[Nick Jones]

What a joyous job this was. Not.

However the whiffs of hot oil and leaks told the story and sure enough both pipes were literally crumbling to dust. Dust with a core of snotty slime.....

Certain amount of dismantling needed to access the hose under the throttle body. Fiddly, irritating, knuckle-skinning dismantling.

Got there in the end. Great care needed to thread things through exactly the right route and on the right side of the various pipes and wires as once you’ve clipped ‘em on...... they don’t like to come off again! Guess how I know that...... Might also be worth picking a higher quality offering than Topran.

While in there I also did the RH cam cover gasket as the middle plug well was filling up with oil and it was piddling on the exhaust manifold a little. More irritating access issues. That bloody wire that goes from the fuel rail area diagonally across the cover and down to the alternator was a right pain.

Was a bit surprised to see wasted spark coils rather than COP considering my old 96 V8 was COP.

Still have the LH one to do but I ran out of daylight and patience. Looks like it should be a bit easier.

Still runs.... hopefully more oil and fume tight now!

Nick