running rough after new dephaser

[lee_car]

had my depasher done as a warrenty repair from a garage I bought the car from, he has garage that carries out his repairs horwich tuning centre, so couldn't choose where I had it done.

spoke to the garage before I took it up to make sure they knew what they were doing, they have done quite a few he said and had all correct locking tools, he showed me them before he did the work,

picked the car up seemed ok went to a carpark nearby and it was jerking at slow speed and really lumpy idling, took it back to them he hooked it up to the computer no faults, he then set the timing tools up again and rechecked all is fine, he said hes never missed timed one yet, but its still the same.

he said the ecu may have remember the values from when the dephaser was knackered,as he said its been going awhile, he said to disconnect it over night see if it resets but this hasn't helped, he said give it a week see if it clears up, its been 4 days but no improvement

any ideas what else it could be?

cheers lee

 

[Beef-Mc]

Did they replace the cameblt and pulleys or just the dephaser?

 

[lee_car]

yeah replaced them aswell said he wouldn't do it anyother way as they had covered 40k from the stamps in the book

 

[Chip-mk1]

Almost certainly cam timing wrong I would say for it be behaving like that just after swapping the dephasor/belts

 

[lee_car]

that's what I said to him so he rechecked it a second time, hes adamant its not, other than the rough running it is running better, got 50mpg on the same run on motorwat with knackered dephaser was only getting 30mpg

 

[Bluebeard]

Sounds daft, but make sure the plug leads are on the plugs and the coil pack properly. The whole lot would have been removed so it's a possibility.

 

[Adam G]

Do you know how long it took him to check the timing?

 

[lee_car]

will check leads etc,

yeah was there for hours mate, had my 2 little uns with me so felt like days lol, he took me in to show me the tools set up on the engine again


cheers

 

[bloke]

logically it can only be either plug leads wrong way or mistimed, have seen a couple that haven't had the crank locked properly.

 

[lee_car]

disconnected battery again, checked plugs all ok, also took the throttle body off and gave it a clean, still the same no improvement, should the butterfly be slightly open when not in use? or closed flush? as mine seems to be open by a mil or 2

cheers lee

 

[lee_car]

throttle body looks fine afer ive looked threw pics of others

 

[Dan@SJM]

We're the tools silver or black? If they're silver they could've bent.

 

[bloke]

my money is still on static timing. did you notice if he used a screw in or push in for locking the crank?

 

[lee_car]

think it the timing myself but not sure what my options are now with them adamant the timings right, and the car being fixed by the garage I bought it from, ive only had it 3 weeks and with them supposed to be paying to fix it,

cheers lee

 

[bloke]

i'd say your'e just going to have to bite the bullet and get it checked by someone else. am sure you'll find someone closer but as i'm a nice chap if you want to run it over to me i'll check it for you as long as you get me a bacon butty

 

[m4tt274]

timed wrong by the sounds of it.

 

[Chi]

i'd say your'e just going to have to bite the bullet and get it checked by someone else. am sure you'll find someone closer but as i'm a nice chap if you want to run it over to me i'll check it for you as long as you get me a bacon butty

Top bloke! !!

 

[lee_car]

i'd say your'e just going to have to bite the bullet and get it checked by someone else. am sure you'll find someone closer but as i'm a nice chap if you want to run it over to me i'll check it for you as long as you get me a bacon butty

thanks for the offer mate, that would be great

when would be best?

cheers lee

 

[lee_car]

spoke to the garage he said it did flag up something about throttle control *he cant remember exactly off the top of his head* but he was saying its prob the throttle body and he was going to see about replacing it, if the problem hadn't gone by today, could this be a possibility?

cheers lee

 

[hipwell]

i doubt the throttle body would cause it to run rough tbh mate.

 

[bloke]

thanks for the offer mate, that would be great

when would be best?

cheers lee

Drop me your number and I'll give you a bell and sort something out.

 

[Mike Lane]

Drop me your number and I'll give you a bell and sort something out.

Hi bloke. Did you have a look at this on the car?

I had the same problem and took it to RS tuning and they said that the timing was off?