New TVR Owner

[TVRThomo]

Hi guys ! Just bought a TVR Chimaera 430 (1994) with 18,000 miles on the clock. Real good example which is good as it's my first Chimp ! Only one problem so far (yes I know ... welcome to tvr ownership) it keeps cutting out (most times) when I either stop or take her out of gear, any ideas ???

Thanks in advance

Neil

[TVRThomo]

Anyone ?

[bga]

Congrats on new car! couldn't be a better weekend to start ownership.
Haven't got a clue on the cutting out but I'm sure someone here will.

[petros]

Stepper Motor contols the idle speed, might need cleaning.

[deano 4.0 chimp]

Hi Thomo welcome to the club.....

I had a similar problem and started checking my sensors....I found that one of my lambda sensors was totally corroded. Once replaced the problem immediaely went away. Although I have read other posts of similar problems and different outcomes.

Hope this helps, and I am sure others will be along with similar stories and outcomes...

Dean

[TVRThomo]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. Not technical minded at all when it comes to cars but will give anything a go.

Cheers guys !

[GasMonkey]

TVRThomo said:

Thanks for the suggestions guys. Not technical minded at all when it comes to cars but will give anything a go. Cheers guys !

Welcome aboard !

Firstly, low mileage.... is the battery fully charged / in good condition, I would stick a battery charger on it to be sure before I checked / cleaned much else. The sensors use voltage as a signal so if the battery is low they can get confused.
With a fully charged battery and a fresh tank of optimax, I would give it a good run, working it, without thrashing it.

Was it a private sale ? Was the car in use at time of sale, ie taxed etc

Look behind the panel in the back of the passenger footwell, the battery will be in there,

[that daddy]

i would get the idle control valve cleaned first,for this car to have done so little mileage there probablys plenty of carbon clogging its movement lack of use probably as not helped.oldest one with that kind of mileage ive seen good luck....enjoy.

[TVRThomo]

Hi GasMonkey,

I bought it from a garage and it was only in there for a couple of days. As far as I know the car was in full use before that. I will defo check out the battery first, had a 2003 Lotus Elise which started to "hunt" for revs just before the battery packed in but she never cut out on me though !

Cheers for the advise !

[GasMonkey]

TVRThomo said:

Hi GasMonkey, I bought it from a garage and it was only in there for a couple of days. As far as I know the car was in full use before that. I will defo check out the battery first, had a 2003 Lotus Elise which started to "hunt" for revs just before the battery packed in but she never cut out on me though ! Cheers for the advise !

Have a mooch around the forum, there is plenty of advise about and the fixes people have tried.

that daddy said:

i would get the idle control valve cleaned first

this is a really likely cause on such a low miler, there are details / photos if you search, quite easy to do yourself if you're confident !

Edited by GasMonkey on Saturday 3rd June 23:21

[TVRThomo]

Is there a Haynes manual for TVR's or something similar ? It's just that there are so many good suggestions but i'm not sure how to carry out a lot of the good advise.

[dc53]

my dads car does this often he usualy cleans the sparkplugs and the stepper motor about every month and another easy way to do it is to take the car out for a quick blat that helps two,no really,no joke it does and it is also a good reason to get out of the house as my dad usually does
and answer to the manual you will need the tvr chimaera and griffith bible by steve heath which is usually available on ebay
i hope this is of help to you i may be 14 but i know my stuff well last time i checked i did

Edited by dc53 on Sunday 4th June 00:42

[TVRThomo]

thanks dc53 ... oh and what are you doing up at this time of night ?

[dc53]

being bored and waiting to get my hands on my dad car for tommorow needs another good wash dads eh!!
and i bet you cant wait to try these tips out and at least afterwards you wont have to worry about stalling

Edited by dc53 on Sunday 4th June 00:58

[nicktowe]

I had this problem with the Rover V8 in my Ginetta. On inspection the multiplug into the airflow meter had become detached (garage forgot to plug it in after replacing the manifolds). Pluged it back in and all was back to normal