ronsis

thats all done in the processing stages.. millions of tonnes of the juice is made ( to a certain mix/recipe/strength ) at a time and sampled at different stages of the process and adjusted acordingly.. by men in white coats. im sure there must be a video on youtube detailing whats done, but theres only one grade now... ( except the ultimates and v powers etc) and the industry standard will probably be very similar where ever you are in the world.. when it hits the right notes in the lab, it gets released.... well ours does...

aditives are added at the point of loading by means of in line injection...

now i want to go talk to our white coat staff.. they'll probably bu66er me off... :shruriken:

there's a little rubber plug/bung/grommet on the side of the shield which stops it from banging the side of the box... has that gone ?

Well, there are 4 x. 8 mm alloy bolts ( on studs) holding the back box heat shield on which have corroded and allowed the shield to drop and rattle.lexus woodfrord wanted £75 plus vat for a new shield and he didn't believe me when I told him it has erroded/ corroded... With labour it would have cost £200 plus...

as you can see, the shield is now reinforced by bigger and thicker washers and it feels solid again !

2x very stiff rubbers to detach to allow the exhaust to drop down enough to access the area ( pain in the ***** tight) straight forward job and saved £ loads...

The little rings are the bits that broke off the shield behind the 8mm bolt with washer attached.

it also depend which part of the country you are in too... the south east has been using VOPAK terminal for over a year now since the old bp refinary closed... all the fuel comes in by ship from various refinaries in europe ( very high% bio fuel and very corrosive !!!) and are sometimes very noticable in difference just by smell and colour ! ( so god knows what else is affected) not everyone has their own additives added either, shell use greenergy and harvest additives as they cant have shell additive injected ( logistics/polotics)at the frome are seperate point of loading . this wasn't a problem when the old bp refinary at coryton was running as it was all plumbed in.. esso are the only ones who have their own supply and therefore the correct additives etc you take pot luck at the moment in the south east... all the premium fuels... v power / momentum/ excellium are fine but bp ultimate is shadey as they are no longer in their own terminal and are loading "super unleaded " with someone elses additive too...!

west country supplies are from avonmouth and plymouth and it would be wrong if i commented on their set up as it has been a few yrs since i loaded out of there... the same goes for the northwest ( shell stanlow) and jarrow ( which is a 3rd party supplier..)

in the meantime... i'm sticking with normal branded fuel with my own tweak/additive until the terminal reopens later this summer.... i'll report back when things are up and running ...

got one of these discs from a tech guy (lexus) but no specific dealings with the exhaust system ? looks like its time to remove the rear wheel etc and investigate ? if its worthwhile i will take pictures of what i find holding or not as the case seems for future ref... the service bods at woodford refused to give me advice or help...;o( i can feel an itch in my wallet....... :megaangry:

i changed mine just a couple of weeks back and had similar issues... lexus/toyota had what they had on file/record as a 220d Battery for an extortinate amount... halfrauds had one but the terminals were around the wrong way, so i opted for the GSF slightly more stronger/powerful one with the terminals set correctly..

my original Battery suffered after having the doors open / lights on etc all day on my big cleaning day !!! and rather than recharging an original, i decided to go new... just remember to reintialise windows etc... im sure there is a section here on the forum and in your handbook what to do with the windows...

hi, heard a rattle earlier today and found that there is a thin alloy heat shield over the top of the back box that has come loose ? dropped onto the back box....

anyone had any dealings with these yet ? how do they fix on ? can i repair ? or is it another credit card bashing ? :eerrrmm:

i'm currently running at 42 around town/comutting.. and had 51 on the motorway at 70 on cruise... (400miles) i'm happy. must be my scottish tight right foot... ;op

(actual figures 43l for 395miles around town/comut/etc..)

( i do my own calcs based on filled tanks/millage... the vehicles trip comp.. isn't far off though...)

got me hooked.... i want one... 06 reg 220d se... NOW WITH REMOTE FOLDING MIRRORS...

commimg to a driveway near me soon... ;o)

£5 free postage off e bay looks and feels identical to what I've removed.easy to extract the old one from its carrier and new one refitted all looks fine ! If I die from some unexplained chronic lung problem in the near future I'll leave instructions to be reposted !!

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just got mine through the post... i'll be back later to let you know ......

filled mine earlier... my filler is the same as yours... hole plus two smaller ones either side ?

( just run from glasgow to london on cruise... 70mph...ish... all the way...6hrs 15 min. refilled with 36 litres... 397 miles = 51mpg ? ish ? i'm happy.)