WELL, DONE ALL OF THE ABOVE TODAY, SEEMS TO HAVE DONE THE TRICK

FINGERS CROSSED ITWILL BE OK


CHEERS FOR ALL THE INFO AND FEEDBACK GUYS,

APPRECIATED

just put new set of leads and plugs on

and got some of that octane boost thing that de cokes ya engine

seems to be runnin fine at the moment



just reseting the ecu now and am gonna see how we go from there!

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Originally posted by gsi-gaz
interemittent really mate

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interemittent really mate

i had a similar problem when I used to boot it a bit my car spluttered, this didn't happen all the time though.
Eventually it got so bad my car actually cut of and I couldn't re start.
It ended up being my ignition coil wasn't very expensive either and now I can boot it without it shaking and spluttering :)

Might be the same problem, how often does it do it?

[Edited on 12-03-2004 by Mark Petty]

ok

go on msn fella, ill chat to u on there bout it

could also be a sticky valve these engine suffer from this quite a bit, think its a head off job though

it is a c16xe fella, is there another way of testing if its knackered!


[Edited on 12-03-2004 by gsi-gaz]

I would do a compression test to make sure ya got decent compression in all ya cylinders and that they are in tollorance with eachother, my GSI started doing this before i had the engine re-built, could be ECU, brosters car did a similar thing and it was sourced as an ecu problem, if ya got a C16XE i got a spare ECU you could borrow to see if it sorts the problem

any other guesses as to what it might be

not drinkin fuel
no black smoke?


any other ideas anyone?

Some have a temp sensor which tells the ECU if the car has warmed up or not and adds fuel like a choke. If thats faulty then it'll over fuel which may or may not lead to black smoke, depending on your cat and the actual car.

If its faulty it tends to just be on enrichment all the time, but you'd know because it would drink fuel.

just put a set of plugs in, seems like its gone a better, ill do leads tomorrow then reset the ecu and see how we go, let u lot know how i get on!

but if its overfueling, how can it have only just sttarted, what part cud have gone?

:s

grrrrrrrrrrr

hate it when cars give ya shit!!!!!!!

idle control valve?? mine sticks like a fcuker!!

gsi gaz u could give it a try

luke no u did the air flow meter didnt u :P

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Originally posted by PaulW
Could it be the ICV sticking a bit??

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right

well i had the throttle position sensore done bout a month ago

cause the car was tickin over at like 2k!


shud i have reset the ecu after that was done?

Could it be the ICV sticking a bit??

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Originally posted by Kerry
sounds likes it overfuelling to me

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sounds likes it overfuelling to me

right havin some shit wiv me gsi

when i boot my car a bit, then drive normally, the car splutters as if its runnin on 3 cylinders

also sometimes when its cold it does it too, even when i dont boot it



any ideas?