new user - whats missing from this VTR engine?....

  1. Newbie Joined: Jan 2012 Darlington, UK Posts: 10 BMW e46 convertible, e88 convertible, VTS
    #1
    Hi all, just bought a 03 plate VTR and need to sort the engine out

    theres some relays on the drivers side that are exposed, I think there should be a cover on them? Any ideras what its called so i can check eBay for one? Are they model/mk specific?

    also,

    I want rid of the green cone filter, I see several types of air boxes available but unsure which one it should have, last owner has binned the original one and can not remember the shape.



    much help appreciated! I look forward to having a bit banter with you guys!

    Martyn
  2. Newbie Joined: Jan 2012 Darlington, UK Posts: 10 BMW e46 convertible, e88 convertible, VTS
    #2
    humm pic wont load?

    http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...38817220_n.jpg

  3. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Apr 2007 Wimborne/Poole Posts: 2729 EK9 Civic Type-R
    #3
    Looks like it needs more than the engine sorting out!
  4. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: May 2007 Posts: 16839 Saxo VTS, Westfield
    #4
    That looks a little rough.

    Actually it looks rough as fuck mate.....check for holes under the ecu and fusebox.
  5. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Nov 2010 Kent Posts: 8439 Gen 7 Celica 190.
    #5
    That looks a right mess lol
  6. Newbie Joined: Jan 2012 Darlington, UK Posts: 10 BMW e46 convertible, e88 convertible, VTS
    #6
    Its a little project for 2012, nothing I can't sort out
  7. Super Moderator Joined: Aug 2007 Lancashire Posts: 14256 Astra VXR + 1989 Astra GTE
    #7
    Doesnt seem to be missing anything from looking at it...

    Could do with tidying up..
    Such as engine bay welding up, and respraying, possibly an ECU cover, new battery and ecu trays, rocker cover respraying.. maybe just buy a new one looking at it, oh and a very good steam clean!
  8. Frequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Wivenhoe, Essex Posts: 968 White MK2 VTR (Dead black/pink VTR)
    #8
    I think you need an ECU cover, if that is what you are talking about?
  9. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2006 Posts: 6353
    #9
    whoosh has that been abandoned in a pond or something thats hurrendous
  10. Newbie Joined: Jan 2012 Darlington, UK Posts: 10 BMW e46 convertible, e88 convertible, VTS
    #10
    the point of a project is to buy something to restore, not a mint one...

    thanks for the advice
  11. Super Moderator Joined: Aug 2007 Lancashire Posts: 14256 Astra VXR + 1989 Astra GTE
    #11
    It doesn't look that bad to be honest mate, i think alot of these guys are posting during their first reaction "wow" emotion. Once you look at it closely it only looks to need a little work.

    Whats rest of the car like? Are you going to start a progress thread?
  12. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Oct 2009 Torquay Posts: 2930 MK2 saxo vtr
    #12
    Ahhh, dirty as fook. Not been loved at all.
  13. Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2010 portsmouth Posts: 796 corsa sxi saxo
    #13
    For some reason

    when the oil filler cap is the wrong way round it piss's me of!
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  14. Newbie Joined: Jan 2012 Darlington, UK Posts: 10 BMW e46 convertible, e88 convertible, VTS
    #14
    how can i get pics to load?

    oil filler cap was put on within a minute, i have an ocd for attention like that

    car is filthy but will come up ok, already cleaned the standard wheels up after 2 hours of cleaning brake dust, washed and clay bard the full car to remove 8 years of dirt, and gave it a quick hoover

    its a clean straight car, just dirty really
  15. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2009 Surrey Posts: 2608 200sx s14a mark 1 vts
    #15
    Going by that pic, all I can see is the oil breather looks pissed where it meets the air filter.

    Doesn't look that bad to me, bit of elbow grease and a lick of paint, be good as new
  16. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2009 Surrey Posts: 2608 200sx s14a mark 1 vts
    #16
    Going by that pic, all I can see is the oil breather looks pissed where it meets the air filter.

    Doesn't look that bad to me, bit of elbow grease and a lick of paint, be good as new
  17. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Aug 2009 Dorking,Surrey,M25 J9 Posts: 2616 Static -80mm Peugeot 405
    #17
    Not everyone is bothered about what their car looks like as long as it drives.... That looks like standard dirt for a car thats been in a dusty old barn for a year or two.

    Anyhow, the relay on the right is the power steering relay IIRC. The ECU is on the left with the three plugs, you can pickup a cover for peanuts.
  18. Newbie Joined: Jan 2012 Darlington, UK Posts: 10 BMW e46 convertible, e88 convertible, VTS
    #18
    excellent found one on ebay thanks

    any idea what the stanbdard air box and pipes look like? Google images show a few tyres (round, square, connectors etc)

    thanks
  19. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2006 Maidstone Posts: 8210 Golf TDI
    #19
    Need a good clean and an ECU cover
  20. Established Member Joined: Aug 2010 Chippenham/Bristol Posts: 1892 1962 Austin Mini, BMW 330ci
    #20
    No dirtier than my engine bay when I bought mine tbh if anything mine was probably worse! As said mate nothing missing just needs a clean and a ecu cover!
  21. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Oct 2008 Birtley Posts: 22253 VTR Turbo, 106 xsi track slag, Transit recovery, B
    #21
    bet that would look 100% better after some de greaser and a steam cleaner has been through it
  22. Regular Poster Joined: Dec 2011 nottingham Posts: 346 ive had a mk2 V reg vts posi blue loved that car
    #22
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by M2RTY View Post
    a bloody good cleaning
  23. Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2006 Ilkeston, Derbyshire Posts: 469 374 bhp Supercharged 205 GTI, Passat Estate
    #23
    wouldn't bother with the ecu cover. 3 plug vtr's didn't come with them. Just a good clean up and paint the rocker cover!
  24. Newbie Joined: Jan 2012 Darlington, UK Posts: 10 BMW e46 convertible, e88 convertible, VTS
    #24
    what about a battery cover?

    worth setting up a project post?

    all my pics are on facebook tho and it dont seem to like to link to them
  25. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo
    #25
    was gonna say a bit of elbow greese and lick of paint on the roacker cover witha ecu coer and it will look better than the majority on here lol

    is it jsut me or do mk'2 generally have rustier bays than mk1's?? ive owned an x reg 106 1.1 and a mk2 vtr and both bays were pretty bad, my mk1 vts and my r reg gti have much better bays
  26. Established Member Joined: Aug 2010 Chippenham/Bristol Posts: 1892 1962 Austin Mini, BMW 330ci
    #26
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by jeffchiz View Post
    was gonna say a bit of elbow greese and lick of paint on the roacker cover witha ecu coer and it will look better than the majority on here lol

    is it jsut me or do mk'2 generally have rustier bays than mk1's?? ive owned an x reg 106 1.1 and a mk2 vtr and both bays were pretty bad, my mk1 vts and my r reg gti have much better bays
    My mk1 had a better bay than my mk2 but the mk1 has done 40k more miles so hardly a fair comparison.

    I think the car colour makes a difference as the paint coverage seems better on some cars than others. Posi and silvers seem to be poor but black and white seem better from my experience.