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Just had a message left from Lloyds ... turns out I have two cylinders that are being mahoosively overfuelled - like to the extent that fuel is just p*ss*ng straight in.
Need to call them back to make sure but it's looking like either a couple of failed injectors that are simply sticking open for too long or a failed injector driver from the ECU ... either way it's looking at being about £400 (all in, including new plugs) as a fix which is a bloody relief!
Need to call them back to make sure but it's looking like either a couple of failed injectors that are simply sticking open for too long or a failed injector driver from the ECU ... either way it's looking at being about £400 (all in, including new plugs) as a fix which is a bloody relief!
Out of interest, what ECU are you running?CANEMS - as far as I know it's being fixed for free by the makers.
I lost a plug lead the other weekend and the theory is that when that happened it spiked the ECU and took out the injector driver ... hopefully all the extra fuel going through won't have killed the main cat but if it has then that's the excuse to get it removed.
Phil
I lost a plug lead the other weekend and the theory is that when that happened it spiked the ECU and took out the injector driver ... hopefully all the extra fuel going through won't have killed the main cat but if it has then that's the excuse to get it removed.
Phil
jojackson4 said:
Nice
Better than a new motor
I have some second hand injectors if you whant them FOC
Yeah - a damn sight better than a new motor!Better than a new motor
I have some second hand injectors if you whant them FOC
Thanks for the offer - most kind - but I was actually going to buy a set of injectors from a guy over in Gloucester earlier last year but obviously situations transpired to screw all that. I don't even have his email addy (my PC went down last summer) so I don't know whether he still has them...
Phil
macdeb said:
Good luck, I know it's a PITA but could've been worse. Also, good on 'em for the repair to ECU.
Yeah - could have been much worse! I was bricking myself that I was going to wipe out my savings replacing a knackered engine! 
Apparently they compression tested it though and they're all consistent which sounds like the block and heads have survived intact ...
Bassfiend229hp said:
CANEMS - as far as I know it's being fixed for free by the makers.
I lost a plug lead the other weekend and the theory is that when that happened it spiked the ECU and took out the injector driver ... hopefully all the extra fuel going through won't have killed the main cat but if it has then that's the excuse to get it removed.
Phil
I lost a plug lead the other weekend and the theory is that when that happened it spiked the ECU and took out the injector driver ... hopefully all the extra fuel going through won't have killed the main cat but if it has then that's the excuse to get it removed.
Phil
All that talk regarding Canems .. Looks like problems
So glad I went for the proven Emerald ..
SILICONEKID346HP said:
All that talk regarding Canems .. Looks like problems
So glad I went for the proven Emerald ..
You're absolutely right Daz ... the injector drivers never fail on an Emerald.
http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-43...
Phil
Bassfiend229hp said:
I did wonder how long it would be til someone turned up saying "I'm so glad that I went with <insert name here> instead"...
You're absolutely right Daz ... the injector drivers never fail on an Emerald.
http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-43...
Phil
Why is it people bite ,All this car stuff is just fun .. Hope people realise i`m jesting . Next post will be from Dave You're absolutely right Daz ... the injector drivers never fail on an Emerald.
http://www.vpcuk.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-43...
Phil
SILICONEKID346HP said:
Why is it people bite ,All this car stuff is just fun .. Hope people realise i`m jesting . Next post will be from Dave
He (GassedUpChimp) is a little slow off the mark on this one isn't he Daz? 
ETA
OT - good news then Phil.
If spending £400 is 'good' news
Edited by Goaty Bill on Thursday 2nd January 18:43
spend said:
Out of interest how do you get a plug lead near the ecu to spike the injector driver????
ecu in car ~ injector wiring insulated ~ plug leads not really near any of that?
No idea ... it may well be that the two events were unrelated but I had a couple of plug leads that had baked hard and fractured and the misfire started that same evening.ecu in car ~ injector wiring insulated ~ plug leads not really near any of that?
I know that some coilpacks can be damaged by running them "open circuit" so I did wonder whether initially whether I might have fried a coil pack output. My plug leads run under the inlet manifold and then out to the plugs so I guess it could be that one of the leads that fractured arc'd over to the injector wiring as a closest point to ground - they were pretty crumbly?
Bassfiend229hp said:
No idea ... it may well be that the two events were unrelated but I had a couple of plug leads that had baked hard and fractured and the misfire started that same evening.
I know that some coilpacks can be damaged by running them "open circuit" so I did wonder whether initially whether I might have fried a coil pack output. My plug leads run under the inlet manifold and then out to the plugs so I guess it could be that one of the leads that fractured arc'd over to the injector wiring as a closest point to ground - they were pretty crumbly?
So ultimately, had you left your engine as TVR delivered it; none of this would have happened?I know that some coilpacks can be damaged by running them "open circuit" so I did wonder whether initially whether I might have fried a coil pack output. My plug leads run under the inlet manifold and then out to the plugs so I guess it could be that one of the leads that fractured arc'd over to the injector wiring as a closest point to ground - they were pretty crumbly?
(aside from fried HT leads possibly)
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