Joined team ZT

So this came up for a good price and I was after a daily so thought why not!

MG ZT CDTi 135 in goodwood green (?)

Being a rover it has (alot) niggles.

So far on the list of fixed/fixing:

Cruise control - clutch pedal sensor had come loose, pushed back in and bang! cruise is working.
Flat as a fart under 2.5k - Duff maf sensor, mapped it out and we now have power
Not geting up to temp - Thermostat on these stick open so fitted an inline one, now we're toasty.
Rear tyre spending more time deflated than inflated - New tyre £56
Rubbing/knocking from front - New shock as the old one has "imploded" leaving no fluid left inside
EGR valve - full of crap (no surprise there) so whipped it off and cleaned out. Gross. Also mapped out
Intercooler O rings- upgraded ones fitted.
Scratches and chips - Big bottle of geen tcut and scratch repair pen to try and get it looking somewhat presentable again.
Washer jets - not working, removed pump and cleaned off the slime on the filter and pump line. Now have clean windows.
Wind noise from the drivers side window area - Think some of the trim has gone, tried covering with black silicone to no effect

It's not all negative though I spent some time with friends at their diesel tuning company the other week where they walked me through the ECU as its very similar to the one used in the e46 320d
As some of you might know know I've been working on remaps for the MEMS 3 engines however now thanks to their help it seems CDTi support will soon be on the list. Just need to find the sweet spot between power and excessive smoke. So far very happy with results, got a nice bit of poke now which makes it very usable.

However the recent heavy rain has reached the ECU or something and the car cut out. Drained the plenum (wasnt that full) and left it to dry overnight. Also noticed there was a cover missing that goes above the ECU and pollen filter. Next day it seemed fine, got 10 minutes down the road and bam! Cut out, leaving me stranded waiting for RAC. Now trying to decide the best course of action of either try drying it out again properly, have the old ECU repaired or get a second hand one "virginised" to work with the EWS

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Joined team ZT