Broken Down again!

[Rversteeg]

Can you give us a summary what you have checked and replaced so far? I do not think that anyone will read back all 30 pages of what has been said before. It might bring up some new ideas.

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

Interesting. Sounds almost as if there's an air leak somewhere or perhaps the mixture was turned down for the MoT and now you have a clean air filter it's running a bit lean.

Despite the holes in the old exhaust, it could well have been blocked causing the mixture to go rich (probably more likely than the air filter) and the mixture was tweaked for the MoT.

With luck it should sort itself out in a few days, you could try disconnecting the battery for 10 minutes or so to reset the Motronics ECU so it re-learns the fuel trims from the start.

Originally Posted by James_N

Well I took it out this morning and it started stuttering and stalling again

Could it be a split pipe somewhere? This is turning into a nightmare

It worked ok after it had warned up but still stalled a lot and hesitated a little pulling from 1k revs

I think you need to get the mixture checked once it's hot and possibly hooked up to a diagnostic tuner of some description, Crypton, Sun/Snap-On or similar.

Also the hot air intake system on the air intake could be faulty but this usually just causes sluggishness when cold.

[Laird Scooby]

I Had a thought earlier James. You had to have a couple of plugs tightened up didn't you? THere are some hoses at the bulkhead end of the engine that are vacuum hoses for the heater/Air-con controls, it's possible one of those has been knocked/pulled out. Could be worth a look........

[James_N]

Well ive just took it for a drive and there is serious stuttering and juddering when hot. Ive called recovery and they are on their way. Hopefully they can have a look / take it to a local garage. Watch this space!

[Laird Scooby]

I'm wondering about the earth leads...........

[James_N]

Diagnosed as knackered dizzy cap and rotar arm. Said he can feel the spark arking out from the HT lead whatever that means, so i need to get a new Dizzy cap and rotor arm

[Laird Scooby]

It means he got a 30-40kV jolt off the cap! Surprised his eyes didn't light up!

They're not cheap but will make a huge difference, i also thought you had already checked/changed them which is why i didn't mention them above.

You'll be amazed at the difference it makes and you'll like the other, unseen/unfelt improvements too!

[m0bzy]

I have a new dizzy cap going begging,no rotor arm though.

[Arewethereyet]

I'd replace the coil, the aforementioned symptoms are also that of an old coil breaking down under load/heat. You checked it earlier I know, but was that cold or when the fault was occurring. It's a 5 min job, easy access and cheap. It's the only bit of the ignition system not yet replaced, just a suggestion James, from personal experience over many years.