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Hi please see the pics posted of my bumper just don't get the gun to close and keep it moving otherwise you will set light to the plastic best engage a suitable assistant to gently massage the other side when heating, BTW I DID NOT DO THE FILLING OR SPRAYING after, but in saying that yours is a straight edge which any competent spray shop should be able to do for a few quid as a side job.

She has previous for that guv... 😆

That dog's looking a bit guilty, check he hasn't hidden something up you exhaust pipe.

I always clear my DPF on the drive. Just keep my foot to the floor (2500 revs) until the warning light goes out.

Hi you won't need a new sill as if its plastic they just heat it with a hot air gun whilst pushing with something like a screwdriver handle from the other side and it pops out, ABS will always want to go back to the shape it was moulded to, it might need a skim of filler and definitely some paint. Steve.

Hi the revolution in injection systems started in the late seventies with the Bosch Motronic multi point injection system which must have been like the second coming for the motor industry, it spawned the likes of the Golf GTI which was the benchmark every manufacturer had to better, the early systems were expensive which is why Fords first ventures in to the arena were cars like the Fiesta Si which was basically a FOMOCO carb body with a Bosch single point injector mounted above the throttle butterfly and it was so successful in giving more power and reducing emissions they then got the hots for it and started buying loads of Bosch systems tailored to their requirements I.E. XR2i XR4i Capri 2.8i Granada 2.8i, the problem was all systems on these cars still used a plenum chamber so when CARB in California started putting the thumb screws on Ford/GM for even less emissions they started developing direct injection engines as allied to the new engine management systems gave a lot more power for even less emissions and fuel, the next revolution was again developed by Bosch was Piezo injectors, these operate on a fixed height stack of Piezo slices which when electrically charged compress and lift the injection pintle to 00.04 which is the optimal height for fuel passage then further enhanced it by giving the injector multiple injection ports which enable a good spread of atomisation, only problem is the ports are about two microns and when you consider a human hair is six microns is pretty small, then the fuel companies had to step up and remove the magnesium sulphates from fuel as this solidifies in the injectors and blocks the ports and the shame of it is magnesium is an excellent upper cylinder lubricant, any engine built 2000 on requires free flowing oxygen to allow for precise metering of fuel but only within the limits set by the management system, to much it gives problem to little its the same outcome, its all about the emissions. Steve.

Nnnno, they are horrible.

Thanks for the comprehensive answer, Steve—every day is a school day 😃 Much of my mechanical knowledge was built around carburated vehicles—mostly motorcycles, which didn’t have the systems in use in mainstream cars for the past couple of decades. The idea of a filter letting more stuff through due to an increase in vacuum is new to me 👍 Anyway, the new filters should be here tomorrow or Tuesday, so I’ll reassemble, test and report back. This site is an excellent resource—thanks again for your detailed advice, Steve. Mike 😎

Amazing, thanks!! I’ve done most of these but some I haven’t so I’ll look into it. Thanks Gareth!

The car in that link does have the tech pack. Alongside the larger screen and the touch pad, another tell-tale is the full colour display between the speepo and rev dials.