It was cold on the Hard Shoulder of M25 on Sunday!!

[mchenryg]

Not a great start to the Christmas holidays. I was on my way from North London to Tunbridge Wells when she decided to throw a fit and start spluttering in 4th and 5th. When I put my foot down there was slight shacking and intermitant loss of power. I decided enough was enough so pulled over and the great guys from RAC transported me to TVR Barnet where she sits till they get a chance to look.
I have no idea what could be wrong apart from the thin hose from the distributor did look a bit worn out and frayed. Could it be as simple as that or the spark plugs. It was serviced in August £600 one.
Help !!!!

[Ribol]

mchenryg said:

I have no idea what could be wrong apart from the thin hose from the distributor did look a bit worn out and frayed. Could it be as simple as that or the spark plugs.

Whilst I would like to say yes as it is so close to Christmas I feel I might be being less than honest

Hope you get it sorted soon

[thegman]

Did you wait 15 mins and start her up again? Amazing how many problems that can fix.

[theaxe]

Sounds like an ignition issue so rotor arm, dizzy cap, ht leads, extenders or plugs I reckon. You can replace the lot for about £100 so probably worth doing if the current ones are getting on...

[mchenryg]

theaxe said:

Sounds like an ignition issue so rotor arm, dizzy cap, ht leads, extenders or plugs I reckon. You can replace the lot for about £100 so probably worth doing if the current ones are getting on...

The ignition is great, she starts first time, everytime, wet or hot/cold. It seems to be when she is hot after about 20-30 mins on the motorway.

[GreenV8S]

mchenryg said:

The ignition is great, she starts first time, everytime, wet or hot/cold. It seems to be when she is hot after about 20-30 mins on the motorway.

Fine when cold doesn't mean it is still OK when it's hot. Lots of electrical component failures show up first under hot conditions. It's worth doing an ignition service because it needs doing periodically anyway and can clear up a lot of problems.

[mchenryg]

[quote=GreenV8S
Fine when cold doesn't mean it is still OK when it's hot. Lots of electrical component failures show up first under hot conditions. It's worth doing an ignition service because it needs doing periodically anyway and can clear up a lot of problems.
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In that case I will ask them to carry out this test for me.
Thanks for your help.

[theaxe]

mchenryg said:

theaxe said:

Sounds like an ignition issue so rotor arm, dizzy cap, ht leads, extenders or plugs I reckon. You can replace the lot for about £100 so probably worth doing if the current ones are getting on...

The ignition is great, she starts first time, everytime, wet or hot/cold. It seems to be when she is hot after about 20-30 mins on the motorway.

If the problem occurs when it's hot I'd say that could well be something in the ignition system due to increasing resistances.

[IPAddis]

mchenryg said:

Not a great start to the Christmas holidays. I was on my way from North London to Tunbridge Wells when she decided to throw a fit and start spluttering in 4th and 5th. When I put my foot down there was slight shacking and intermitant loss of power.Help !!!!

I had the same issue when a fit of over-enthusiastic washing resulted in water in the dizzy. Therefore I'd agree with an ignition problem.

Ian a.

[mchenryg]

[quote=IPAddis
I had the same issue when a fit of over-enthusiastic washing resulted in water in the dizzy. Therefore I'd agree with an ignition problem.

Ian a.
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That does sound feasable, I wash it nearly every week and we have had a lot of rain. Is this a major problem (costly) to sort out?

[theaxe]

mchenryg said:

IPAddis said:

I had the same issue when a fit of over-enthusiastic washing resulted in water in the dizzy. Therefore I'd agree with an ignition problem.

Ian a.

That does sound feasable, I wash it nearly every week and we have had a lot of rain. Is this a major problem (costly) to sort out?

The dizzy should dry out by itself, I replaced the ignition bits on mine in under an hour and for less than £100.

[mchenryg]

Just found out that the problem was cracked and sunk engine mounts. This was causing vibration and for some reason a loss of response.
Exhaust manifold was cracked too and exhaust sitting on chassis. Oh come all ye faithfull !!!