Help - TVR garages in southern France?
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Hello all,
I'm currently enjoying a much needed break from work in France with a few friends. Had a great drive over and must say the French roads are so much better than the UK
Unfortunately the Tuscan S has developed some poor running on the trip over. Basically it runs OK when on the move and no loss of power, but when I start the engine when hot or cold not all cylinders are firing. There's a strong smell of fuel, which is usually (not always) accompanied by some white smoke from the passenger exhaust. This will clear after driving a couple of hundred metres and is then fine and runs smoothly until the next time I need to restart.
I'm thinking this is going to be a problem with either the coil pack, HT leads or spark plugs. I doubt it's the latter, because I had a 12k service about 2k ago.
Does anyone know of an English speaking garage familiar with speedsix TVRs within a reasonable radius of Brossac (Angoulene being the nearest city)?
Having a poke around the engine bay and nothing appears out of place and all electrical connections look sound. Is there Anything I could do/look for to help diagnose the cause of the problem?
Thanks in advance
Jez
I'm currently enjoying a much needed break from work in France with a few friends. Had a great drive over and must say the French roads are so much better than the UK
Unfortunately the Tuscan S has developed some poor running on the trip over. Basically it runs OK when on the move and no loss of power, but when I start the engine when hot or cold not all cylinders are firing. There's a strong smell of fuel, which is usually (not always) accompanied by some white smoke from the passenger exhaust. This will clear after driving a couple of hundred metres and is then fine and runs smoothly until the next time I need to restart.
I'm thinking this is going to be a problem with either the coil pack, HT leads or spark plugs. I doubt it's the latter, because I had a 12k service about 2k ago.
Does anyone know of an English speaking garage familiar with speedsix TVRs within a reasonable radius of Brossac (Angoulene being the nearest city)?
Having a poke around the engine bay and nothing appears out of place and all electrical connections look sound. Is there Anything I could do/look for to help diagnose the cause of the problem?
Thanks in advance
Jez
We're travelling back on the 22nd, but thank you for the offer it's most kind
Took the car out this evening for a run to see what was what and it's behaving perfectly well and doesn't hesitate under load, once it's recovered all six cylinders after a startup. Bit of a pig to manouver the car when cold, but once it's got a few hundred yards under its belt all is well again.
Not going to let it get me down though (already lost an afternoon through tinkering and head scratching) and will work around the problem
It's also popping the reverse/brake light fuse...which is nice.
Why did I sell my Audi S4? lol
Jez
Took the car out this evening for a run to see what was what and it's behaving perfectly well and doesn't hesitate under load, once it's recovered all six cylinders after a startup. Bit of a pig to manouver the car when cold, but once it's got a few hundred yards under its belt all is well again.
Not going to let it get me down though (already lost an afternoon through tinkering and head scratching) and will work around the problem
It's also popping the reverse/brake light fuse...which is nice.
Why did I sell my Audi S4? lol
Jez
We're travelling back on the 22nd, but thank you for the offer it's most kind
Took the car out this evening for a run to see what was what and it's behaving perfectly well and doesn't hesitate under load, once it's recovered all six cylinders after a startup. Bit of a pig to manouver the car when cold, but once it's got a few hundred yards under its belt all is well again.
Not going to let it get me down though (already lost an afternoon through tinkering and head scratching) and will work around the problem
It's also popping the reverse/brake light fuse...which is nice.
Why did I sell my Audi S4? lol
Jez
Took the car out this evening for a run to see what was what and it's behaving perfectly well and doesn't hesitate under load, once it's recovered all six cylinders after a startup. Bit of a pig to manouver the car when cold, but once it's got a few hundred yards under its belt all is well again.
Not going to let it get me down though (already lost an afternoon through tinkering and head scratching) and will work around the problem
It's also popping the reverse/brake light fuse...which is nice.
Why did I sell my Audi S4? lol
Jez
try posting here http://www.tvrcarclub-france.net/forum/index.php
I'm not far from you if you need a hand, not been here long so not found a good garage as yet....
there might well be someone if you poke around on that forum.
I'm not far from you if you need a hand, not been here long so not found a good garage as yet....
there might well be someone if you poke around on that forum.
Trainspotter said:
... It's also popping the reverse/brake light fuse...which is nice. ...
Mine did thet. It was the reversing sensor on the gearbox shorting out. I got most of the way from Yorkshire to Le Mans and back with no brake lights. I did have someone following me who knew of the problem though.I had a problem with my tuscan 2 convertible last summer in the south of France, so much so that I had to call out RAC. They recommended and delivered the car to The English Car Mechanics, whose details are as given by GTTVR above. They are TVR specialists. They fixed my car in less than a day, replaced parts, including a starter motor, and were not difficult to pay. I thoroughly recommend them. Their garage is in the middle of the countryside, not far from Cannes.
Thanks for the suggestions gents, but it appears to be more serious than I originally thought. Started the car this morning and there was plumes of white smoke out of the offside exhaust. Sweet smelling smoke and a pressurised collant system after a couple of minutes of running suggests the head gasket has died.
I'm really not interested in having the car fixed over here and will lean on the RAC into recovering the car to TVR Power.
I had a very good run down to where I'm staying on Sat (which is what probably killed the head gasket). Just a shame my driving holiday is probably going to end up driving a 1.2 Clio or something of equal pedigree lol.
Time for a bottle of red and some cheese and crusty bread
Jez
I'm really not interested in having the car fixed over here and will lean on the RAC into recovering the car to TVR Power.
I had a very good run down to where I'm staying on Sat (which is what probably killed the head gasket). Just a shame my driving holiday is probably going to end up driving a 1.2 Clio or something of equal pedigree lol.
Time for a bottle of red and some cheese and crusty bread
Jez
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