Hollidog
ClioSport Club Member
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Hey kids, about a month ago I had the 182 down at K-tec to get a data-logger installed on the GEN90, while it was down there I asked them to check for the causes of some symptoms outlined below. In the end they replaced the lambda sensor and the car ran fine once again. Then after a couple of weeks and a trackday at Brands, they have returned.
Symptoms:
Car very reluctant to start when cold, need a good boot of throttle (nearly 50%) to get it to splutter to life.
Once started it needs constant 5% throttle to keep running otherwise it will die from idle.
Misfire/rough running from idle to about 3k rpm.
Quite a bit of smoke from the exhaust.
Once it's up to temperature it all these issues clear and it runs mint - which makes me think its not coils/injectors/leads/plugs etc.
So what do you guys think? Has the brand new lamda sensor that's less than a month old failed already, possibly caused by the high temps experienced on the trackday? Something else causing the above?
Worth noting that the car is on Jenveys (so no e-throttle) with the above mentioned GEN90. The guys checked over the map and it all looked ok to them.
Symptoms:
Car very reluctant to start when cold, need a good boot of throttle (nearly 50%) to get it to splutter to life.
Once started it needs constant 5% throttle to keep running otherwise it will die from idle.
Misfire/rough running from idle to about 3k rpm.
Quite a bit of smoke from the exhaust.
Once it's up to temperature it all these issues clear and it runs mint - which makes me think its not coils/injectors/leads/plugs etc.
So what do you guys think? Has the brand new lamda sensor that's less than a month old failed already, possibly caused by the high temps experienced on the trackday? Something else causing the above?
Worth noting that the car is on Jenveys (so no e-throttle) with the above mentioned GEN90. The guys checked over the map and it all looked ok to them.
