Hello, looking for some advice, so here is the problem(s)
Rear fuel pump packed up so we replaced with a new one, new filter and decided that the earth lead might be better off by attaching to the body, (after reading some people had troubles)
also changed the air intake pipes, got some new blue ones as the original ones were a bit soft and were on their way out, put a blob of glue on the top of the sharp nasty sharp corner.
For a long time its been a pig to start and seemed to be better if I turned the key, left on the rear pump prime the motor before starting, what seemed to happen was it would start run or a second or two then cut out, some times i was having to turn it over many many times before she would run, generally once running she was fine, now on the motorway from 80mph it just lost power and basically dropped down to 1000 revs, i pulled over turned her off, waited a bit, then re started her, revved her up and you could hear the motor clear and accelerate ok, i pulled off the hard shoulder, drove a few more miles and it done the same thing, this time it would not clear, and she stayed ticking over at 1000 revs, when pressing the pedal, the motor would dip slightly, pick up to 1000 rpm and stay there, now and again, she would rev to 3000 rpm max, but very lumpy, i managed to gently lift the clutch and crawl up the hard shoulder, i tried dis connecting the mass air flow meter but this changed nothing, I have no fault light appearing on the dash, I am thinking the fuel filter under the rocker cover needs changing, this will be done on the weekend, if this works, great, but i am not convinced a filter will make magic!! can the fuel pump in the engine compartment be pressure tested? could this be injectors? the car is currently at a local garage in France, who don't know what the problem is, so i will go and bring her home. awaiting your advice, Thanks for taking the time to reply
Rear fuel pump packed up so we replaced with a new one, new filter and decided that the earth lead might be better off by attaching to the body, (after reading some people had troubles)
also changed the air intake pipes, got some new blue ones as the original ones were a bit soft and were on their way out, put a blob of glue on the top of the sharp nasty sharp corner.
For a long time its been a pig to start and seemed to be better if I turned the key, left on the rear pump prime the motor before starting, what seemed to happen was it would start run or a second or two then cut out, some times i was having to turn it over many many times before she would run, generally once running she was fine, now on the motorway from 80mph it just lost power and basically dropped down to 1000 revs, i pulled over turned her off, waited a bit, then re started her, revved her up and you could hear the motor clear and accelerate ok, i pulled off the hard shoulder, drove a few more miles and it done the same thing, this time it would not clear, and she stayed ticking over at 1000 revs, when pressing the pedal, the motor would dip slightly, pick up to 1000 rpm and stay there, now and again, she would rev to 3000 rpm max, but very lumpy, i managed to gently lift the clutch and crawl up the hard shoulder, i tried dis connecting the mass air flow meter but this changed nothing, I have no fault light appearing on the dash, I am thinking the fuel filter under the rocker cover needs changing, this will be done on the weekend, if this works, great, but i am not convinced a filter will make magic!! can the fuel pump in the engine compartment be pressure tested? could this be injectors? the car is currently at a local garage in France, who don't know what the problem is, so i will go and bring her home. awaiting your advice, Thanks for taking the time to reply
