The other day i was being followed by a nice little r5 gt turbo, he was showing off to his bird... to cut a long story short i dropped it a gear into 3rd to give it some when i got a violent jerk i noticed at the time of the jerk the rev needle went straight down to the floor, as if the engine had locked up ??!? it released straight afterwards and the did it again, since this has happened my car is running like a bag of knac#ers there is no power whatsoever. i thought it may be a plug gone down so i replaced them with a brand new set of double platinum ones (what a ball ache it is too) after this i let the car warm up for 5 mins b4 taking it out 4 a spin, nothing had changed i notice that on tik over the car seems to shake a little, not tooo much that any can tell but enough so that i can ?!?!?

has any1 ever had this problem b4, and could the please help me ?

a friend said it could be the boost running too high and the safety valve cutting in, but would this stay like it is ??

please e-mail me asap
am in need of urgent assistance
will be on icq 2nite (24th) @ 9pm - 10pm
please come and have a chat with me if ya can help

my number is 36401417

thanxs in avd

worried dave

 

Dave,

Is the check 'engine light' on?

Simon

 

no mate
where u from, i could call u ?

dave26

 

You may have forced it into limp home mode, do an ecu reset ... disconnect the battery for 20 mins, reconnect, drive 25-30 miles of mixed driving ... let us know.

Bob

 

Only real way to check coil packs is by substitution ... take out the plugs again and check them for correct colour etc, if one is misfiring then it will look sooty. No 4 will be darker in any case. What plugs did you fit ? (make and part number please)

Bob

 

yes m8, i reset the ecu while changing the plugs
the battery was off for about 2hrs
thast how long it took me to do em
but no joy, was driving 4 about 3hrs afterwards and no change whatsoever ??!?
do u recon it couold be a duff coil pack ??
and whats the best way to check them ????
do u have icq ??
if so my number is 36401417

thanxs again m8t

dave26




[This message has been edited by DAVE26 (edited 25 December 2000).]

 

Does it rev above 3k rpm, or does it boost over .5 bar? If not, it sounds like an iffy MAF-sensor...did they use those on the 93's? (ignorant Johnny foreigner here...)



/Jerry - Sweden

 

the plugs were NGK or something, i rang a friend up who does car parts and he said every1 reccomends them, ill get the part number the next time im up at mine, am mi girls this crimbo m8

anyway thanxs for the info, get back to ya soon, and have a good 1

 

i noticed when i took out the old 1's that they were ngk plugs, and it was running fine since the day i bought it, had it 4mths now, i am certain now its a faulty coil pack, waiting for a friend to bring me a couple down so i can check it out.

if the solenoid is bunged up will it drag the performance down so much constantly till i sort it ??? a friend called bash who has 1 said it is missing also ?!? may b that coil pack