i do wish you luck on the new car (i wont say you may need it........) the misfire or possible misfire may well be plugs and leads, it does not harm to change them, for the quality magnecor ones...... all in all it does not sound to bad at all i suppose you have to have a niggle or two with...

hi oc, a slight misfire on idle/park? there is more play in a 4x4 than normal cars + you can adjust the free play i would say the alternator is on its way out? or bad earths/connections mine says average speed ? maybe it can be put back with testbook? if you have just reset the mpg,s in...

thanks eight i will print that out so i armed with the info..... 1 thing has been puzzling me when i first took it for the mot the co had to be down to 0.3 now he says it has to be 0.2 or lower?? i have done a compression check on the engine and all but one are around 180 psi the other one is is...

thanks eight, i have it booked in for a testbook on wednesday what are the things i should ask him to do? (ps no difference in co content it is stuck at 0.42 slight misfire on tickover) 1.reset adaptions and? regards dave

hi guys managed to get the manifold off (totaly destroyed the heat deflectors) no obvious signs off leaks or cracks so i used some flaw finder and it ****ed out of the junctions where they all meet, well i thought how the hell can i weld in there? so i just built it all up inside with a mig and...

thanks guys, erm 12 sided socket thats a new one for me, i have 8 point and 16 point? no good then........what size is it by the way i tried a 12mm 16 point socket on it, and it was a bit slack i dont want to round them buggers off!! i have an elmscan interface, i may try and see if i get any...

i own a stainless fabrications co so if it is stainless i will give it a nice tig weld i tried to get the manifold shield off what a b**tard i gave up yesterday the bolts are round i may have to rip it off and get a new one how the hell do you get the bottom right one off? i thought my new coil...

**update** hi guys i replaced the coil as the other had a intermittant misfire took it back for the retest...................... fail on emmissions readings for anybody interested (still!) hc..... 76 limit 200 ppm co...... 0.48 limit 0.20 lambda ...... 101 limit 97 .. 103...

cheers eight sorted regards dave

for a 4.6 hse 96 gems single or the coil pack, pm me if you have one for sale regards dave

hi all a quick update the car as not gone back in for its mot yet as i have a coil down does any body have a single one for sale? it is intermittant and was very hard to diagnose but at last i seem to have found most of my troubles, regards dave

hi bryan i have cured the misfire, it was the plugs they were bosh (what the garage put in) changed them to ngk and everything runs sweet now the temp sensor wire was earthing on the block too. the plugs are not oiled up and i get a little smoke at 2500 revs not bad at all the mpg as shot up...

cheers eight i hope so, i have put everything back all nice and clean, started it up and i have a bad misfire , i pulled the injector connectors off one by one and it turned out to be no 8 cylinder that is down i will have to see why tomoz as its to dark now the plug leads on ok so i will have...

hi bryan thats great news really pleased for you , it should fly through the mot i have taken the inlet off and it is all gunked up so i am giving it a good clean, there was also an air pipe off at the right rear on the trumpet body , a small diameter pipe but it must have been unmetered all the...

hi colin i get this sometimes in my p38 i would like to know too, its a bit scarey when you go to a junction and the pedal nearly goes to the floor , very intermittent usually when warm regards dave

thanks eight can you alter the fuel pressure? i am going to take all the inlet side off and give it a good clean , one thing i have noticed is that one of the injectors moves very easily ie you can turn it around with little resistance where all the others dont move? it does not seem to be...

hi eight thanks for your input i am in west yorkshire, why cant the o/s switch to lean then? is it an ecu problem

results from emmision test although they are a lot nearer to pass now fast idle test....... fail engine speed .....not checked co level......2.51......fail hc level......170.0 ppm ....pass lambda...... 0.94 ......fail second fast idle test engine speed ..not checked co...

hi eightinavee i will post the results tonight when i finish work, the ecu has not been reset, there is a little smoke if you boot it high revs but certainly not at normal driving i might take the inlet chamber off and give it a good clean, i have noticed the 2 cooler pipes near the intake are...

bloody hell bryan 2k!! this certainly is black monday i am keeping the car what do you think of this? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IMPROVE-YOUR-MPG-WITH-AMETECH-ENGINE-OIL-ADDITIVE_W0QQitemZ150034313770QQihZ005QQcategoryZ72205QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem i will try clean the induction side first