I'd like to fix it before I put my dash and stereo back in.

[Boab]

Perished heater hoses????????

[pinch]

have a look behind the dash where the fresh air vents come into the car, at the top of the wheelarch, minis rust very well around here!

[Boab]

have a look behind the dash where the fresh air vents come into the car, at the top of the wheelarch, minis rust very well around here!

Spot on

[Dom]

I'll have a look, that does sound close to where the water is coming from.

Just a personal note,

I've uploaded my website www.dominicsandiford.co.uk

[mini-Ash]

Exhaust looks good mate. Some nice pics too.

[Dom]

Thanks.

ICE is back in bar the sub and amp, which I'll fit at a later date.

[E.L.M.O]

did you find the leak