Sparkysparks

just been for a drive, mine isnt at 18 psi, its 15, its been running like that for a while, so i guess thats safe

Haha, yeah i know, im at uni in leicester aswell. Its just not big enough for me to take up there, im in the renault 5 for the uni run :D

Erm, im on 18 psi and as far as i know its got stock internals and turbos, bigger injectors JD ecu and lots of fancy exhaust stuff, i hope a disaster isnt imminent

Sorry to hear this has happened, i dont see why they wont pay out. When you buy the premium the car has mot at the time, it doesnt state it needs it the whole time it is insured, just when it is bought. An another note, can i buy the fire damaged panels of you. Fire damaged look was next on my to do list. (serious request btw)

This is what my car was doing. I took the maf off and left it in the airing cupboard overnight just incase it did get wet, then refitted and checked the ecu codes, it cycled the error, then didnt do it again. seemed to be fine after that.

Its not really getting nicked that im worried about, its just the thought of someone smashing the window to have a look inside, or someone vandalising the car I never leave valuable in the car and nothing is ever on show, but i just want a deterrent really, i thought if it at least looks protected then the scum will stay clear. But then again the way i think is a bit wierd, if i saw something that had a hell of alot of security id see that as they have something of value in there. I cant win really.

thats a mega bit of kit, i might try and find some reviews on that

Hmm, ok. Ill see what i can do. Might do all i can just to be safe,

thats a good idea,

Wouldnt worry with the steering locks and stuff then? Im even thinking of leaving the stereo in and on show as its a rubbish one that no one will bother with it. I intend on getting an alarm fitted, i just dont like it when they start drilling into trim and bodywork to fit wires and stuff

Haha, yeah. Is that a deterrent enough then? Have you ever had any problems?

Hi, ive asked on here before how secure these cars are, not very was the answer. But what do you guys have on your cars? Alarms? Steering wheel locks? Anything special? Thanks Mark

Yeah ive asked about various unplugged plugs in the bay and some of them were the o2 sensors, members said they were allowed to be out as long as its been mapped to, (which i assume it has as it ran fine) But they disappeared thats the strange thing. But its running fine now anyway. So strange. Cheers for all your help guys

Ok, i checked the ecu. Sure enough i had a check light on. Went through the diagnostics test. I got 12 (air flow meter circuit) 33 (exhaust gas sensor circuit (left)) and 53 (exhaust gas sensor circuit (right)) So, i turned the diagnostics off and tried it again. This time i got 55 (NO malfunctions in the above) So i took it for a spin and it was spot on, although the engine check light is still on. Prior to this i had the maf in the airing cupboard overnight, just incase it had got wet, and i pushed the connectors in to make a tighter fit. Im starting to think that was the problem all along. Does the engine light stay on for a few starts after the check? I cant figure out the exhaust gas sensor codes disappearing though. Its got an aftermarket exhaust so i think they're not in the exhaust anymore.

That page says the engine check light would come on if the maf had a problem. I dont know where the engine light is, i didnt even know it had one, but my emmissions system light come on on ignition, but i thought thats because my cat heat sensor is not plugged in anywhere. Cheers bud. I was going to take out all the air injection system to eliminate it from problems like these :D

No, Bedfordshire, near Whipsnade zoo. About 45mins from Bedford. Im going back to uni today but i might be able to bring it up next weekend. Cheera vodkashots I really dont think the maf is the problem though. Coil pack i can only see not working if it fires at the wrong point, making me think its another sensor. Boost leak i rekon for it to be this severe would give a shit idle and id be able to hear it

Ive taken the maf off, and started the car, it wont rev freely past 3000 now. It says to me that the maf would be getting a wrong signal from somewhere, unless it only comes into play when there is a hint of spool. I wont be able to tinker with it for a while from tomorrow, so its gonna sit not working :(

Vodkashots thats a very generous offer, but i doubt i could get it that far, would mean taking it on the motorway and holding up the traffic at low revvs. However i am a student in leicester so i may be bringing the car up at some point. If you guys are sure its the maf then ill see if i can have a fiddle with it for now, otherwise my mate will be in possession of a s15, hopefully that will have one that he'll let me test on mine. How much are they generally, do they go often?

So whats likely to have gone wrong with the maf then, too hot, literally broken, i hear about them getting wet?

Ok ive just cleaned up the injector conections, even crimped them for a tighter fit (that last one at the back took too long to get back on), took it for a spin, it revved and boosted to 4500 this time, I googled this and i came accross a mazda cx-7 forum, they have similar issues and its more often than not the egr valve getting all clogged and blocked. Is this possible? Maf faults were high on their list aswell,

Cheers lee

Its working when i click on it, might be the browser or something. Ok ill go have a look at what i can, i do know that the injector plugs are all green, but thats just a signal of on or off surely

would the fuel quality have anything to do with it as i'm using Sainsburys super 97 at the moment while my Tesco is being refurbed (they have 99)

I took a video of what my car is doing. View My Video Its hard to tell but its like a violent choking at about 3500 revs when boost starts to spool. It done this about a month ago and a fellow member suggested a boost pipe had come off, i couldn't find anything out of place and it was fine after that day. I put it down to air in the fuel lines as it had been sitting jacked up on one side for a while. But then i could freely rev it, now it struggles. My friend suggested that I've got a perished actuator pipe as this happened to his skyline, but i cant even see them let alone get to them. It feels electrical to me, as if its cutting ignition. Any ideas guys, any help is much appreciated as i'm new to these engines. Thanks Mark

Could be adapted, but at that price i wouldnt want to cut it up atall. Think ill just deal with it, gonna put the plate on the bracket for now but lower down, drill 2 more holes in, as it is it covers the satin part aswell as the colour part, if i can get it to cover just on it might not annoy me as much