172, Tiguan
The car got its first run out for a year yesterday and the first time since the rebuild. 20 mile drive to the garage where the cage was installed and it ran fine. I obvious didn't thrash it but all felt good. Bit of a chin wag and 2 hrs later we drove the 5 miles to the mot place. Noticed on the way the car started idling rough and then stalled at a junction. We got to the garage and it stank off bad eggs. The engine management light also appeared.
Back at the first garage we plugged it in and it said lambda. Not having as spare we swapped front to back (y plate ph1).Car ran better but not perfectly, idle was lumpy.
Not much more we could do so did other jobs and at the end of the day I set off. My phone went off at the exit of the garage so I answered and the car idles for 5 mins. Engine management light comes on. Turned round, plugged it in and it says destructive misfire 200.
Inlet came off and we noticed lead 2 was loose. Also all plugs were brand new but this one was black and oiled. We put that plug in another cylinder connected it back up and I set off, thinking I'd have no hope of getting to my destination 320 miles away. It was better but still idling lumpily.
5 hrs later, 320 miles past and a tank of fuel it made it. No lights on dash either. Noticed two things though. It ran below half on temp guage and it only did 35mpg. On a similar run my last 172 did over 40.
So it still has the faulty lambda in position 2 but should I be checking anything else? It still idles slightly oddly, hunting a bit.
First trackday sat by the way.
Apologies if that read badly, all typed on phone.
Back at the first garage we plugged it in and it said lambda. Not having as spare we swapped front to back (y plate ph1).Car ran better but not perfectly, idle was lumpy.
Not much more we could do so did other jobs and at the end of the day I set off. My phone went off at the exit of the garage so I answered and the car idles for 5 mins. Engine management light comes on. Turned round, plugged it in and it says destructive misfire 200.
Inlet came off and we noticed lead 2 was loose. Also all plugs were brand new but this one was black and oiled. We put that plug in another cylinder connected it back up and I set off, thinking I'd have no hope of getting to my destination 320 miles away. It was better but still idling lumpily.
5 hrs later, 320 miles past and a tank of fuel it made it. No lights on dash either. Noticed two things though. It ran below half on temp guage and it only did 35mpg. On a similar run my last 172 did over 40.
So it still has the faulty lambda in position 2 but should I be checking anything else? It still idles slightly oddly, hunting a bit.
First trackday sat by the way.
Apologies if that read badly, all typed on phone.
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