Its done this afew times now and seems to have been after ive not used it for a few days, i drove to petrol station about half amile away, no probs, as soon as i pull out onto dual carriageway it starts to kangaroo hop, nothing then everything then nothing, hazards on pull in try to start it, it starts but its not well, sounds like its on 3 cyls, i keep revving it then it just died, i wait a mo then try again, it revs and sounds fine for 10 seconds then popping and missing and then dead again, this goes on ages then as if by magic its ok, off i go to dads, i get a mile and its at it again then it chucs it:confused: , i ring AA, nice guy but not a clue? as it starts and runs sweet:rolleyes: , i drive home gently he follows, fine, then when he goes, i go up coast road to see at higher rpm, first it makes 6500, then miss pop splutter, i shut off try again, 4500 miss splutter, again 4000 misss splutter miss pop no more revs to be had, iridium plugs fitted 2 thou miles ago, original ptu tho, whatdya reckon, a sad zedder:( :( :(

Sounds like it could be the dreaded PTU.

Hmm i wonder? :confused:

Gavo I got a spare PTU you can try,before you splash out!;)

Mac, paulg has one that im gonna try today hopefully, however i really apreciate that offer, thanks mate

Ok i got paulg,s spare ptu on this evening, on start up it seemed much smoother and sounded healthier altogether, went for drive to check and at low speed it was ok, soon as i put foot down a little the thing ran terrible but no cutting out, after trying a couple of times i noticed a loud hissing noise from under bonnet and the boost gauge was just over half way, a boost leak?? you bet it was!! :rolleyes: pass side blow off valve had fallen out of its socket, replaced it tried it again and she,s like a rocket again:D :D HUGE thanks to paul for all the help, gonna try itout again tommorrow and order new ptu from courtessy, im so relieved i had visions of being off road 4 ages too.

Do you reckon your car ran better than before with the New/newer PTU?

 

Cos I am sure my car was running better with the PTU all cleaned up.

 

Stuart

NP Gavo,pleased you sorted it;)

 

Stu Yes it will run better than it did before with the contacts cleaned up:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: