I'm living in Plymouth for a month attending an electricians course in Exeter.......

 

I drove down from London today car running fine no problem at all,stopped at Exeter to put £15 worth of V-max in and about 15 minutes later i feel the car isn't running as it should....a few minutes later it starts coughing as though the fuel isn't getting through, pull over and check everything and the idling is so bad it almost stalls.....everything looks ok check TPS, plugs, Temp sensor, plug and PTU but all looks well.....left the car for an hour start it up and seems to idle ok, my first thought is the fuel and second is the PTU but it's a series 2 so surely this would be ok?????

 

Also thinking it could be the fuel pump does this fail gradually or just pack up completely?????

 

Going to check all fuses to make sure nothing is loose and again all wiring to the plugs....

 

All i've done today to the car is clean out the throttle bodies and spray carb cleaner in that pipe in the back i can't remember the name of?????

 

Any advise anyone????

Also forgot to mention is has been pissing down all the way down to Cornwall!!

i would guess at the apexi air filter being saturated with water. quite common when its been raining hard so i believe.

IT's The rain I got it with mine all day today done 180 mile round trip in the pi**in down rain, every time i hit a puddle or stagnant water it would get sucked through my intake, gives one hell of a jolt. :hurl:

Yep, almost definatly wet Filter/MAF. May be fine once dried out, but often damage already done to MAF.

It's just devon m8 it's always bloddy rainin here :cry:

Well, dried out the Apexi as it was a little wet, the slam panel is also split with a few big holes so repaired that and used a hairdryer on the filter.....drove to Exeter this morning and all was well..........will see how it fares the rest of the week....

 

No rain today was beu i ful!!!!!

Well, dried out the Apexi as it was a little wet, the slam panel is also split with a few big holes so repaired that and used a hairdryer on the filter.....drove to Exeter this morning and all was well..........will see how it fares the rest of the week....

 

No rain today was beu i ful!!!!!

 

Yes it was loverly weather today so i taught the missus how to bleed the brakes on my Z, and i can say she is now well chuffed i finally allowed her to put a spanner to the Z. :nana2: :hyper: :nana2: OH and it stops like a dream now, didnt have much brakes before!, The fluid came out the front calipers black.........!!

i always use exeter shell v-max with no problems!

last timer i drove to plymouth in very bad fog and rain engine did exactly the same as youre's, once stopped and afm dried out she has been super ever since!

i think exeter may be a contributing factor too!