1993 940 2.3L Estate - Throttle Body?

[Joe of Loath]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

As for the exhaust, a good semi-permanent repair can usually be made with dog-food tins (baked bean tins work too ) and Jubilee clips - Gun-Gum on the pipe first is optional but usually makes a gas-tight repair easier but don't use Gun-Gum upstream of the catalytic converter, you're in danger of blocking it which isn't nice!

I've used coke cans and aluminium tape. Aluminium tape worked well for the hole in the back box, it was splitting along the seam and when I used just the gunk it shot out when I started the car. Re-stuffed the hole and wrapped the entire thing with aluminium tape and it's solid.

It passed MOT with only one advisory for an exhaust leak, although the guys at the garage made me promise to get it fixed ASAP...

[TheLeeds]

Originally Posted by Laird Scooby

........a good semi-permanent repair can usually be made with dog-food tins ..............

Yep. I had to do that as a temporary fix on the rear silencer on the wentworth. It was booked in for MOT but the exhaust hadn't arrived so I used a Heinz soup tin, as evidenced forever in this advisory notice.



Has anyone checked the crank sensor ? It's bolted onto the top of the gearbox bellhousing, and it's also directly under the non return valve for the bonnet mounted screenwash jets. When they fail, they can leak onto the wiring connector and the sensor itself. I had this happen on an R reg 2.3 lpt and it made the engine stall, and put the lambda light on. Car started again straight afterwards, but light stayed on until I reset it by disconnecting the battery.

It's usually Jags that eat crank sensors, but maybe worth checking. When the car's idling, why not connect up a strobe timing light and see whether the ignition timing is stable ?

[grantosjones]

Originally Posted by STUART 9470

Hi,just a thought,have you read the codes from the little box on the nearside shock tower ?

Many and many a time. Always comes up with incorrect air/fuel mixture - no ignition problems. Clear it, comes back. Repeat for the last 6 months.

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by grantosjones

Many and many a time. Always comes up with incorrect air/fuel mixture - no ignition problems. Clear it, comes back. Repeat for the last 6 months.

If my idea is right about the fuse and it's the one feeding the in-tank pump and the Lambda sensor that will give that fault code.