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Oh dear - I have a(nother) problem!
A bit of background...
Decided to go for a spin a week ago - fired the car up but was running very, very rough - car shaking all over the place. I had to hold the revs a bit higher in order to stop it from cutting out. After a few mins of doing this on the drive it settled down a bit, but was still rough.
I then drove it away, it was hesitant and rough but not cutting out with no throttle anymore. After it reached temperature, it ran fine and as normal, and continued to do so for the rest of the journey.
Fast forward to today, just gone to start the car and had the same issue - very, very rough running. So I hold the revs for a bit again to see if I can get it to stabilise, but it cuts out.
Open up the bonnet, the offside exhaust manifold is very hot, but the nearside is stone cold - looks like it's only firing on the offside bank, which would explain the shaking car!
Try and fire it up again but it's now just cranking and not catching. I've just removed one plug on the nearside and it was very black and damp. I've left it out for the time being.
So what are my steps for fault finding on this one?
A bit of background...
Decided to go for a spin a week ago - fired the car up but was running very, very rough - car shaking all over the place. I had to hold the revs a bit higher in order to stop it from cutting out. After a few mins of doing this on the drive it settled down a bit, but was still rough.
I then drove it away, it was hesitant and rough but not cutting out with no throttle anymore. After it reached temperature, it ran fine and as normal, and continued to do so for the rest of the journey.
Fast forward to today, just gone to start the car and had the same issue - very, very rough running. So I hold the revs for a bit again to see if I can get it to stabilise, but it cuts out.
Open up the bonnet, the offside exhaust manifold is very hot, but the nearside is stone cold - looks like it's only firing on the offside bank, which would explain the shaking car!
Try and fire it up again but it's now just cranking and not catching. I've just removed one plug on the nearside and it was very black and damp. I've left it out for the time being.
So what are my steps for fault finding on this one?
Many thanks for all your replies.
A bit of an update...first thing this morning I removed all the plugs, which were wet and black. I cleaned them up and put them back in.
I checked the dizzy, rotor arm, HT leads and ignition coil connections for security. I then also reset the ECU by disconnecting the battery.
I'd already removed the plug extenders last year.
After fitting everything back together I figured I'd try firing it up, and...it fired up straight away. Slightly rough for a few seconds but was then fine. I took it out for a good drive to blow out the cobwebs, and it didn't miss a beat.
So I'm not actually sure what the problem was/is...I'd like to get to the bottom of it since it may still be present and come back to bite me again.
I suspect it may be something to do with the ECU or a connection as suggested, so I will probably investigate this avenue first.
Thanks again!
A bit of an update...first thing this morning I removed all the plugs, which were wet and black. I cleaned them up and put them back in.
I checked the dizzy, rotor arm, HT leads and ignition coil connections for security. I then also reset the ECU by disconnecting the battery.
I'd already removed the plug extenders last year.
After fitting everything back together I figured I'd try firing it up, and...it fired up straight away. Slightly rough for a few seconds but was then fine. I took it out for a good drive to blow out the cobwebs, and it didn't miss a beat.
So I'm not actually sure what the problem was/is...I'd like to get to the bottom of it since it may still be present and come back to bite me again.
I suspect it may be something to do with the ECU or a connection as suggested, so I will probably investigate this avenue first.
Thanks again!
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