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_Chris_

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    Gen4,5,6GT4,SS1

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  1. What model / year ? Does the noise happen as you turn the steering (even stopped) ? OR is it as continuous as you go along with the steering to the right ? Power steering usually has an idle up valve which lets a bit more air through while the steering is under load.
  2. I had to change insurer last Autumn as REIS stopped doing their multicar policies and reverted back to their core competition car policies. I looked at a few and ended up with Flux who came up with a reasonable price overall for everyday car, camper and a few Celicas.
  3. I'm happy for anything of mine to go on there.
  4. Pump is quite common, either shaft seal or the idle up valve in the bottom of it which plums to a couple of vac lines from above. Pipework not unknown, especially if it's gone rusty. Also possible for steering rack seals, either the shaft seal where the steering column comes in OR the seals in the ends which then fill up the gaiters on the steering arms. Latter is probably most likely if it's going on driveshafts - easy to check by undoing the clip at the larger end and see if a load of fluid pours out.
  5. Just stumbled on this old photo of me popping out for a snack. This car's next for restoration when I've finished the current 205WRC project.
  6. Interesting. Looks like it's a single PCB rather than the split PCB of the previous generations. Presumably possible due to the change to entirely surface mount. I can see 3 electrolytics at the top, 2 of which are in paralell and also in paralell with what looks like a 10uF ceramic so I would guess resevoir capacitors on a supply rail. The earlier ones didn't have the paralell ceramic on the 10uF capacitors which I suspect is the reason these were the first to fail. The 2 main things that kill electrolytics are heat and high frequency ripple. There are also a couple just visible at the bottom but unable to see any tracks that might indicate their function.
  7. I'd be interested to see the inside of a G7 ECU if someone can post up piccies. I'm expecting fewer electrolytics, modern designs tend to use far less.
  8. Reis have quoted for the competion car, going back to a single car policy which is where I started with them so I'll probably go for that. They have been very good until this renewal which wasn't their fault. Ended up going for flux for the remainder as the price was reasonable. Total price was £1321 for campervan, GT4, SS1 and Clio. The Clio was done on a separate policy via Aviva because of the higher milage requested of 20000, the other 3 on a multicar policy with a specialist insurer.
  9. Thanks, I just googled greenlight insurance and there were several.
  10. My current insurer, Reis motorsports, have just had their underwriter pull out of multicar policies leaving them unable to offer renewal which is due in just under 2 weeks. They are able to renew my competition car, Ezzy, as a single car policy again so I'll at least have 1 car available for transport although it won't be covered for business use. I;m now looking for another insurer for 3 more celicas, a clio and a transit van camper conversion. Any recommendations other than the obvious ones like Flux ? Does anyone remember greenlight and where they were based ? I can't find their corp forum in either current or lapsed.
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