Well, i have to say i'm falling out of love at the moment...

 

She's running a bit strangly at the moment, let me try and explain what's happening:

 

First: The other day i was driving home, booted it a bit on a straight, then went back to normal driving. She started to shudder a bit and felt like she was misfiring, then cut out.

 

I pulled over, started her up and she fired up first time so drove back home, every now and then she felt like the power was retarded, and i had to rev the engine a bit as it felt as if it would cut out again.

 

I swapped out the oil and it was dirty black and replaced with fully synthetic 5w40.

I started her up again today to see how she was running, and she sat on the driveway quite happy ticking over at just under 1k. I took her up and down the ringroad where i live for about 5 or 10 mins, varying my driving from gentle to a bit harder (no real booting it though) evrything seemed fine and i thought that all was good... untill, again the power felt a bit retarded, she felt as if she was misfiring and she backfired a few times. I was behind someone driving quite slowly and i had to press the clutch down and rev a bit higher as it felt that if i left it in 3rd running at 1.5-2k revs that she would cut out... it was a bit juddery and felt as if there was a lack of fuel if that makes sense?

 

Just a bit of backround info... she has been a bit noisy of late with a tickety tick type sound when at idle, which people seem to think might be sticky lifters. I have recently had a manual conversion done, which seems to be fine, with no gearbox issues, and i have decatted.

 

I did a quick check on the connectors that i could easily get to, and they all seem to be in place ok...

 

Any ideas people? I just want to enjoy my car really, It was off the road all winter and having had her back only for a short time I am gutted that she's not quite right. The only people i would trust to do any work on her are miles away from where i live, and with her not running properly i wouldn't want to drive her there anyway.

 

Help please.

Series one ptu failure is not as common as is made out,ive come across loads of cars still running a series one with no probs,mines 6 years old that i know,could be the same age as the car possibly.Its more than lightly an injector plug has gone green or a coilpack plug making a bad connection.It may just be a dirty connection at the ptu that when disturbed to replace it seems to have cured it,expensive repair for what could have been fixed with some time and patience using sandpaper.

 

I know you know your stuff mate, and you may well be right it might just be a dodgy plug etc but with all due respect I have to disagree, £38 delivered for an s2ptu which costs £180 new from zcentre seemed like a bargain to me.

 

I will try and give all the connections a clean and a check in the meantime, but i thought that to have a spare ptu, and an s2 no less would be no bad thing.

 

Also i thought that the US market did a recall on the old ptus as they were seen to be a problem, but not recalled in the jap or uk market?

the sweet sound of someone fishing for a thank you :lol:

 

Wouldnt be you by any chance would it Andy:lol::lol::lol: very subtle

 

I have no idea what you are talking about.:shuriken:

I know you know your stuff mate, and you may well be right it might just be a dodgy plug etc but with all due respect I have to disagree, £38 delivered for an s2ptu which costs £180 new from zcentre seemed like a bargain to me.

 

I will try and give all the connections a clean and a check in the meantime, but i thought that to have a spare ptu, and an s2 no less would be no bad thing.

 

Also i thought that the US market did a recall on the old ptus as they were seen to be a problem, but not recalled in the jap or uk market?

 

No worries,what do i know,carry on its your money,obviously your loaded and £38 means nothing and you prefer the diagnosis by repacement method then good luck to you,however talking from experience its not usually at fault.Do you actually know how and why the series one ptu fails without googling it?

No worries,what do i know,carry on its your money,obviously your loaded and £38 means nothing and you prefer the diagnosis by repacement method then good luck to you,however talking from experience its not usually at fault.Do you actually know how and why the series one ptu fails without googling it?

 

Mate, i know very little to be honest and i am by no means loaded, but please try to remember that not all of us are as skilled and knowledgable about these things as yourself and we have to take the advise of those who are more knowledgable than ourselves.

 

Your right, with enough time and patience you could probably sort all the problems that arise, but alas i dont have too much of either. Neither do i have the skill or knowledge, hence the thread asking for advice.

 

I appreciate what your saying though, and as i mentioned before i know you know your stuff and are very well respected on here, I will try and do what you have suggested, ie check the injectors, coilpacks and all connections, i will just have a spare ptu on the way in case it is none of the aformentioned, and all for the bargain price of £38... which in the grand scheme of things with regards to the money i have ploughed into my car is a drop in the ocean to be honest.... not even half a bloody tank of petrol thesedays.. :wack:

Wouldnt be you by any chance would it Andy:lol::lol::lol: very subtle

 

the sweet sound of someone fishing for a thank you :lol:

 

I have no idea what you are talking about.:shuriken:

 

 

OK OK! I'll say it so everyone knows...... I would just like to thank andy for making a shortass like me feel tall... :tt2:

OK OK! I'll say it so everyone knows...... I would just like to thank andy for making a shortass like me feel tall... :tt2:

 

And I'd like to thank Pablito for making a slightly podgy bloke who's ten years his senior fell like a skinny teenager.

 

 

(In fact I feel like a skinny teenager right now) - Wonder where I can find one?

 

Just to make it clear that would be a teenager over the legal limit for sex.

 

I have no intention of stepping on Pablitos toes in that respect. If only my job was my hobby. Oh well.

 

 

Oh i wish i could look like your ex in that photo.... your just teasing me... showing me what i could look like if i buckled down and put in the hard miles!... I never should have cut my hair!

 

and i would just like to clarify something..... you did just say in writing that you are looking for a 16yr old skinny teenager right?.... That's a bit worrying, i think yiou may have let out a bit too much bud.

 

may i suggest a 30+ thai lady or boy, or even ladyboy or perhaps any other individual of south east asian persuasion, as any would probably look like a skinny teen without scraping the moral or ethical barrel.....

 

Oh louis... why didn't you just keep your fantisies to yourself?

Edited June 2, 201114 yr by Pablito

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