*******Motors Chat - Round 7*******

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

toastedpickles wrote: »

Gentlemen and ladies, I have a problem, just happened about 15 minutes ago. I was coming onto a motorway, over took a horsebox, and proceeded onto the motorway, about a mile down the road the car begins loosing power, and the permanent engine light starts to flash and comes back on again, so i go to overtake a car and i begin hearing this whooshing noise as this happens the car goes down on power again and starts juddering, so i ease off and it returns to normal, I checked for any vacuum leaks of loose lines and they're all intact, so has anyone else had this problem? what could it be?

turbo itself possibly..... the wooshing makes me think head gasket but thats been checked so probably back to turbo.

toastedpickles

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

turbo itself possibly..... the wooshing makes me think head gasket but thats been checked so probably back to turbo.

Ran a diagnostics on it there, got a P1301 code which is a misfire in cyl 1, still doesnt explain the whooshing though, gona try swap plugs and see if it comes up as 1302

nd

When my car had a misfire it was the ignition coil. It too was juddering due to being unbalanced as one cylinder wasn't firing.

joujoujou

Faulty coil maybe?

Does it have coilpacks?

toastedpickles

nd wrote: »

When my car had a misfire it was the ignition coil. It too was juddering due to being unbalanced as one cylinder wasn't firing.

joujoujou wrote: »

Faulty coil maybe?

Does it have coilpacks?

It has a coilpack yeah, but i replaced that 4 months ago, couldn't have gone bad already

joujoujou

You never know. :P

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

toastedpickles wrote: »

It has a coilpack yeah, but i replaced that 4 months ago, couldn't have gone bad already

still could be a coil pack or spark plugs .... i hope its one of those anyway.

after that it gets bad.

nd

Did you replace the plugs too? I've read the main cause of them(the ignition coil) going is the spark plug gap being too wide.

toastedpickles

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

still could be a coil pack or spark plugs .... i hope its one of those anyway.

after that it gets bad.

If its the coil pack I'll throw in the other one i have :pac: and hope that its not the turbo or something

nd wrote: »

Did you replace the plugs too? I've read the main cause of them going is the spark plug gap being too wide.

Yep changed the plugs, they're due to be changed anyways, so i'll get a set and see if its them

joujoujou

toastedpickles wrote: »

[...] hope that its not the turbo or something

[...]

Fingers crossed.

toastedpickles

joujoujou wrote: »

Fingers crossed.

If it is, they're not that expensive to buy, the garret ones at least, the td04s are around 500 new, garrets are about 170, new oil lines, and so on, clear the sump and strainer, and jobs a good un

joujoujou

...for a while. :pac:

toastedpickles

joujoujou wrote: »

...for a while. :pac:

Heh indeed for a while

If it is the turbo, and i can' i might just swap it out for the td04, finances pending of course :P

Foxhole Norman

Would this weather ever break, the car is absolutely filthy and in dire need of a clean, not a mind I just kerbedl a wheel a bit on the way home today after some aul wan in a Golf almost hit me.

Simonigs1.0

Just sorted my new car this evening, deposit paid and I pick it up next month

Bye bye RCZ, lol.

Noccy_Mondy

Simonigs1.0 wrote:

Just sorted my new car this evening, deposit paid and I pick it up next month 

The purple tt?

Simonigs1.0

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

The purple tt?

No, I'll be giving the RCZ to my girlfriend and I'll have a work vehicle until I collect my new yoke in the UK.

wotzgoingon

Simonigs1.0 wrote: »

No, I'll be giving the RCZ to my girlfriend and I'll have a work vehicle until I collect my new yoke in the UK.

Your keeping very quiet about the type of car it is. :P

You must be getting it at a good price if willing to go to UK for it.

Simonigs1.0

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Your keeping very quiet about the type of car it is. :P

You must be getting it at a good price if willing to go to UK for it.

Well, yeah, there are better deals and generally better cars to be found in the UK. And even with VRT and travel costs I'm saving a lot of money on this going to the UK. Bar my own RCZ, the only other 1.6 THP 200 bhp model in the country belongs to Peugeot Ireland, so with rare cars like it I don't have much of a choice.

I'm buying a Toyota GT86 and giving my girlfriend the RCZ. I looked at everything with her; DS3 cabriolet, MX5, Punto Abarth and there was a problem with all of them. She likes the RCZ and I like the GT86, so its a win-win.

joujoujou

GT86? :eek:

I dreamed about it until I found out what motortax would I pay.

wotzgoingon

joujoujou wrote: »

GT86? :eek:

I dreamed about it until I found out what motortax would I pay.

How much?

Big Nasty

joujoujou wrote: »

GT86? :eek:

I dreamed about it until I found out what motortax would I pay.

Eh, it's a 2L

wotzgoingon

Big Nasty wrote: »

Eh, it's a 2L

Yes but it's a newer car so on emission tax I would assume.

MuppetCheck

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Yes but it's a newer car so on emission tax I would assume.

It's 750 quid, hardly going to break the bank.

Simonigs1.0

MuppetCheck wrote: »

It's 750 quid, hardly going to break the bank.

Thats right, €750 - even on the cc based system its about the same. Plus I pay a similar amount on the RCZ so indeed it won't break the bank.

joujoujou

MuppetCheck wrote: »

It's 750 quid, hardly going to break the bank.

My fault. I checked it once quite a long time ago and it turned up as the highest tax band. I was wrong.

MuppetCheck

Simonigs1.0 wrote: »

Thats right, €750 - even on the cc based system its about the same. Plus I pay a similar amount on the RCZ so indeed it won't break the bank.

Well wear BTW.

Mycroft H

Anyone have a 10mm Square Drive? Or know where to get one? Most motor factors dont have one and I don't want to go spending a fortune buying a kit with them all in it. Reluctant to use a 3/16th head.

coolisin

Thats a pretty cool garage you've got going on there Simonigs1.0

Well wear and best of luck with it!

YbFocus

toastedpickles wrote: »

Gentlemen and ladies, I have a problem, just happened about 15 minutes ago. I was coming onto a motorway, over took a horsebox, and proceeded onto the motorway, about a mile down the road the car begins loosing power, and the permanent engine light starts to flash and comes back on again, so i go to overtake a car and i begin hearing this whooshing noise as this happens the car goes down on power again and starts juddering, so i ease off and it returns to normal, I checked for any vacuum leaks of loose lines and they're all intact, so has anyone else had this problem? what could it be?

A woosh, loss of power and inability to Rev is a common one on the turbo scene
I'd reckon you've blown off a intake hose, jubilee clip moved out of place or gave, pipe split etc.

Big wooshes and coils don't go together.
You'll get a misfire reading as the lack of air needed to burn the fuel will cause one.

I'd be 99% sure on that too