Collected new toy today and have a couple of issues.
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Evening all
Collected my new Tuscan today and very impressed with the way it drive and feels, massive I
Improvement to my old chimaera. However a couple of issues.
Car smoking when hot idling which stops once you drive away.. Wasn't doing it on test drive but has just been serviced, not sure if is been over filled with oil
Secondly, intermittent EFI warning on dash, not sure I these are related.
Both issues occurred once I had driven the 60 miles back from the dealer. I have emailed the dealer and expect them to be fixed under warranty, but wanted an idea of what could be the problem..
Cheers.
Collected my new Tuscan today and very impressed with the way it drive and feels, massive I
Improvement to my old chimaera. However a couple of issues.
Car smoking when hot idling which stops once you drive away.. Wasn't doing it on test drive but has just been serviced, not sure if is been over filled with oil
Secondly, intermittent EFI warning on dash, not sure I these are related.
Both issues occurred once I had driven the 60 miles back from the dealer. I have emailed the dealer and expect them to be fixed under warranty, but wanted an idea of what could be the problem..
Cheers.
What code are you getting on the warning ? There is a list of them on mytuscan. I have a persistent Code C on start up and am told its a glitch in the firmware and trying to clear it for good would likely cause other issues in the display. Not too encouraging but if you know what its trying to diagnose you can check the physical systems. In my case the cooling fans work as they should and the coolant level is fine.
Milky400 said:
Evening all
Collected my new Tuscan today and very impressed with the way it drive and feels, massive I
Improvement to my old chimaera. However a couple of issues.
Car smoking when hot idling which stops once you drive away.. Wasn't doing it on test drive but has just been serviced, not sure if is been over filled with oil
Secondly, intermittent EFI warning on dash, not sure I these are related.
Both issues occurred once I had driven the 60 miles back from the dealer. I have emailed the dealer and expect them to be fixed under warranty, but wanted an idea of what could be the problem..
Cheers.
Smoking when hot, which then disappears when you pull away is most likely due to valve guide/seal wear. Hot oil, which will likely be at its thinnest will be passing the valve into the bores.. I had this.. I could physically wiggle a couple of the valves upon inspection.Collected my new Tuscan today and very impressed with the way it drive and feels, massive I
Improvement to my old chimaera. However a couple of issues.
Car smoking when hot idling which stops once you drive away.. Wasn't doing it on test drive but has just been serviced, not sure if is been over filled with oil
Secondly, intermittent EFI warning on dash, not sure I these are related.
Both issues occurred once I had driven the 60 miles back from the dealer. I have emailed the dealer and expect them to be fixed under warranty, but wanted an idea of what could be the problem..
Cheers.
Has it been rebuilt previously?
In 2003 that was more than likely warranty work power was performing for TVR. At that point Power were being supplied parts by the factory (the same ones which the original issues stemmed from).
As far as I'm aware they had not started really establishing their own rebuild program using the the improved quality parts specified by themselves.. believe that came in around 2005/2006.
The rebuild would have likely consisted of either simply replacing the head for a new factory unit or the cams and followers. The guides would'nt have been replaced at that mileage. Mine has suffered a similar fate.
As far as I'm aware they had not started really establishing their own rebuild program using the the improved quality parts specified by themselves.. believe that came in around 2005/2006.
The rebuild would have likely consisted of either simply replacing the head for a new factory unit or the cams and followers. The guides would'nt have been replaced at that mileage. Mine has suffered a similar fate.
Have been emailing the dealer and spoken to him so I have everything in writing just incase, but he is a well respected trader in the TVR world.
He has just said to see how it goes over the weekend and if still bad he will arrange to collect and do what is needed.
Wondered if I should get it independently checked?
He has just said to see how it goes over the weekend and if still bad he will arrange to collect and do what is needed.
Wondered if I should get it independently checked?
Hopefully it's nothing much, welcome to the world of Tuscaneering!
Hopefully see you around, the Cambs TVRCC meet up on the third Thursday of every month at a roving location at the moment, no decision yet made where the next one will be, but just check the TVRCC Cambs website for details.
All the best!
Hopefully see you around, the Cambs TVRCC meet up on the third Thursday of every month at a roving location at the moment, no decision yet made where the next one will be, but just check the TVRCC Cambs website for details.
All the best!
Quick update, smoke mainly coming from drivers side exhaust which is sottied up a fair bit so could be simply a fueling issue, anyway it's off to Dom on Friday to get diagnosed and sorted.
Be nice to get it back up and running, already become very attached to it and a far far superior car the the chimaera. IMHO
Be nice to get it back up and running, already become very attached to it and a far far superior car the the chimaera. IMHO
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