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bonnietiler
Friday 15th May 2015, 19:20
Today, I have been mostly replacing the PCV, I was pretty careful and fairly certain that all was well, the old system was holed in all kinds of places, but after all the effort I am rewarded with a misfire. I'm pretty certain that I've connected all the sensors.
Any ideas?
Raining now so will leave it for the morning.
Cheers
bonnietiler

stribo
Friday 15th May 2015, 19:23
What car do you have?

bonnietiler
Friday 15th May 2015, 19:31
850R.
Working REALLY well before I did the work...It feels like a sensor or a vacuum pipe but I can't find one

Tomcat
Friday 15th May 2015, 20:05
Did you tighten the inlet manifold up properly?. if it's drawing in unmetered air then that would make it run bad and feel like a miss.

jamesy12345
Friday 15th May 2015, 20:26
Or the hoses to ICV they are pretty weak if old

bonnietiler
Saturday 16th May 2015, 10:58
Have to hang head in shame and sit in corner and play with bricks and sharpen my wax crayons....
On the inlet the right side (looking from front) there is a little pressed steel bracket to hold the main PCV pipe, I think it is recommended practice not to have this between the inlet and the engine...hmmm
Leads to misfire and bad running...ah well all fixed now and running sweetly.
The old PCV was cracked and rotten in at least 3 places so must be better now.
Thanks for the help, all much appreciated.
Bonnietiler

Tomcat
Saturday 16th May 2015, 12:41
Doh!!, glad it was an easy fix at least.