Lads.

 

I hope you can help. it seems to be one thing after another at the moment with this car :( :(

 

Ill start with the current situation.

 

There are no major engine mods to the car

Std turbos 154k miles

One turbo has a leaky seal.

It used to be stood for 90% of the month but is now my daily runner about 30 miles a day.

has a proofec 2 boost controller. which is set to off at the moment to preserve the turbo until i cant get it fixed in the new year.

 

Problem

Every now and again say twice per tank of fuel.. at diffeent levels of fuel in 3rd gear foot to the floor accelerating it gets to 5.5k revs and can only be described as makes like it has hit the limiter, it coughs and splutters and stops accelerating completely.

 

It only does it in this gear (3rd) and a couple of gear up and downs later is fine... always in 3rd at 5.5k revs.....

 

Please please please, any ideas anyone...??

 

Cheers

 

James

Lads.

 

I hope you can help. it seems to be one thing after another at the moment with this car :( :(

 

Ill start with the current situation.

 

There are no major engine mods to the car

Std turbos 154k miles

One turbo has a leaky seal.

It used to be stood for 90% of the month but is now my daily runner about 30 miles a day.

has a proofec 2 boost controller. which is set to off at the moment to preserve the turbo until i cant get it fixed in the new year.

 

Problem

Every now and again say twice per tank of fuel.. at diffeent levels of fuel in 3rd gear foot to the floor accelerating it gets to 5.5k revs and can only be described as makes like it has hit the limiter, it coughs and splutters and stops accelerating completely.

 

It only does it in this gear (3rd) and a couple of gear up and downs later is fine... always in 3rd at 5.5k revs.....

 

Please please please, any ideas anyone...??

 

Cheers

 

James

 

Not you with a misfire too lol. bloody things im pulling my hair with mine.

Think your best pulling all the coil and injector connectors plus ptu and cas connectors see if their green and not broke and pushed on correctly,

 

Its not worked on mine lol, but hopefully it will on yours goodluck.

Yeah my mrs is going mental. ive had it three weeks. and it needs 2,5k wort of engine work. tubs etc. has a leaky roof. not that it rains much :-\ and i cant fit all 3 kids in..... well i can with her in the boot... lol. i just want it to behave until jeff at zworld can pull it apart.

Yeah my mrs is going mental. ive had it three weeks. and it needs 2,5k wort of engine work. tubs etc. has a leaky roof. not that it rains much :-\ and i cant fit all 3 kids in..... well i can with her in the boot... lol. i just want it to behave until jeff at zworld can pull it apart.

 

I have same problem 3kids, but normally have another car for my daily for misses and kids, but only have van at moment 2 seats lol.

 

My exuse is when we go out together in summer only me and her with roof off it will be a great car, But it seems to be proving me wrong.

 

Mine went ok for about 7months when i first got it, then the dreaded auto box went so converted it to manual and had full respray, but it was a uk model and started getting couple of scabs on the seals again, so bought a manual jap spec with no rust at all. and reshelled car had it sprayed white put all my uk interior bits in, then turbos went replaced them with stage2 turbo technics, then bottom end went put another engine in, then reconditioned turbos failed again stage 2 turbo technics ones,

so got another engine and a guide pulley on the cambelt the one between 4 cams pulled the thread out and smashed engine, so got another engine ment to have 35000 miles so put the engine and turbos in and now have a misfire,

Thats without new shocks clutches,hicas bushes,hicas arms and anything else i have bought, so misses is really getting annoyed.

 

Goodluck with car mate, mine as been a real pain, but has i said in my thread think my mate as had his without a problem for 7years other then autobox.

 

So they can be good cars and i love mine when its running well.

So does anyone have any suggestions for things i can try? without spending huge amounts of money.

 

Or certainly try to narrow it down...

 

Cheers

 

James