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comin home from alton towers! had to come off motoerway cause m1 was closed. going down A5 past hinkley ( hi matt ! ). off a roundabout and POPPETY BANG!! car makes funny noises. pull off road to see whats going on!
A spark plug has fired out of the engine through the plastic covering and...
my car keeps cutting out. when i put the clutch in and it drops down the revs it every so often (only once or twice when first starting up cold) it carries on past 900rpm and cuts off. and sometimes from cold when i accelerate it holds back at about 2500 revs and judders then goes fine again...
http://www.cliosport16v.net/images/mycar/frontside2.jpg
i used my secret formula which was -
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/sci_mth_education/resources/curriculum/squeeze4
and using this method -
http://www.grooming-a-horse.com/assets/images/imgGAHshampooing.gif
saw loads a bmw Z4s too , they look well nice! 2.5 and 3l in those little things! they must shift!!
aaah the pleasures of living near the import docks
saw street kas too - look odd
http://cliosport16v.net/vids/nick1.AVIhttp://cliosport16v.net/vids/nick1.AVI
http://cliosport16v.net/vids/nick2.AVIhttp://cliosport16v.net/vids/nick2.AVI
two parts video
when u go and get work done to your car, how do they know how it should be? i.e. if ya getting ya tracking/geometry done.. how do they know what it should be for your car?? and is this info on the net anywhere for all to see?
right i wanna ditch the back seats, build up to meet my parcel shelf, put my install where the seats were to get my boot space back, but obviously i dont wasnt it real weighty..
suggestions and advice please..
people keep thinking when im tunin in car parks sharp im screeching my wheels. but im not! think it may be power steering pump or maybe the belt..
what do u think?
and how can i stop it?
dunno what those stupid little merc things are but in true merc driver fashion, he flew up a turn left lane then cut me up diving back into the straight on lane.. no point as there was a dual carriage way about 200 yrds ahead and a set of lights.
so i pull up next to him at the lights mouthing...
hiya. i think my heater matrix is knackered as i only get warm air coming out.. but i find if my expansion bottle is in between full and minimum rather than up full, it does seem to get hotter..
any ideas?
or is it just my matrix?