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The aerial...... christ i never thought of that one. Would the roof lining not be wet tho or does It miss it somehow

Ok......cts and thermo replaced with genuine stuff. Car gets up to about 88 / 90 or so quickly and stays there like a rock. As per previous thermo related threads, internal rubber was perished so i guess it was open all the time to a degree. Still no difference in running and despite my...

Right, today was the first time I had a normal drive in the car (school run on country roads and then into traffic on the motorway) So, bearing in mind it was about 1 degree here After the car was warmed, say 20 minutes of driving..........the coolant was showing as being 73 Sitting in...

would the car still go alright with a collapsed/blocked cat though? low down it is pish but when you get up the revs its away

lol..............suppose that is a fairly pragmatic approach Louis :)

Thoughts?

ok ok ok I haven't got to the CTS or thermo yet.............have been moving house but made an observation at the weekend that might have been touched on and not sure if relevant Between the storms, I was taking the littl'un to hockey practice..........was quite still and I had the window...

There is a wee pressure sensor in the PAS line at the front of the engine and from what I recall, it is supposed to raise the idle/revs when it senses loading on the steering pump........perhaps it isn't working? They do leak too so maybe worth an eyeball?

Hey @Mbeau could you pm me a price for one shipped to Belfast please?

Pretty sure that is just generic fin seal cut to size though no? I bought what I am sure is the same stuff and just cut it to fit for £5 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vertical-Fin-Boot-Seal-30mmx-15mm-Rubber-EDGE-TRIM-Door-Bonnet/121638887318?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Thanks Martin, fair point. It does occur to me that this TB did have a *moment* in the past with me pressure washing the engine. It had a hissy fit then but fixed itself. Fair to assume that water may have got in and be causing havoc now perhaps. On that note, anyone have a known good tb for...

I haven't buddy. Do you think the 50-72 value from torque (if correct) is a bit amiss?

Update. Drove the return 120 mile leg this morning and the car didn't miss a beat. Averaged a neat 34.9mpg rolling at motorway speeds. Popped on Torque with the OBD connector to see if i could capture what might be throwing the rear O2 error that keeps cropping up but sods law, it didn't. A...

Hey @Martin_172 that seems like a sensible approach. Ok, quick tidbit. Car has this weekend taken me around 120 miles on a trip to meet the fam without any issue. Returned a tidy 35 mpg although plenty of huge bangs and lots of bogging down so that is likely not accurate. Also, went to start...

No worries bud, I do appreciate the help that you (and others) have offered. Really :) J

FYI. Charles Hurst took 3 days to do the timing first time. It was wrong. They had to do it again, took another 2 days. It was wrong. I gave up. They gave me money back. I (quite madly) a few years later then asked them to investigate for me the poor running. The found nothing but...

That's not really helpful Louis. I am trying to fix this myself............as an enthusiast..........and I am trying to learn. Yes, a certain degree of parts cannon firing did happen based on sure thing fixes (injectors, coil pack, lambda etc)..........none of them worked. Which IMO is quite...

Are. You. Kidding. Me. Louis? I have been to 2 "specialists" in Northern Ireland. Let me tell you something about our specialists................they are turd. So until the DUP get our bridge built across to the mainland then it is going to involve a boat trip.

Right...........still suffering this. In fact, it's really starting to bog down quite a bit lately.....p'raps the colder mornings or whatnot but anyway.................could this car really be over fuelling? Or could it just be under igniting? Do fuel pressure regulators fail on these? Do they...

Ok, so was giving the wee car a clean after using it as a house moving workhorse for a bit and noticed that under the rear ns sead is sodden Had a look around the area and cannot see where it might be coming from so gonna dry it and cover it in talc to see if it helps me trace it. Any general...

Did you have a permanently missing cylinder or was it just in certain situations? See mine idles lumpy as frig (despite having the Henk map with raised idle) and only hesitates in certain driving situations. Flat to the mat it pulls real strong with no missing or ignition breakdown. But, say I...

Cheers bud. Appreciate that. I was hoping to completely rule out coil pack/plugs/injectors and up stream O2 as these were all replaced with brand new and the symptoms didn't change. I can't think of much else that would effect the running in this manner apart from plug leads and perhaps the...

Ach ffs............reserved leads with the code above and went down. Was given a box of Pro-Spark plugs which looked shocking (pun) quality..............add the fact that one of them was an old and used NGK lead (FLOL!) I just refunded them. While it might have helped diagnose the issue, not a...

Your mileage is quite simply filthy............you lucky git :) Managed to use a wee code today to get the leads for 22 quid which is great and well worth a punt. Have been having some crazy smells from the exhaust that just scream cat and the car is popping HUGELY on...

And your car is running happy enough on those buddy?

Its a fair point buddy. Found a Cambiare branded set today for like 20 quid and it might be worth it for a test. Anyone know if that is an ok brand? Never heard of them myself J

Hey bud, plugs, coil, injectors, crank sensor..............lots of stuff. Just not the leads

Bit of a reach I know..................but could plug leads be a contributing factor to this? I can certainly understand how they might break down and cause hesitations and misfires etc, but with regards to my initial issue (push the pedal and revs drop) has anyone else noticed a benefit from...

Never fixed fella. There are 2 things i didn't change and that was throttle body and plug leads so don't know if that is available to you to do. You are a phase 1 thought right with a cable operated tb, turbo? Its a real pig to drive because of this, car idling fine at lights for example and...

FYI, sorted it. Steering was dead on straight, well............the wheel will always be straight at dead ahead unless the tracking was changed as the column only mounts to the rack on one position (with the recess where the bolt it) Looked like the steering angle sensor was a full turn out so...