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Sleepless night last night?
Congrats on the new acquisition. Have a safe journey back from Southport (top down, of course!)
Regards
Alan
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It will be a memorable day....and a long run at the w/end to MOG13 perhaps?  Looking forward to the pics 
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I'm sure it will be one of your best days ever - I will never forget mine. Good luck! 
-99 4/4, 1.8 Zetec, Indigo Blue, 2-seat, Suplex RS
-04 Citroen Pluriel, 1.6 Sensodrive, Met Orange
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A special never to be forgotten day indeed - Mog 13 would be a great way to spend your first few days together :-)
Best regards,
John
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Was in Southport for 0840 this morning. Life's didn't open until about 9 and then I had quite a long wait because I'd decided I wanted them to fit the SS door stays at the last minute (an attempt to curry favour with SWMBO) .... This apparently is quite a job on my model year because there are no captive nuts and the trim has to be peeled back.
Spent the time walking around and by the time it was ready I was very familiar with many of Southport's attractions (which include a BMW bike dealer!)
The vehicle handover was extensive and I was even shown how to change the light bulbs, in all it took a good 45 minutes or more.
Anyway fortunately the weather stayed fine and managed to get it back dry. Enjoyed the drive and am learning to avoid what would normally be innocent looking road defects ;-) was accompanied by the usual rattles, which I expected, and an intermittent whistling which I cannot fathom where it's coming from.
Two sons came round for a gander and was just about to take no 1 out when it started raining, so it went straight back in the garage! Cleared up for bit later and managed to take the two lads for a spin, some spots of rain coming over the top of be screen at one point .. We burst out laughing when the 3 little toy wipers danced across the screen (to not much effect). Got it back under cover before the heavens opened fully.
Topped up with petrol, which seemed a bit of a faff, the pump kept stopping as the fuel seemed to back up the filler, is this normal?
No time to take pics yet but no 1 son took some video which I hope he will post up somewhere.
Bit too soon for us to get organised for MOG13 (I think, anyway) but here's hoping for a dry weekend for us all.
Colin
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Check the breather on the fuel intake pipe. How it's routed can cause blow back. If you have a spare wheel, lift it out and you can see easily.
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Check the breather on the fuel intake pipe. How it's routed can cause blow back. If you have a spare wheel, lift it out and you can see easily. At my local garage, of the 4 unleaded pumps 2 blow back, 2 don't! I checked with the manager and he told me that the flow rate of pumps do vary. So I tend to use the same pump when filling locally and it is pot luck when away. The same happened when we were on holiday in France, with some pumps filling without problem. I always grab a handful of paper towels prior to filling and place a few below the filler, just in case! Bud _________ 2003 - 4/4
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Bud, thatīs exactly my "system" when I fill up my 4/4 Sport. Always a curly-tailed paper-towel around the filler to avoid any splashes of fuel on the paint.  George
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Check the breather on the fuel intake pipe. How it's routed can cause blow back. If you have a spare wheel, lift it out and you can see easily. At my local garage, of the 4 unleaded pumps 2 blow back, 2 don't! I checked with the manager and he told me that the flow rate of pumps do vary. So I tend to use the same pump when filling locally and it is pot luck when away. The same happened when we were on holiday in France, with some pumps filling without problem. I always grab a handful of paper towels prior to filling and place a few below the filler, just in case! Bud _________ 2003 - 4/4 Ah that explains the issue I had at a an Esso station in Yeovil last week when I had blow back, and had to resort to paper towels. I under filled Rosie due to it. 
Adrian
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