You might get an indication by getting the engine fully warmed up, let it idle for a minute, then BOOT the throttle, easier with a helper to see the exhaust output.  Well done in persevering.

  good work to find that out with some patience involved as well 

I'd be inclined to leave it out.

Does sound a bit odd.

I had a similar issue with my standard radio turning on by itself but mine wouldn't even turn off with the power button. I replaced it with one from eBay - a relatively cheap and easy fix

Yesterday we fitted the Toyosport manifold and new main CAT and it now revs properly.  Clearly that was the answer all along, the pre cat in the right downpipe had completely disintegrated and blocked the main CAT.

I guess the question now is whether bits were also sucked back into the bores giving us a car with a serious oil drinking problem. On the face of it the engine seems ok.  On start up there is lots of steam but after a few minutes it seems to run clear and idles smoothly.  I'm hoping the previous owner experienced a catastrophic CAT failure event which rendered the car immediately undriveable such that bore damage was limited......is that even possible?

I guess that we wont know until we get the car on a road test and we are currently a long long way off that.  Suspension, brakes and power steering all need an overhaul plus misty headlights and some rust issues.  I'm sure I'll be back on here asking more questions soon. You lot are amazingly knowledgeable, thanks so much for sharing your wisdom.

Well done for perseverance.

The standard radio in my 2003 roadster always turns on and raises the aerial when the ignition is switched on. If I turn the radio off, turn the ignition off and then turn the ignition back on, the radio will turn on and raise the aerial.

Is this correct or do I have a fault?
I would have thought that if I turn the radio off it will remain off when I turn the ignition off and on again.

My 2003 roadster has suffered from a flat battery if not driven every few days.
First I replaced the battery but the problem continued. To diagnose the problem I disconnected the negative battery lead and connected an ammeter between the lead and the battery. With the ignition off and all doors closed, the car was drawing around 200 mA. I removed every fuse one at a time from the engine bay fuse box,  the fuse box at the passenger side of the dash ("RB3") and the fuse block under the front bonnet. No fuse reduced the draw significantly. The drain remained high. I eventually disconnected the alarm siren which is located in the frunk in the spare wheel storage area. This immediately dropped the current draw down to around 20 mA. I am replacing the alarm siren with a secondhand unit and have bought new batteries for this from eBay. I hope this helps others who might have the same issue.  Here are a few pictures of the faulty siren

Quite a good day today - Got the new fuel filter and pipes in - gravity leek test was good so connected the battery and switched the pump on - no leaks on the fuel rail or injectors so I'll take the win!

Got the funnel in to fill the oil, wired it to the brace, started pouring, wire shifted and poured oil everywhere! did it again properly, got approx 4.3 ltrs of oil in (to cater for turbo and oil cooler) and cleaned up best I could.
No leaks so disconnected the coils and gave it a cold crank to move oil round - no leaks so far.

I'm picking up a new to me Sparco seat up in the morning so hopefully in the afternoon I'll get it fired.
Just need to add something to the emanage blue (blank map with injector size or pre existing map) but not sure which!

The new fuel filter is a larger diameter to the old one so had to improvise on the mounting - it works but not ideal! you'll see the pic!

The return fuel rail maybe recognisable as I believe Carolyn made it moons ago!

Also a pic of the loop breather - did a bit of research on this and it makes sense. Pipe above the tank on the exit, loop then the bottom bit below the tank then back to the filter. if I go over (which I have previously) the bottom loop will be above the top of the inverted tank so no spillage! took some thinking about!




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