As the weather was nice,:dance: I thought I would take the Z for a spin along the by-pass. at around 5,500 RPM under full boost, WHAM! sudden loss of power,:scared:

It felt as though I was only running on 2 or 3 cylinders and she was really shuddery. Brought the speed to 20 MPH with no load and everything was smooth, but as soon as I applied any sort of load she just ran awful. managed to limp home in second and third gear so as to keep the rev' down, once on the drive she ticked over and revved like a sewing machine,:confused1: any ideas? this has got me worried to say the least.

Blown a pipe off, causing massive boost leak.

 

Check the intercooler pipes, favourite when giving it some beans.

 

Jeff TT

blown piston/ ring. :-) sounds like mine, and thats what happened to me.

:thumbup:Cheers Jeff, she is cooling down in the garage at the moment.

I will take a look first thing in the morning, hopefully it did not fly off down the by-pass.:blushing:

Thanks again Jeff,

I was fearing the worst. I will post what I find in the morning.

:thumbup:Cheers Jeff, she is cooling down in the garage at the moment.

I will take a look first thing in the morning, hopefully it did not fly off down the by-pass.:blushing:

Thanks again Jeff,

I was fearing the worst. I will post what I find in the morning.

 

Yes its the most scarey moment when you think your engine is done eh? least of all after a long time off the road.

 

If you can not easily see any pipe issues you will need to pressurise the system via a boost leak adapter and a compressor, if you get stuck we are not that far from you at the very least find the leak for you, that way you can get down and dirty to sort it out, one point, if it is a boost leak then its easier to drive with the air flow meter disconnected, your limited to a 2500 (ish) rev limit but that equated to 50mph + in top gear.

 

 

Jeff

Well, stripped the 4 top hoses and re fitted them but to no avail, problem still there. mind you, from cold she seemed OK, until I hit some boost once warm and again wham! no power.:confused1:

put her on ramps and re fitted the bottom hoses, where I could get too, problem still there.:taz:

Looks like I will be taking you up on your offer of booking her in Jeff some time soon to have her pressure tested.

gutted or what?:sad: there goes the summer.:hang:

All fixed!!! back to full power and some.:nana2::nana2:

For those of you who know Jeff TT, need I say more, for those of you who have not yet experienced the brilliance of Zedworld, then you are missing out. I found Jeff and the entire team, extremely welcoming and exceptionally talented.:bow::bow: I can not recommend them enough!

Thanks again Jeff and the guy's at Zedworld.:thumbup1:

I'll be back soon!

glad you got it fixed

now get out take the targas off and enjoy the weather

and the problem was ?

Also interested in what the problem was. :phone:

Good point MarkDerby,:whistling: Narrowed it down to a faulty connector at the MAF meter.:ohmy: Jeff also tweaked the TPS and trimmed the timing and throttle bodies, to name but a few. What a star!:cool3: I have to be careful under full throttle now, as I can light up the rears with now problems. Whooopeeeee!:lol::lol:

must say, i remember you being on the site when i joined and i`m just f***in stoked, it`s/ you are finally back on the road. Enjoy!

I know what you mean santa, if the drive home today was anything to go by, I'm in for some serious fun!!:clap: My wife might not agree mind, she came with me and I had to pry her hand off the door handle to get her out!:lol::lol::lol:

lol, my favourite comment has been " does it feel like that in your seat"

No love..i`ve got the steering wheel to hold on to.

Edited July 30, 201114 yr by santa
i`m pissed

yes my wife has the grip of death when it comes to hairy things .. she likes the zed but not going side ways around corners and round abouts ...

once she grabbed the gear stick as i was coming over a hump back bridge

tuck it out of gear went to throttle and just revv'd the tits out of the engine

yes my wife has the grip of death when it comes to hairy things .. she likes the zed but not going side ways around corners and round abouts ...

once she grabbed the gear stick as i was coming over a hump back bridge

tuck it out of gear went to throttle and just revv'd the tits out of the engine

 

I'd be insisting she wore a straight jacket when in the car.

I'd be insisting she wore a straight jacket when in the car.

 

Rofl, seatbelt included?