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Well, apologies for the delay in getting back to this thread but for various reasons the repair went onto the back boiler If somebody could tell this old technomong how to post a photo then I can share my weekend discovery with you all.
Thanks
Alan.
Many thanks indeed Wilsofar, you've described the symptoms almost identically right down to the cooling fan staying on for five minutes after the car stops. The only difference is that the miss fire is always on cylinder 1 and continues until the engine stops and is restarted. Like you said, I'm...
Hi can you tell me a little more about the symptoms, was the miss fire always on the same cylinder ? I have an intermittent miss fire on cylinder 1, however if I turn off the engine and immediately turn it back on the miss fire goes away only to return a short while later.
So the car is now off the road as the miss fire is present all the time now, I've decided to test resistance across each of the injectors to see if that's the problem. I've noticed that the airbox has to come out and access to the injectors is pretty limited, does anybody have any tips on how to...
Well short of stripping the head off I've tried everything I can think of, the missfire has now become more regular whereas previously it only occured after driving for a short while. If I turned the engine off and then restarted it would be fine but now it's returning as soon as I restart. For...
Hi All,
I do hope you can help me with a problem on my sisters RCZ. the car drives fine then all of a sudden it'll start to misfire, if the engine is turned off and then restarted it runs fine until the missfire returns with no specific pattern.
I've just had a diagnostic done and it's...