groover

As above, my other half got me an Aston Martin thrill experience for xmas last year, has to be used by the end of the month so booked in for tomorrow afternoon, I get to drive it for about 5 laps :thumbup: Going to Dunsfold Aerodrome where they film Top Gear, so will get the other half to take a load of pics and possibly some video, cant wait:clap:

Great innovation as usual :thumbup:

I can see some club shop additions in the making here :biggrin:

Why can they not deliver to the UK Paul? Funny how some people can get fags or other illegal stuff delivered in the post but not contact lenses.

Yep, will have to reset the idle :thumbup1: now ive got diagnostics back, will make the job easier. I only had a replacement MAF a couple of years ago, which is why i didnt suspect it in the first place, it was one of those "cant be" moments :biggrin:

Getting there mate, process of elimination and frustration, but so glad ive got the com ports sorted on the laptop, you can see the problem glaring at you then :biggrin:

Well done guys :thumbup:

Welcome to the club :thumbup1:

Got the laptop connected eventually and it looks like the maf 1,24v, but aiv at 90% needs to be 15% at idle and will not adjust, so definitely MAF for the main part lol

Update, changed the injector, not too bad a job as i thought, still running the same, i disconnected the MAF and apart from idling higher it did seem to stabilise the engine and worse when connected so will have to change the maf. Still no difference when removing the coil pack connector on cyl5, will change that tomorrow when i do the plugs. So Maf it is at the moment, although engine still slightly lumpy, hopefully new plugs and change of coil pack will resolve that.

:happybday: All the best Mike, have a great day

I watched it cos the little one was pestering me all day to lol, Poland didnt make it easy for us, but for once we played well and actually enjoyed the game, if we keep playing like that then we stand more of a chance, however its a year away so anything can happen between now and then lol

Cheers for the suggestions, here is wha ive found so far today, I did a voltage check on the coilpacks and all read 1.o ohm, so are in spec, however after checking the injectors, all read 14v apart from cylinder 3 which was 17v, now according to info i have read anything majorly outside 10-14v means a duff injector. This would sort of make sense as there has been a smell of fuel recently, especially when booting a bit, so if its knackered it will be overfuelling and also the cause of the slight smoke when floored. It must have been on its way out over a period of time rather than just dying as occasionally it would be very slightly lumpy on idle and i mean hardly noticeable unless you have your hand on the plenum and you could feel it. Maf was always my first port of call and i visually checked it and will check the voltage tomorrow, the revs can go past 3k, which is why i initially ignored the fact it might be the maf, but until i can get the scantech connected and see the voltage i cant be certain. So tomorrow will be changing the injector ( not looking forward to it lol) unless it comes out nice and easily and will change the plugs and coil pack on cyl5 and see what happens next. Cheers again and will keep you updated, hope the weather holds out for a few hours:thumbup1:

Its not often i post in here asking for help lol, but sometimes a problem shared and all that. Here goes: car ran fine, then recently started chugging on tickover, which i thought i had pinned down to the temp sensor, the clip was missing and wasnt seated tightly, sorted that issue and all seemed fine. Then this week kept stalling on me and hunting, gave the throttle a blip and stayed up for a while, but tickover was lumpy, power down until past 3k or so revs and eventually pulled well. So i decided to do a process of elimination and some connector checks. All the injector plug terminals had some green corrosion, even though i had used dialectic grease on them previously ( year or so) so cleaned up and refitted and same, if not worse than when i started lol. Same issue with the TPS and AIV connectors, so cleaned them up, couldnt even settle the idle with the idle screw, which can indicate an air issue or maf so i continued to inspect the maf and cas, visually connector wise looked fine. Took off each coil pack connector to see if there was a change and it appears that cyl 5 has no difference, so i guess running on five cylinders will give me the lack of power and rough running. So will change plugs and coil pack as a first measure to eliminate it at least. Unfortunately i cant get my OBD scantech working yet, no port found, so another job to sort lol Im going to continue working through the usual suspects, but in case i have missed something i thought i would post up to see if an eagle eye or anyone who has had a similar issue might be able to shed some more light:thumbup: Cheers

Unbelievable, i always liked Pauls zed, very sad to see.

Ive got some Achilles on my rears and for a budget tyre im quite impressed, its a daily driver and sticks well in the dry and wet, i needed new rear tyres quick for the MOT last year and they were the only tyres they had in stock the right size, after a few thousand miles they still look like new and now im thinking of getting the same for the fronts before the next mot.

Ok, you may have an issue with the TCU ( time control unit) its in the footwell near the fuse board, it controls the light dimming, intermittent wipers etc, a common fault is a burnt track or dry joint on the board, its an opaque colored box behind the plastic panel. Drivers side as this is a pic for a LHD

Glad to see youre still sticking at it, keeping fit and having fun at the same time, cant be bad :thumbup:

Ive changed your heading to Gauges bud, when i read it i thought you were going to fit some old men to your car :lol::lol:

The pipes obviously dont bend out far enough to miss the autobox which is larger than a manual, however i bought some jaspeed decats years ago on an N/A auto and they fitted on mine, bought i sold them on to another member with an auto and they didnt fit. You could get the pipes bent out a bit to fit at an exhaust place if they have the facility.

Definitely worth adapting the version 1 pod Dave, as there isnt much of the lip to glue/seal on the rear, front is ok though.

Sounds like you have a short or bad earth, take the fuse out for the horn and see if it still does it, for some reason with the horn fuse out the dash lights are on full everytime you turn the lights on regardless if you dimmed them before, you may have an issue on the relay board behind the fuse board in the footwell.

I have replied Andy :thumbup1:

I used a 2 part epoxy glue, but the black sealant would be a better option IMO

Hi Andy, welcome to the club, if you can drop me an email groover@300zx.co.uk to discuss, look forward to hearing from you.