fu****n car

[si850r]

went to my motor this morning after leaving the battery off all night. IT starts at hits about 4000 then drops slowly then ticks over at about 450 500 ish.. the flashing arrow is on the dash but the other light went out(the one that looks like a light bulb)..The arrow came on yesterday after I read somewhere to disconnect the sensor that goes on the underside of the idle control valve(maybe the throttle sensor?)

I might take Giles up on his offer of using his code reader.... :-(

[Volvostorm]

Will be your best bet to get the codes read.

[Dangerous Dave]

Disconneting the throttle sensor would probably have caused that problem as it would have been an open circuit and the ecu would have had to compensate somehow.

We'll have to have a tech meet and go over each others problems

[Santa]

Disconneting the throttle sensor would probably have caused that problem as it would have been an open circuit and the ecu would have had to compensate somehow.

We'll have to have a tech meet and go over each others problems

Where and when, I can.....eeerrrmmmm......bring cakes lol

[si850r]

Where and when, I can.....eeerrrmmmm......bring cakes lol

forget the cakes mate....bring some valium.......lol

[nobananas]

Just thinking you say you've had the inlet manifold off, the main PCV pipe runs under the inlet manifold and is in-cased in foam. This pipe is like glass when it gets old, very easily broken, any chance it got broken whilst doing the manifold ?

[si850r]

i dont think it did mate, and what makes me think that is the fact that i only took the manifold off enough so that i could get to the gasket and change it . The pipes remained where they were and I didnt catch them when putting it back together. Its got to be something simple as when you get over tick over ie from start or out of traffic it still drives, although when at constant revs lets say at 2500 doing 60mph it feels sluggish and sometimes can feel the misfire.

[Dangerous Dave]

Where and when, I can.....eeerrrmmmm......bring cakes lol

Sounds like a plan.

Dunno where, but how about Friday night?


i dont think it did mate, and what makes me think that is the fact that i only took the manifold off enough so that i could get to the gasket and change it . The pipes remained where they were and I didnt catch them when putting it back together. Its got to be something simple as when you get over tick over ie from start or out of traffic it still drives, although when at constant revs lets say at 2500 doing 60mph it feels sluggish and sometimes can feel the misfire.
Is it boosting ok?

[si850r]

no probs with the boost, I dont want to boost to hard tho just incase its a fuel issue and start hurting things....

[Santa]

Sounds like a plan.

Dunno where, but how about Friday night?


Think I'm available then. Need a where.....bearing in mind Night usually means its dark. (Not that I'm scared of the dark.......honest.......but doing engine stuff without light makes things slightly difficult.)

[si850r]

i could bring a couple of candles.........for your cake that is mate :-)

[Santa]

Thinking individual muffin type cakes lol

[si850r]

mmmmmmm...muffin cakes......bring lots....friday is no good for me :-(
can manage sunday or a weekday evening......

wat ever day you will hera my car coming.......

ha ha chitty chitty bang bang chitty chitty bang bang...

[Santa]

I'll probably be at Avon Sunday. (At the disapointment of my wife because it's mothers day).

I might be ok for most of the week nights next week. I think Daves place would be ideal......he might have tools lol

[si850r]

i ll leave it to u mate.....Im gonna send the injectors off to jimathan...he s just got back to me 59 quid cleaned..new o rings and posted back, fair price I thought, even if the prob aint them its gotta be worth doing at that price.

[Dangerous Dave]

Think I'm available then. Need a where.....bearing in mind Night usually means its dark. (Not that I'm scared of the dark.......honest.......but doing engine stuff without light makes things slightly difficult.)

Dark is not a problem, I've got an X21....

http://www.ledco.co.uk/content/productView.aspx?prodId=14

Plus other various light sources

[Santa]

Hopefully the injector clean will fix it :-)

[Dangerous Dave]

I'll probably be at Avon Sunday. (At the disapointment of my wife because it's mothers day).

I might be ok for most of the week nights next week, I think Daves place would be ideal......he might have tools lol
I'll be free thursday night all being well. LOL I do have some tools, I tend to do most of my work at my parents, but my house is fine for a little job like that (although the driveway gate is a little narrow to get into) and the tools I have should cover it.

[Jamest5r]

Ive just got an industrial unit in Aston if you want to borrow foe a couple of hours