Recent content by burrellbloke

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Do you know if your alternator has ever been replaced? We started to get the same warnings and intermittent behaviour so on my Clio so we swapped out the regulator for a new regulator. We thought that would solve the issue but it did not. The battery was charing fine and on one long journey the...

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I have got a data logger in my Clio. We did a Brands Hatch track evening on 10.08.2026 when the temperature was 25 degrees. The coolant got to about 90 degrees, or thereabouts, and not much hotter. Last year at the Nurburgring it was 30 degrees and the coolant stayed around 90 degrees - the oil...

The low battery warning might be an alternator problem if your battery is actually working properly. The keyless sensors are pretty obvious when you find them. When you have bucket seats you can concentrate on driving and forget about sliding around in your seat.

One thing to check is whether your starter motor is dead. I can't recommend a garage in Wiltshire as I don't live near there but a lot of starter motors die when they get too hot, or the heat shield for the starter motor comes loose and causes an electrical short. You should be able to tell if...

This will be of no help to you but I am in France at the moment and needed to top up the oil on my Renault Trafic. The first car shop I walked in to had Elf on the shelf.

Here are a few videos from Brands Hatch last week. My 1m 00s lap. Ethan's 0m 58s lap. Me chasing a Megane 300. Finally, this absolute weapon driving a Mercedes C43 that had absolutely no idea what he was doing on track.

I got tired of looking at a crusty headlight is I decided to polish it. I have bought some clear lacquer so will see how it should be applied to see if the light can retain it's non-yellow look for more than 6 months. The alternator warning on the dashboard irritated @EthanMenace so he...

Good power.

Welcome

Track day photos from Brands Hatch. You can tell from the scorched grass that it has been hot recently. Photo at Druids. On to the Brabham Straight.

This is the car. It was a chap who looked like he was in his 60s.

Did you get any messages on the dash like steering not locked?

We went to Brands Hatch for a Javelin evening track session on 10th August 2026. There had been no changes to the Clio other than fitting a brand new set of Direzzas on to the track wheels. I have always enjoyed an evening session at Brands Hatch. The track is about 45 minutes from home so it...