New to TVR and already have my first problem!
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Hi, just bought my first TVR on Sunday and drove it 220 miles from Sittingbourne to Doncaster with no issues. However, got in it yesterday morning and the heater fan has decided not to work any more, great when its bl**dy freezing! Any ideas? Also, have noticed when cold, as soon as I touch the accelerator, the revs drop and it wants to cut out?
I know this may sound simple but had a Nissan 200 for 7 years so never had such issues!
Cheers.
I know this may sound simple but had a Nissan 200 for 7 years so never had such issues!
Cheers.
BRITISHBEEF said:
Also, have noticed when cold, as soon as I touch the accelerator, the revs drop and it wants to cut out?
Can't comment on the fan, but I had exactly this problem on mine. Bought her about a year ago and as an issue until the spring when it seemed not to be an issue. It seemed to happen when it was either cold or wet, or badly when both! Basically did exactly as you say and was not trying to cut out once moving, but was really lumpy. I just had to be really careful on the accelerator and give a bit more power when needed to get over it - not great. Has been beginning to be an issue again the last couple of weeks and had her in for service this week and they changed the HT leads and I think the spark plugs. Started her on Tues night when it was pretty cold (0.5C) and very wet (it had been raining for a while and was beginning to turn to wet snow, which steadily turned to proper settled snow the closer I got to home!), and started no problem. I had to be really careful previously as a few times she did cut out in unfortnate places and twice didn't want to start again as I guess there was too much fuel in the engine as it hadn't been igniting properly before the cutout, although I found that after about 5 mins of starting the problem went away (I guess the engine heat fixed the problem)
Good luck. Once you've sorted these you'll have a lot of fun
Nick
BRITISHBEEF said:
Pressed it, turned it, felt like punching it! It worked when I bought the car as I checked everything, and apart from a slow drivers window, everything seemed functional.
Slow window is normal, but it gets better if used regularly. I use mine every day and have noticed the difference over the summer. Edited by nia198 on Thursday 30th October 21:46
nia198, mine seems lumpy at low revs (ie <2300rpm) so tend to drive in a lower gear than would like. Got it booked in for service in a couple of weeks and having the plugs/leads changed as well as dizzy cap. My old X1/9 used to have a slow window as well so there are some things I don't mind putting down to 'it's an old car'!
Definately sounds like the problem I had - hopefully that'll fix it. Just looked at my invoice and they changed the distributer cap too, so sounds like you're having what I had done. If that doesn't fix it I'm sure there are plenty of others who can come up with some alternative ideas...
Slow windows due to old car - nope! It's just a Chimaera. I think they're all like that. If it's anything like mine it'll be 0-50cm in about 8s flat!
Slow windows due to old car - nope! It's just a Chimaera. I think they're all like that. If it's anything like mine it'll be 0-50cm in about 8s flat!
Edited by nia198 on Thursday 30th October 22:58
With regards the window.... I had a similar problem with mine on the driver's side. Would be very slow to go up until the last few inches when it'd raise at a normal speed, or at least the same speed as the passenger side. And the opposite when the window was going down... normal then slow.
Eventually I took the door panel off and found that one of the window runners that hold the glass when it is lowered into the door, was curved more than the other, so adding extra resistance for the window motor. Once the window had passed a certain point it was free to move at normal speed.
Solution in my case was just to gently straighten the bad rail/runner until it was the same as the good one. Then the window worked fine.
G
Eventually I took the door panel off and found that one of the window runners that hold the glass when it is lowered into the door, was curved more than the other, so adding extra resistance for the window motor. Once the window had passed a certain point it was free to move at normal speed.
Solution in my case was just to gently straighten the bad rail/runner until it was the same as the good one. Then the window worked fine.
G
I know what is wrong with your heater it has burned out one of the pins on the control module. just check your fuse first and see if its intact but il bet thats what it is very comman fault happened to me this summer. dash off job iam affraid but an easy fix if your handy with a soldering iron.
as you can see i just used a heavy duty wire to replace the pin.
hope this helps.
as you can see i just used a heavy duty wire to replace the pin.
hope this helps.
Just a quick update - took the car out today and the fan was working again?! Not too sure I want to take the dash to bits, it looks a horrid job. Going to have the alluminium dash fitted though so think I will get them to have a look at the heater switch while they are around there. Thanks for the advice.
BRITISHBEEF said:
Just a quick update - took the car out today and the fan was working again?! Not too sure I want to take the dash to bits, it looks a horrid job. Going to have the alluminium dash fitted though so think I will get them to have a look at the heater switch while they are around there. Thanks for the advice.
Sounds more like a dodgy connection. Dash top off job is not difficult.
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