Hi all,

 

Ive been to look at a friends zed 2day, he has had the car stood for about 3-4 months because he said it wouldnt start (imob issue he thought) so i went to look cus i fit alarms and could have a look at it

 

it's a K reg (92?) 2+2 TT it has 180km on the clock i belive

 

I put the battery on and just though i would start it, started first time with a little lumpy idle kept the revs at about 2k for a few minutes then it idled fine

 

so no alarm issues...

 

i noticed, his boost gauge only had -7 0 then i think +7 or 9 i cant quite remember at idle it sat just after -7 but when reving it the gauge only moved to just under or just over 0 didnt go over it a lot at all after it got upto operating temp it also kept trying to cut out, with the revs bouncing from around 1500k to -800k

 

while squeezing the boost pipes and revving it only felt to give a little pressure

 

there was no blue, white smoke, cept for steam for the first 5 minutes

 

also some water was leaking from the car, but the centre of the car not at the front or rear(exhausts)

 

any ideas of the following would be greatly appriciated

 

thanks,

 

ric.

If the battery has been off for so long the Ecu need to reset its self and the only way to do that is to take her for a longish run of about 60 miles or so, then hope fully the lumpyness should go when re set if not then you have to start looking else where fells...hope this helps :D

you wont get any kind of decent boost with no load on the engine, if its pulling a little boost then i'd say its fine, if one of the turbo's aint working the best you will get it 0 on the gauge, take it for a spin and you will probably get full boost.

Clean all the connectors too after been sat for so long.

ok thanks guys

 

any idea for the leaking of water from the centre of the car? must have been quite a fast leak as i took it round his car park, and it left a constant trail

but when stood still it only dripped slowly, sorry i cant seem to edit my posts :)

but when stood still it only dripped slowly, sorry i cant seem to edit my posts :)

 

 

might well be waterpipes at the back of the engine,the z has lots! and are prone to cracking after 12years+,also check around the waterpump for a slight leak this is fairly common apparently