Hello from South of England

Vampire68 · Post by **Vampire68** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:38 am

Hi,

I've just got myself a 2004 E85 2.5 in Merlot Red, with 85k on the clock, after looking at Zeds for a while.

I picked this one up cheap as it has an intermittent power steering fault, which I'm yet to fix.
What appears to be the problem is the torque sensor in the power steering motor losing communication with the ECU and the power steering shuts off. Turn the ignition off and on again, and its fine. It happens about once a week (I do about 170 miles a week.) and it's still drive-able when it happens, so in no real hurry to fix it at the moment. Especially as I hear its a bit of a pig to get the power steering motor out.

Apart from that, I'm loving it.

Plans for the car are basically to keep it pretty standard as it's my daily, and just enjoy driving it.

JamieZ4C · Post by **JamieZ4C** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 3:51 pm

Welcome to the forum

Merlot's a lovely colour.

I'm sure lots of folk can help with the steering issue if needed. Best post some photo's of your Zed up soon though otherwise they'll never talk to you again

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 7:56 pm

Hi and welcome.

Merlot is such a great colour - we'd love to see a photo.

paddy wright · Post by **paddy wright** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 8:07 pm

Welcome along.

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 8:09 pm

Welcome on board.

Smartbear · Post by **Smartbear** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 9:34 pm

Hi mr vampire, whereabouts in a southern England are you from? Ps, we like to see pics of new zeds

Rob

firebobby · Post by **firebobby** » Tue Aug 20, 2019 9:49 pm

Welcome to the forum, cant believe I'm the first person to mention photos

I had the dreaded PS loss, but my one shut off and that was that.
I removed the motor (tricky but doable) and sent it to ECU testing. It was back within a week and fitted, no more issues since

Oh, and

gerryp · Post by **gerryp** » Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:24 pm

Hi and welcome along.

Vampire68 · Post by **Vampire68** » Fri Aug 30, 2019 4:17 pm

Here a couple of photos I took the other day up at Goodwood.
I'm based in Southsea, and work in Chichester, so Goodwood is just up the road.

Still not fixed the steering issue, and it's getting more frequent, so have to get it done soon. Luckily my brother is a mechanic and owns his own independent garage so I'll have to sweet talk him over the weekend!

66871562_10158510363444989_5544422549976252416_n by Shaun & T, on Flickr

67444203_10158510362379989_4037735103277826048_n by Shaun & T, on Flickr

Mr Tidy · Post by **Mr Tidy** » Fri Aug 30, 2019 8:31 pm

Lovely - Merlot is such a great colour on a Z4.

Dave 2 dogs · Post by **Dave 2 dogs** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 2:16 pm

Beautiful.... I do miss my merlot

Loving the picture next to the spitfire

A top flying machine next to another top flying machine

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