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mrzigazaga said:
Hi Mate..Are you letting Elmwood TVR have a look?..I hope you get it sorted and its something thats an easy solution..Hopefully it will be good news and not a hefty bill..Good luck mate..Ziga
Hi ZigaYes mate there nearest to me and the car just maybe able to make it on it own legs as dont really want to fork out for transport and am pretty sure this is an easy fix ( i hope lol) but would love to move forward and at lease drive the car for a bit without it trying to rip the gearbox and diff out of the sub frame
i,ll ring them tomorrow mate and hopefully get this fixed and see what this cars really about.Cheers mate
Ralph
Mike Brewer said:
Good on you Ralph.hope they can sort the car for you.I know its frustrating.Had a few issues with my emmissions .Cheers Mike
Cheers MikeIt has been mate as i thought i was getting somewhere, never mind hopefully these guys can sort the problems out and i can start attending to over items that need doing.
All the best
Ralph
Evening Guys
A quick question, does the car run a lambda sensor??? as have seen this on a ecu diagram, if so could someone please confirm the location and wiring please, i have booked the car in for thursday, but if there something i have missed i,ll kick myself.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TVR-LAMBDA-SENSOR-OXYGEN...
Kind Regards
Ralph
A quick question, does the car run a lambda sensor??? as have seen this on a ecu diagram, if so could someone please confirm the location and wiring please, i have booked the car in for thursday, but if there something i have missed i,ll kick myself.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TVR-LAMBDA-SENSOR-OXYGEN...
Kind Regards
Ralph
Edited by ralph350i on Monday 5th March 18:57
Edited by ralph350i on Monday 5th March 19:17
Ralph,
No lambda sensor to worry about mate.
They were only on the "Hot wire" air flow meters, yours has a "flapper" air flow meter.
The hotwires used a different ecu too, a lucas 14cux jobby where yours has a lucas 4cu control unit.
Sorry to hear it is still not running too mate, I know how you feel, tvr's can be a f**king nightmare. Felt like selling mine a few days ago and completely giving up on tvr's. I now need a major brake overhaul !!!
Hope you get it running soon mate
Cheers
Ian
No lambda sensor to worry about mate.
They were only on the "Hot wire" air flow meters, yours has a "flapper" air flow meter.
The hotwires used a different ecu too, a lucas 14cux jobby where yours has a lucas 4cu control unit.
Sorry to hear it is still not running too mate, I know how you feel, tvr's can be a f**king nightmare. Felt like selling mine a few days ago and completely giving up on tvr's. I now need a major brake overhaul !!!
Hope you get it running soon mate
Cheers
Ian
maston said:
Ralph,
No lambda sensor to worry about mate.
They were only on the "Hot wire" air flow meters, yours has a "flapper" air flow meter.
The hotwires used a different ecu too, a lucas 14cux jobby where yours has a lucas 4cu control unit.
Sorry to hear it is still not running too mate, I know how you feel, tvr's can be a f**king nightmare. Felt like selling mine a few days ago and completely giving up on tvr's. I now need a major brake overhaul !!!
Hope you get it running soon mate
Cheers
Ian
Cheers Chris and MikeNo lambda sensor to worry about mate.
They were only on the "Hot wire" air flow meters, yours has a "flapper" air flow meter.
The hotwires used a different ecu too, a lucas 14cux jobby where yours has a lucas 4cu control unit.
Sorry to hear it is still not running too mate, I know how you feel, tvr's can be a f**king nightmare. Felt like selling mine a few days ago and completely giving up on tvr's. I now need a major brake overhaul !!!
Hope you get it running soon mate
Cheers
Ian
Hi Ian
Yeah cant figure this one out mate gone from running super rich to now super lean, if i only had a load of spare parts i would probably be able to work it out, but most are like soooo hard to find its driving me mad, well lets see mate as have booked the car in elmwood Tvr on thursday so hopefully if they can get it running sweet i,ll be happy mate, sorry to hear about your brakes.
All the best
Ralph
Mike Brewer said:
I Hope you get it going Ralph.Best of luck Mike...Sorry i dont know the answer to your question ...
Hi MikeNot a problem mate and thanks, i think i may just ripe it out and have done with it mate as really cant be arsed to mess about with a load of electric conponants which have had they day, so if any of you guys have any use, please contact me.
Regards
Ralph
Edited by ralph350i on Saturday 10th March 21:27
Edited by ralph350i on Sunday 11th March 09:34
Evening Guys
Well the complete injection and loom have been removed ready for the engine to now be fully cleaned, pianted and the new parts fitted and in some ways it been a blessing as i found both engine mounts not done up at all and a number of fixing bolts for the efi injectors lose, so this was a fire waiting to happen, i still have one small issue with one of the water pump bolts which will not come undo as want to paint the holding bracket for the PAS pump, still to be expected, so here's a couple of photo's of before and after and a quick question, as the fuel pump relay is on the engine loom how do it get around it please?? many thanks, ralph
Nicely done up bolt, NOT
Before and after lol
And poor old me still has to deal with this mess
Well the complete injection and loom have been removed ready for the engine to now be fully cleaned, pianted and the new parts fitted and in some ways it been a blessing as i found both engine mounts not done up at all and a number of fixing bolts for the efi injectors lose, so this was a fire waiting to happen, i still have one small issue with one of the water pump bolts which will not come undo as want to paint the holding bracket for the PAS pump, still to be expected, so here's a couple of photo's of before and after and a quick question, as the fuel pump relay is on the engine loom how do it get around it please?? many thanks, ralph
Nicely done up bolt, NOT
Before and after lol
And poor old me still has to deal with this mess
honestjohntoo said:
hat may well have been a significant source of air leaks into the inlet manifold and a long term unidentified cause of the Efi issues. We'll never know, tho'.
Hi Honest-johntooi did try again before i removed the Efi and found if you hit the Ecu the car would run a bit better but still not great and i would have had to got this far to have found the issues anyway, still i think for me its probably the best option, many thank for you help
Regards
ralph350i said:
i would have had to got this far to have found the issues anyway
Well - that not quite the case - but its sorta academic.One of the traditional methods of locating rogue air leaks is to spray PlusGas or WD40 around all the inlet manifold joints and seals and pipes, and etc, listening for a change in RPM or observing smoke in the exhaust which is due to the combustible spray finding a hole somewhere inaccessible.
But not totally academic, 'cos carburettor cars will also suffer the same problem to a lesser degree, perhaps. Fun to come - maybe?
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