Hi all,
Hope someone can help me as I need my car ASAP. I have owned the car for about 3 months and it has never been a problem, recently it has felt a little slugish but today it started throwing a fit. Got in the car this morning to go to a meeting, started it up and let it warm up as I sorted out the tomtom. It just stopped? So I started it again and it struggled to start but when it bid it stalled again but sounded very rough.
I cancelled the meeting and drove the car 5 miles to a friends garage. On the way it was a nightmare! It kept cutting out for a split second like there was no fuel then back fire but the engine didn't stop and then started again. It did this lots on the way in and at the round about stalled completely and was a little hard to start again.
When I got it to the garage it stalled again and I coasters into the garage. When I explained what had happened he asked me to start it up and with a couple of cranks it ran fine and never missed a beat
As I am fairly handy with cars he said to drive it back and check the following...
Split intake pipe - there was a little slit in it so taped it up for now.
Damp ecu - I have had the ecu out and it is dry with no signs of damp anywhere near it.
Spark plugs - they look clean, fine and are Denso's so have been changed recently.
Is there anything else I can check or does anyone know what the problem might be before I take it back to him? I have a meeting on Monday and fly to Monaco for a show on Wednesday and need the cars for both events
Hope someone can help me as I need my car ASAP. I have owned the car for about 3 months and it has never been a problem, recently it has felt a little slugish but today it started throwing a fit. Got in the car this morning to go to a meeting, started it up and let it warm up as I sorted out the tomtom. It just stopped? So I started it again and it struggled to start but when it bid it stalled again but sounded very rough.
I cancelled the meeting and drove the car 5 miles to a friends garage. On the way it was a nightmare! It kept cutting out for a split second like there was no fuel then back fire but the engine didn't stop and then started again. It did this lots on the way in and at the round about stalled completely and was a little hard to start again.
When I got it to the garage it stalled again and I coasters into the garage. When I explained what had happened he asked me to start it up and with a couple of cranks it ran fine and never missed a beat
As I am fairly handy with cars he said to drive it back and check the following...
Split intake pipe - there was a little slit in it so taped it up for now.
Damp ecu - I have had the ecu out and it is dry with no signs of damp anywhere near it.
Spark plugs - they look clean, fine and are Denso's so have been changed recently.
Is there anything else I can check or does anyone know what the problem might be before I take it back to him? I have a meeting on Monday and fly to Monaco for a show on Wednesday and need the cars for both events