it started to miss, so i checked....

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it started to miss, so i checked....

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Noticed my car started to miss so had a little look under the bonnet and....
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dam caps :evil:

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Post by Jezziebx16v »

Mine did that :cry: one of the rotor arm bolts came out and holed it, make sure you thread lock the bolts in place when you fix it


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oops....better not metion that to the supplier, looks like they will replace it :D
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Pattern part :?:

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Yeah its a pattern part costing £30

Checked all the screws on the arm and they are still all there

Bit of an odd one, but they have replaced it
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Post by Kitch »

If you get the aftermarket ones, get the Beru one. I've had it for a while, no problems to report.

The cheap Intermotor one didn't give me hassle, but the contacts were all so small I assumed it wouldn't be getting a good spark. Sounds really anal and it probably didn't make a difference what so ever, but I felt better :lol:
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Wheres the best place to get a new one from guys and whats the cost?
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ECP and GSF do the Beru ones I think? I know ECP definately do. They're about £30 and £8 I think. Not cheap, but not the stupid money for the genuine ones either, who are probably made by the same factory anyway :lol:
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GSF stock what they can get sometimes thay get genuine caps but usually Beru which are good quality about halfway between genuine and Powertrain/Intermotor which are truly cheap and very nasty but they do work.
Arms generally are not so fussy - I get Valeo ones from my citroen man but the ECP/GSF ones are fine oyu just ned to remember to threadlock the bolts in place I think most people have had this experience - when mine did it I didn't fit theram and the cap it killed was a brand new genuin eitem :(

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