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@Davyy unless your in a hurry I got an injector 3weeks ago off the ebay for £29.99 posted. Genuine or magnetti marelli one too. Ecp are expensive and gsf is only worth it with a discount code on the weekend, they work out about £35 ish. Get a strap tool for the filter. I wouldn't go at it with a...

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Anything..! There's an offer that cant be refused :D

As mentioned by @STEVE.M check out the other thread. There's a few handy pointers for injector removal/coilpack testing that'll cist you nothing but an hour of your time.

At speed it wasn't too noticeable but it felt as if something was a miss. Having owned for over 2 years I know it well so knew it wasn't quite right. It would feel like it was gonna stall at stops and just felt a tiny bit hesitant when accelerating and more Smokey on start up and idle.

sounds like mine did tbh. A bit rough and lumpy, more than usual and the slightest little popping sound at the exhaust. Is it quite Smokey on tick over, alot of cloud coming out the exhaust as that's what mine was like.

you'll need yo whip the rail off to check. Get a piece of cardboard inbetween them and the engine crank it over and you'll have a pattern to look at. If its really obvious you'll see it but tbh it doesn't tell you much. The only of knowing is to swap em out or you get a fault code. When my...

patio slab or wood under each wheel, the jack and axle stand. Put a spare wheel under the car too as a back up

remove the fuel guard rail at the front, 2x10mm nuts. Go steady as the studs can shear off. Wiggle it off and now you have access to the injector rail. Unplug each one. Disconnect the fuel line, on your left as you look at it. Its a squeeze and pull jobby. Do it wrapped in some rag as you'll get...

injectors is my guess. One or more is on its way out.

It's all sorted now:up:

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I had a front imbalance 2 mots ago. Just popped the pads out cleaned the caliper and seals. Popped the piston out to the point where it was nearly all the way out and just kept pumping the piston in and out. Took it for a drive and slammed the anchors on repeatedly and got them hot. Retested the...

nope, they're both the same. I did it with mine. I think its either 22 or 24 mm spanner needed. Sounds like its running rich if it petroly smelling, lots of inburnt fuel. Does it pop and bang when driving? Got a be either coilpack, ht's or lambda to run rich surely. Have you replaced anything yet??

plugs were too new for it to have been them.

that looks like a MAP sensor if I'm looking at the right bit. The exposed wires shouldn't be causing any issues unless there's a break in the wire somewhere. If the sensor is faulty it might cause some idling issues.

yeah I used it this morning. Gave it a quick clean as it'll only end up brown again by midweek... It will be detailed properly but tbh it won't be until we get a decent dry spell.

Just to say thanks to @Djw John @Brian @Sunglasses_Ron for the goodie box I received on Thursday. Sorry its taken a few days to post but been super busy. Thanks to all the members too for commenting and liking. :D

check out gsf. Try this weekends code 'jan48'. If not then I got one posted for £29.99 off ebay. Genuine magnetti marelli one too. I think the GSF ones work out about £35 ish with the code if it works.

pretty sure its accessible from under the car, near the rear axle.

you can new magnetti marelli injectors off the ebay for £29.99 new posted by the way. Cheapest by alot, genuine oe replacements:smiley:

Sounds like mine was before Xmas. I had one injector fail which gave me an obvious misfire. I unplugged the ht one at a time from the coilpack with it running to see if the engine sound changed. All 4 were firing but when I unplugged number 3 the engine note didn't change so I knew it was more...

if you remove one ht at time and one isn't sparking/arching then that may be your problem. Had a coilpack go on me with similar symptoms, lost all power to cylinder 3. They are prone to failing when they get old. If they're all sparking then it could be either the ht lead, plug or injector...

err, cheated how?? Its my commute and i have 3 different ways into work, I just chose the wrong one one day. The 'shortcut' is a new road with no drainage to speak of yet:D

its annoyingly easy where I work. Industrial estate with 2 major excavations going on for months now. Slight drizzle and everyone's cars go brown from either the road in or out and the shortcut I had as traffic bypass had the offending puddle on it. My mates mini went exactly the same way mine...

to be fair I've chucked at least 2k into mine and its my daily, let alone going near a track!! Ongoing maintenance and some mods. Its like a drug addiction only more expensive!!

molegrips and twist. Hoover bits of ground plastic up. I fitted a richbrook aluminum one as I don't like the standard knob.

answers own question in diagnosis :D!!

erratic revs/idle could be a number of things. Vac leak, failing injector(s), map sensor, coolant temp sensor, lambda sensor(precat usually) to name the more obvious ones on here. The throttle body could be clean visually but still faulty... have you had any warning lights. Do you have a basic...

you'll be surprised at the difference that dog bone mod makes. Great little project btw:D