Hi Guy's,
I've had a few problems with my 182 many of which have been solved by reading the forums but I just want to run the scenario I'm facing with veterans like yourselves and get a second opinion.
Standard 182 FF regularly serviced, showed an EML which the OBDII reader identified as 'generic multi cylinder misfire' on a single occasion, erased the code, not a peep for months, As we hit winter the EML returned and disappeared less than 2 mins later with no actual noticeable misfire on each occasion.
Had to do an early start back in January, it was freezing cold, in hindsight, probably made a fatal error by filling up at Tesco's and on the return journey the Car developed a very noticeable misfire and was very angry at low gears / speed.
The next day my Mechanic and I stripped out the plugs found that one of the 6 month old NGK's looked wrecked, all the others were clean, I already had leads and ignition coil pack, so we swapped them all out cleaned the plug put her all back together, no change, EML for the misfire came on straight away. Looked at the fuel injectors, one was new the other 3 looked rusty and as we removed one of the rusty one's it fell apart in our hands, looks like we found the culprit, no half measures replaced all 4 the next day, new ngk plug for good measure and also replaced the vvt solenoid seal as it was weeping ( thanks to the guys on here for the guides).
Car was reluctant to fire over, put this down to having had the fuel rail off, but once she was running the engine sounded like a whole new animal, no hunting on idle, just silently running with no warning lights in sight, thought we'd cracked it however....
She's reluctant to fire over on every first start
Stall's occasionally when pulling away on an incline
Can't feel the VVT kicking in, she runs smooth as a nut, but the engine feels like it's undergone a castration.
With spring around the corner I really want to start enjoying using the car again, I already get enough stick for the car always being in pieces lol, any thoughts on what the underlying problem could be (don't say it's French
)
Dodgey batch of fuel / knackered fule pump?
Cranckshaft / TDC sensor ?
Witchcraft?
Any Help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated
TIA
Creedy
I've had a few problems with my 182 many of which have been solved by reading the forums but I just want to run the scenario I'm facing with veterans like yourselves and get a second opinion.
Standard 182 FF regularly serviced, showed an EML which the OBDII reader identified as 'generic multi cylinder misfire' on a single occasion, erased the code, not a peep for months, As we hit winter the EML returned and disappeared less than 2 mins later with no actual noticeable misfire on each occasion.
Had to do an early start back in January, it was freezing cold, in hindsight, probably made a fatal error by filling up at Tesco's and on the return journey the Car developed a very noticeable misfire and was very angry at low gears / speed.
The next day my Mechanic and I stripped out the plugs found that one of the 6 month old NGK's looked wrecked, all the others were clean, I already had leads and ignition coil pack, so we swapped them all out cleaned the plug put her all back together, no change, EML for the misfire came on straight away. Looked at the fuel injectors, one was new the other 3 looked rusty and as we removed one of the rusty one's it fell apart in our hands, looks like we found the culprit, no half measures replaced all 4 the next day, new ngk plug for good measure and also replaced the vvt solenoid seal as it was weeping ( thanks to the guys on here for the guides).
Car was reluctant to fire over, put this down to having had the fuel rail off, but once she was running the engine sounded like a whole new animal, no hunting on idle, just silently running with no warning lights in sight, thought we'd cracked it however....
She's reluctant to fire over on every first start
Stall's occasionally when pulling away on an incline
Can't feel the VVT kicking in, she runs smooth as a nut, but the engine feels like it's undergone a castration.
With spring around the corner I really want to start enjoying using the car again, I already get enough stick for the car always being in pieces lol, any thoughts on what the underlying problem could be (don't say it's French
)Dodgey batch of fuel / knackered fule pump?
Cranckshaft / TDC sensor ?
Witchcraft?
Any Help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated
TIA
Creedy
