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Ched · 2nd May 2020, 20:28

The car doesnt seem to go into reverse properly so out with the battery tray and investigate.
I found the the coolant pipes and some wiring were fouling the mechanism, so a little time sorting out where it all should be was spent.
I wondered why there was a little puddle of clutch fluid on top of the box, wiped my finger on the quick release coupling and it was wet, probably the O ring has failed.

Cleaned it up, checked the operation of the gearstick and it now goes into gear properly.
All back together so then I decided to check and clean the egr valve, I'd wondered why my fuel consumption had dropped slightly and also the car was a little lethargic, and there was the prob, a split cooler pipe, so some tape covering it all till I get a new one.
The egr valve wasnt too bad, I removed it and cleaned it up with some carb cleaner I have, and it came up lovely and clean.

2nd May 2020, 20:28	#11296
Ched I really should get out more....... MG ZT V8, MGZT 135 derv ,MG TF 135 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Romsey Posts: 2,294 Thanks: 553 Thanked 573 Times in 385 Posts	The car doesnt seem to go into reverse properly so out with the battery tray and investigate. I found the the coolant pipes and some wiring were fouling the mechanism, so a little time sorting out where it all should be was spent. I wondered why there was a little puddle of clutch fluid on top of the box, wiped my finger on the quick release coupling and it was wet, probably the O ring has failed. Cleaned it up, checked the operation of the gearstick and it now goes into gear properly. All back together so then I decided to check and clean the egr valve, I'd wondered why my fuel consumption had dropped slightly and also the car was a little lethargic, and there was the prob, a split cooler pipe, so some tape covering it all till I get a new one. The egr valve wasnt too bad, I removed it and cleaned it up with some carb cleaner I have, and it came up lovely and clean.