Cross Country Spares Kit - Whats In Yours?

[Stu 18]

Hi all,

 

I'll be embarking on a few road trips over the next few months and am starting to put together a kit of spares, tools etc.

 

Started the engine side of things today with sensors:

 

 

Anything I've missed? GTI6 engine obviously...

 

So what's in yours? What tools do you take?

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Do you really need 4 of everything? You'd have to be seriously unlucky for all 4 injectors to go down on a single journey.

[Alan77 78 1 Cars]

Are you going across Siberia, Patagonia or something like that?...

[Tom Fenton 1,542]

I agree with above. Who has ever had a working injector pack up? Certainly I have not. Plugs fair dos, 1 or maybe 2 coil packs fair dos.

I guess it depends where are you going, how far off the beaten track?

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

Crank sensor, Knock sensor makes little difference if it goes wrong, I;d take 1 coil pack and a CPS along with a hose or 2

[hcmini1989 16]

get some fuses in there and also some ductape and maybe some leakfix stuff ( the putty kind) .But as above depends on how far your going etc .But most of all get some breakdown cover I have done the above for years carrying tools etc just incase and tbf they have served my well especially with my current car (clio 172) but im at the point now where ill just pay the AA 9quid a month and they can come out and sort it out for me .

[dcc 855]

I service my car every 6/7 months, not yet had a problem other than jetwashing my ECU :|

[welshpug 1,657]

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

Aside from standard set of spanners/sockets/Gaffa tape and cable ties just the addition of N Aa and AdaC card.

[calvinhorse 870]

Cable ties assorted sizes

 

Jubilee clips

 

Litre of engine oil

 

2 litres water for topping up coolant or putting out fire

 

Adjustable spanner

 

Flat screwdriver

[Mad Scientist 106]

If it moves and it shouldn't: duct tape/cable ties

If it doesn't move and it should: wd40

Everything else: hammer

[Anthony 1,003]

If you're going over to Europe, RHD specific clutch cable is a good call.

 

It's not something I bother with in the UK as you can get one next day from most motorfactors no worries, but in mainland Europe that's likely to be the sort of thing that'll ruin your day and that, at best, you'll only manage to source special order from a Peugeot dealer.