Recent content by StevenRaith

It's back, it pulls hard to the redline, it crackles on the overrun slightly in 3rd, 2nd and 1st just like it should ;) Think we still have a minor leak around the cat (and I think I have a CV going), but my poor mechanic is sick of being under my car and is off for a long bath and a big gin...

Well, cat replaced - had some fun getting it back on again; he put it in with new studs and couldn't get the gasket to seal. I dropped in on him this morning and test drove it (he knows I know what it's like, he just knows it got to 80mph on the road) and other than being loud etc, it felt...

Sound. It sounds like it's blowing when opening the throttle. I realise that fault code is for the purge thingy, but the pipes look good on it (it's the one on the bulkhead beside the brake master cyl, yes?). It may be the purge valve being faulty caused the cat to die, unless the purge valve...

It's done 6000 miles in the last six months, might explain why it's starting to complain :D It's a great allrounder, will get near 40mpg on a cruise (more like 35 with me driving but then I will rag it - I've had 24mpg over a tank...), those seats are great for long journeys, stereo is loud and...

To be fair, the only time it's failed to start was when the starter motor (literally) died. Otherwise, other than the usual stuff (bushes etc) it's been pretty good. Hell, even the alternator failed in a friendly way and wasn't hard to swap!

Yar, that and the fact that it idles fine; I'm aware that the timing of the spark would change, but the power of it? That said, I also noticed a missing earth strap - could be poor spark caused by bad earth, not burning completely, computer compensates by adjusting fuelling, gets rich, burns...

Do a Google image search for melted catalytic converter ;) There was a backfire the last time it ran rough (sunday), it was fine Monday, then has been shitty ever since; it's highly unlikely that the timing jumped out, then jumped back OK. As I have a p0443, perhaps there was a problem with...

Also, the inlet valves were replaced about five years ago, and I've had the car over three years now, so it's been fine since. I suppose if the tensioner has died just enough, it might have allowed the belt to jump a tooth....

Well, I'm hoping that the old cat is FUBAR and we just can't tell because of the L shape pipe on it - it's obviously sooty so you can't see light through it. Fingers crossed the new cat brings it back to life, we pull the old one apart and find it's melted. *crosses fingers* *crosses toes*

Also, if the timing were out so badly that it caused major power delivery issues, surely it should throw a DTC other than evap a bit flaky - it'd at least fire up the engine check light, you'd think, due to the fuel mixture going all over the place?

Possibly overdue for a change - there was a set of inlet valves changed not long before I had the car, which points to either a slipped or badly installed cambelt. I'll get my mech to whip the cover off and check the state of the tensioner if the cat doesn't sort it; I've not heard any...

Other info: No smell of petrol or oil in the cabin etc when this happens. Temperature is bang on. Steady throttle it sounds fine - so assuming it's firing properly, and fuelling properly at least *part* of the time.

I know there are a lot of threads about no power when the car is at low revs, but I have a weird one. No power above 2000-ish RPM depending on load. At a standstill, the engine revs fine - so presumably not bottom end related as it's be knocking and clunking like a mofo. When driving...

FYI, my rear brakes were gunked up (and cleaned and sorted) but the sensor that is out (or at least, not reporting correctly) is the front drivers side. Going to source a sensor and strip it down and see if that sorts it.

FYI, my car is doing exactly - and I mean exactly - the same thing. My tuna is on it, and suspects a strip 'n' clean will sort it. Will post again (probably tomorrow) with an update.