brimble
Senior Member
:-(
hi all,
i'll keep this brief for now.
my car suddenly started idling poorly and within a couple of miles wouldn't run very well at all and i had to get rescued and taken to my local garage. initial diagnosis was a failed throttle body, however this was replaced with a unit that i obtained from here but the problem still persits and the garage now have confidence that the throttle body is actually fine after all.
the next port of call they tell me, is wiring and this fills me with horror..... patrticularly after doing a little online research myself. i have spoken to the main dealer and a new loom is £800ish.. i'm keeping my fingers crossed for a relatively positive outcome, but i really do fear the worst.
if the wiring loom is to prove the issue, what do i do guys?? that is a damn good portion of the value of the car...
i was considering of selling the car soon anyway to get something a bit cheaper to run, it's such a shame though as it really is a lovely car.
IF the wiring loom does need replacing do i:
1) repair and keep
2) repair and sell anyway
3) break it and sell the parts myself (any idea of how much this could recoup?)
4) sell as is for spares/repair with wiring fault.
thanks in advance, and this scenario may well not be the case and the car and i live happily ever after as it was just a loose wire.....
thanks,
brimble
hi all,
i'll keep this brief for now.
my car suddenly started idling poorly and within a couple of miles wouldn't run very well at all and i had to get rescued and taken to my local garage. initial diagnosis was a failed throttle body, however this was replaced with a unit that i obtained from here but the problem still persits and the garage now have confidence that the throttle body is actually fine after all.
the next port of call they tell me, is wiring and this fills me with horror..... patrticularly after doing a little online research myself. i have spoken to the main dealer and a new loom is £800ish.. i'm keeping my fingers crossed for a relatively positive outcome, but i really do fear the worst.
if the wiring loom is to prove the issue, what do i do guys?? that is a damn good portion of the value of the car...
i was considering of selling the car soon anyway to get something a bit cheaper to run, it's such a shame though as it really is a lovely car.
IF the wiring loom does need replacing do i:
1) repair and keep
2) repair and sell anyway
3) break it and sell the parts myself (any idea of how much this could recoup?)
4) sell as is for spares/repair with wiring fault.
thanks in advance, and this scenario may well not be the case and the car and i live happily ever after as it was just a loose wire.....
thanks,
brimble
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