Slight miss fire @ 30 MPH
Slight miss fire @ 30 MPH
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markys

Original Poster:

619 posts

278 months

Wednesday 10th September 2003
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Anything to worry about ?

FourWheelDrift

91,635 posts

305 months

Wednesday 10th September 2003
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What gear does it happen in?

markys

Original Poster:

619 posts

278 months

Wednesday 10th September 2003
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2nd

GCerbera

5,161 posts

272 months

Wednesday 10th September 2003
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Only in second?

Might be a spark lead breaking down, especially if the
problem comes and goes.

YI8TVR

1,105 posts

271 months

Wednesday 10th September 2003
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you need a track day. Its got cobwebs. Kill or Cure.

Mine died...................

markys

Original Poster:

619 posts

278 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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Its in 3rd @ 2000 rpm not 2nd as I said earlier.

jonnie5

716 posts

274 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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I understand it's fairly normal to have a bit of lumpiness around 2000 rpm, mine does - so I hope so!

Put it 2nd, sounds better!!

RichardP

74 posts

304 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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Get the throttle pots settings checked with the MBE software. When these are set up correctly you should be able to drive at 30 in 4th quite smoothly.

clarky5150

423 posts

289 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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Apparently if you have the inlet manifolds ported and flowed a noticeable flat spot appears around 2k revs. This is always present on the car, just accentuated after the work. Fool your friends that you have stage 1 tuning and leave it alone.....or check the throttle pots, leads etc. If you have an early chip it may be worth while changing to the later type. Better fuelling and protection for your starter motor. (obv the manifolds only apply to 4.2's)

suffolkfox

458 posts

274 months

Thursday 11th September 2003
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I agree with the previous comments re throttle pots, check with software if you have access to it as they can be 'noisy', but also check the range of the Lambda sensors at the same time. This should be up 0v to approx 1.4v but I had a problem with mine that turned out to be dirty contacts causing the reading to peak at 2.2v!! Apparently if they read up to 1.8v they don't set the MBE light off, but do cause hesitance/stuttering which is more noticeable at 2000 revs with no errors recorded.