Fixing Our £600 BARN FIND Sportscar from AutoAlex! 

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Enjoying watch Maxwell fix the cars, great addition to the Drivetribe team.

I am so glad Maxwell got this opportunity, he is a natural on camera.

this deffo could have been a main channel vid

Well done to the MGOC Spares for supporting this and congratulations to Maxwell for being a great presenter.

That final realization toward the end of the video, I've never related to something so much in my life, from the quiet moment of contemplation while staring at and also directly through the engine, turning into a full on belly laugh, amazing hahahahaha

maxwell is such a great host! super happy he's here to stay!

Maxwell is such a natural at being a presenter!

Before changing the map/ecu I would be checking the live data and also for any codes before changing the ecu. You introduced a air leak by unplugging the vac line. Pscan and t4 will do it, which I have both.😉

Felt obligated to like a few of the comments about Maxwell. I'm really enjoying him on the team. He's very real and relatable.

10 second car?.....yeah runs for ten seconds, then breaks again 😂

Glad you sorted it out,Max!

The engine ECUs are coded to the immobiliser. You can fit a second hand ECU but you will a diagnostic tool like pscan to match the ECU to the car. Also if you had a pscan you can properly diagnose faults instead of throwing parts at it....

1:40 "to handle reasonably". I think he's saying, if you want decent tyres, don't buy Nankang 😂

I felt that relief when the car started idling at the end, Well done Maxwell!

Check the cam timing too, just to be on the safe side.

Great video. I liked the troubleshooting!

Firing the parts cannon before correct diagnosis.... Got to make the most of the free parts I suppose

Definitely need more of Maxwell like this, great video.

Maxwell was a fantastic addition to this channel it's brought New Life to it!!!

Maxwell is the man! The British youtube scene is killing it!

Maxwell is such a natural presenter, such a great addition to the team. I quite like the trend of the more chilled Second-Channel workshop content that Automotive RU-vid channels are doing and Maxwell is the perfect presenter for it.

Natural presenter and obviously very knowledgeable as well. Top vid mate

I love watching these videos, I just got my first car, a Rover 25 and i love seeing the passion for Rovers others have, mine is a bit buggered so i gotta fix it but it'll be a fun project i hope

Wouldn’t surprise me if some of the capacitors have started to deteriorate in the ECU at that age causing issues.

Max has a lovely way about him, especially impressive when dealing with haunted Rover projects

Great personality Maxwell, and your definitely an asset to the channel.

Dissing Linglong and praising Nankang is a bit of a move, but you gotta do what you gotta do for sponsors. FWIW, Linglong is a funny name for a very honest tire. On anything but performance cars (runabouts like Corollas or Rios), the Linglong tires will perform well. Mine lasted me 30k over 2 years and while they could do with replacing, they're nowhere near "dangerous" or "ditch finders" or whatever.

I live in Kentucky, in a decently rural area. Every once in a while I see a dude peeling about in his MG-F. You occasionally see other MG models stateside, but his is the only F I’ve ever seen... race green, of course.

really enjoying these vids, maxwells a great addition!

I had something very similar with my MGF and found my coolant temperature sensor was reading 20 degrees colder than actual temperature

Loving watching Max! Great job

What a great addition to the team! Looking forward to more Maxwell magic :)

What will be bigger? More DRIVETRIBE or Maxwell’s eye-brows?

Great job finding the cause of the hunting, I had a car that would hunt intermittently and took it back to the main dealer time and time again and i parked outside with it doing it's party trick and the service manager came out and booked it in they had it for 3 days I drove it for 20 miles and it started again. Later I was told they had a few do it and they never cured it and most were chopped back in and sold on.

MAP/MAF sensors: the bane of the existence of those trying to revive this generation of cars. I'm working on a 2009 Volvo S40 with a similar issue. Sadly, it's got the Mazda L engine so the MAF sensor is at the bottom of the intake manifold rather than on the outside of the air filter housing (where most sane people would put it).

Maxwell knows his stuff.

Nice to see Mike rocking the San Diego Padres hat. Cheers from San Diego.

Maxwell is an awesome addition. Get him to present on main channel.

Maxwell is great in front of the camera, would definitely like to see more of him fixing vehicles in the future!

Love watching maxwell fix cars

Maxwell is such a perfect fit, great job snatching him up!

Feels right. I like the duo.

Great addition to the team dude great content 🎉

What about the squeaky belt when you start it?

I hope you did those rusted through lower front arms. They're an MOT failure...

Making me want to hang out with Max and wrench on a car or two!

Nice one Maxwell, enjoying your vids and looking forward to more

What happened to the MGF plate

KISS....Did you smoke it? vacuum leak? The IAC will keep it running but it will keep trying to settle to its idle range.. just an idea ...

If in doubt, blame Mike 😂

Maxwell if you bag up all of that BS about being right all along and not having any doubts, maybe you can make a few bucks 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

O2 sensor ?

I would pay money to see a Yamaha R1 engine swap project for this car headed by Maxwell

Also known as a parts cannon not a technician

This dude is great.

Head gasket?

Filter Not horrendous looks at top loads hanging off the bottom tho 😂

Charity restoration?

WE LOVE MAXWELL!!!!!

Cant wait to see Maxwell at the Smallest Cog :-)

Seriously questioning ol' boys knowledge.

What happened to the reg plate?

Result! I don't suppose we can call him Max Power can we!

it has a cap, check the timing.

Idle control valve 😂

So the Private Plates are no more ? Oh and to the oh so infinetely wiser WWW trollers ,,, allow you to guess what I may be thinking ;-)

Who’s the buying the R1 MGF number plate 😂🤣🤣🤣

"we thought the Linglongs were ok" 🤦‍♂ C'mon Mike! Power and brakes are nothing without proper rubber!

You can't fix a Rover, you can only break it more.

Maxwell what sort of a backyard mechanic are you it's the idle control valve please check that

Not convinced that's fixed. First off, when an engine is hunting like that it's usually related to intake issues, so no idea why they thought it was everything else first. But all unplugging the map sensor pipe has done is proven it's an issue with the intake side of things, since that's what the map sensor actually monitors. Now the sensor has been unplugged it can't monitor the vacuum through the intake any more, so the ECU has reverted to a safe mode where it doesn't alter the fuelling based on whatever the map sensor is reporting any more. That suggests the map sensor is actually fine, otherwise it would still be telling the ECU whatever it likes even with the pipe unplugged. So, unless the sensor itself is leaking, I'd expect there's actually an air leak in the intake system somewhere, so would be worth doing a smoke test on it to make sure. Those plastic intake plenums for example are prone to cracking and causing leaks. Not saying sensors can't fail, but the fact removing the vac reference sorted it would suggest the sensor IS actually working. 👍

think this guy is obsessed with changing sensors

Plump Mike...

Maxwell is safe, it even says so on his neck!

mike is a two hat 🙂

What is the squeak on start up? Other than really annoying...

Drop the engine

It's your idol control valve is blocked up mate

Not very scientific (or economical) to just keep throwing parts at it. What happened to diagnosis?

Maxwell deserves better than this awful POS car! Stop trying to make MG Rover a thing Mike, they were bad cars then and they're even worse now.

Talk about lacking complete mechanical skills

Nankangs? 🤮

Maxwell is a great addition to the team. Such a great presenter.

Had a similar hunting issue on a 2005 Micra. Cleaned the throttlebody as was covered in gunk. After that it needed a re-learning of the idle position. Lots of tutorials said it needed to be done at Nissan with one of their computers but after a quick peddle dance foubd online it was back to idling fine. Saved a lot of money from going to a dealership.

Please more working on cars! Love this content

Looking forward to this build 👍🇦🇺

Lots more like this please!

Well... That would have fixed my 2004 panda probably. That one also ran rough, surging while driving (idle was not too bad) and it got 80% better with the vac hose pulled. Weird how two Fiat dealerships and two garages never checked the map sensor...

So just leave the mapping thingymabob disconnected. Mike'll never notice the difference. 😄

Automotive youtube seems to be having a renaissance driven by some awesome talent coming out of the UK. In a time when broadcast TV content has gotten stale, Auto Alex, DriveTribe, The Late Brake Show, TDC and others are really nailing it! Maxwell is a great addition to a channel that’s really hitting its stride.

What a star in the making!!! Very cool.

Maxwell is class! Personally I love his knowledge and delivery. Well done lad 👊🏼

Loving these more deep dive mechanical videos.

Bug off we don’t need Mike anymore ☺️

Maxwell you are now a prisoner to Mike's weird Rover/MG perversions.

I remember Chris from my MG/Rover owning days - great company then & it's good to see he's still going & happy to help out for a good cause 👍

Did you set the throttle position sensor? The bleeding of the cooling system has a procedure that should be followed or you will have problems later.

Gotta say, don't know who this guy is, but ... relaxed and does the job ? Check and check

Black oil spark plugs is the oil going to them from the valve seals or the piston rings?