Help, what do i do now, left work this pm and the car was ok, after about two miles it misfired and started to splutter and pop again:( , its not ticking over right about 300 rpm on what sounds like 2 cyls with the third occasionaly trying then going off. It sounds like a bag of shi*e, however put your foot down and all seems well? loads of accelleration and doesnt miss a beat?? soon as your off throttle its popping and banging in the exhaust, it feels like its really over fueling if that makes any sense, what can i check??? im having no luck at the minute? any help would be great.

mine did that and it turned out be to be a loose coilpack.

 

Vijay

would that not just make one cylinder go off:confused:

yep, I suppose it would, anyone with a conzult near you?

 

Vijay

does anyone have any idea what would cause this?? i have checked all i can but wonder if im missing something obvious??

have you checked the PTU connector(s) for corrosion yet ?

 

otherwise check all connectors of the injectors for that green stuff...

 

-Eric

I have reset the ecu, it is no longer doing it and runs alot smoother, but some times it seems to pull like a train and other times just feels poor with i am sure a miss or a plug off or something at high revs, i really think the thing should be quicker than it is??, its had a set of iridium plugs fitted about two thou ago, how long would you expect to get out of these??

Ps thanks for that lymon, i had wiggled all connectors about but will now take them off and check and clean them

Sounds like a temp sensor problem.

 

Have you done an ECU diag when you are having the problems ?

Check the engine temp sensor connector (yellow one, right at the front of the engine bay), problems with this can cause over fuelling and general running like a bag of shite at idle issues.

Has it stalled when you've clutched in at a junction etc?

Also if it is a temp sensor issue, a lot of the time your engine cooling fan will stay on all the time, and starting it when the engines warm can be a bit of a 'mare....

 

HTH

 

Adam

well today i took off and cleaned all connectors on coils all ptu connections and the yellow temp sensor replaced the iridium plugs(it never seemed happy with them) with bosch platinum tips, then found that a lot of my boost was being lost thru loose hard pipes, mechanic did plugs and then suggested it a good idea to try it out round block, so i let him as he never charged to do the plugs, he came back 5 mins later with the biggest smile ive ever seen on his face, he was shouting "jesus thats just stupid that thing, i have never driven a car that looses traction in the dry in 2nd gear!!! i need to get one of those, thanks thats made my day", and i kind of knew it had done the trick, i dont know which of the things i did solved it or if it was a mix but by god it worked, thanks for the help :D