garak112

I've just taken the same decision. We needed another car that my wife could also drive and it makes no sense to keep it with the number of miles it would do, I'd rather someone else had it and enjoyed it than it rusted away. On the plus side we're picking up an Alfa Giulia Veloce this week so it's not all bad.

I fitted my berk hfc's last July and have had the CEL come on a couple of times since then, no loss of power or anything. Errors are P0139, P0159, P1147 and P1167. Looked under the car yesterday and could see soot build up between the joint between hfc and y pipe on both sides and evidence of it leaking through the gasket. Tried tightening back up but both sides were already fully tight. Is this a known issue with the berk gaskets? Would this cause the error? I've ordered new OEM ones to replace them with. I'm also going to swap the manifold to cat gaskets because I'm now worried they might go too. When I did the hfcs I also did the banana arms so had loads of space because the subframe was out. How hard is it to get the hfcs out without doing this?

My cousin and his friend were also at the ring on the 20th and unfortunately were involved in a severe accident. You likely heard about it because the ring was shut for several hours as a result. Their car flipped at Schwedenkreuz and my cousin, in the passenger seat, lost his life. So I'm issuing a warning /plea - please wear a helmet on the ring and be careful at Schwedenkreuz, as you've already found out it can be quite dangerous.

Was going on holiday on Thursday morning and went to get in the car to drive to the airport and all the locks were frozen. The Mrs face was a picture when I told her. Luckily a couple of minutes with the hairdryer got the driver and boot locks open. The passenger one stayed frozen until we got out at the other end. I used to have an alfa gtv that frozen when it got even a little cold. I once drove an hour to blue water after getting it unlocked to find it wouldn't lock again. We were there to buy Christmas presents so I told the Mrs the car wouldn't lock but we'd leave it unlocked but pretend to lock it and go buy everything. As we are walking away from the car she turned to me and very loudly said "but you haven't locked the car!" I had to move to a different part of the car park and try again.

I contacted a few specialists before having the clutch done and they all advised against single mass flywheel for everyday driving around. I also went LUK and excedy and it has been fine so far.

They turned up today, that was quick! Cheers

Can you pm me ordering details? Thanks

I had this when the brake pedal sensor went funny. Don't buy the cheap one from Eurocarparts because the lights came back a month later, I bought a Lucas branded one in the end and that sorted it.

When it freezes I find my drivers door doesn't unlock and I have to climb through the passenger side. Elegant.

Hopefully the final update to this. I have done a couple of hundred miles since changing the switch (for the second time) and haven't seen the lights again. I guess this is a lesson not to buy cheap rubbish from eurocarparts...

Does this help at all? http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/69887-clutch-switch/#entry1503376

Did you get an error when connected to a laptop? Wouldn't the eml come on fire that?

Slight update - because changing the brake pedal switch seemed to work for a while I have replaced it again with a facet version rather than the non branded eurocarparts one. There is a noticeable difference in the switches - if you press the facet switch you can feel the on/off switch action (like pressing a button) whereas the other one feels smooth all the way through the action. Have done a few short journeys and haven't triggered the lights yet (on a road that always seemed to do it) but will update again.

Argh! Changed the battery today because the car had been getting harder and harder to start. Drove 50 miles with no lights then on the last junction before home they all came back again. So close!

Now I'm lost - what's that and where is it?