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FincH
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Joined: 05 Jan 2005
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Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:23 pm |
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For some reason my car pulls nicely to 5.2kRpm and then you feel a slight dip in power. This deep seems to carry on right upto the redline.
Thing is, it doesn't always seem to do, or I don't always notice.
Any ideas? I'm not losing water, and oil seems clear from mayo, however, I do have a small oil leak which appears to be HG  Have changed: HT leads, Spark plugs, dizzy car, rotor arm and battery and oil every 4k miles. Weird thing is that she'll happily pull to 100 and on to 115 (where I back off) so hardly down on power and eats my friends 150Bhp Mk2 Golf GTi so I dunno wtf is up :/
Also, some muppet has fiddled with the idle screw on my TB. Is this hard to reset? Easier to get a replacement form scrap yard? or screw it all the way down?
Cheers guys. |
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:33 pm |
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which screw? if its the one on top of th etb in the tube screw it right in.
as for the power loss could be anything. |
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FincH
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Sun Aug 13, 2006 5:41 am |
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Ok Chris.
Any things I could try.
I'm thinking it could perhaps be my fuel pump as when it primes it sometimes makes a dodgy noise :/
Any 'common problems' that could cause it?
Cheers. |
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Clio 16valver
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Joined: 03 Jun 2006
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Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:43 am |
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Get it on a rolling road, that'll tell you if everything is running ok |
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JB
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Sun Aug 13, 2006 12:09 pm |
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Not exactly a cheap option. |
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Chris H
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Sun Aug 13, 2006 12:39 pm |
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fuel pump can be a deffo cause.
Does it sound strained?
The gauze sock on the pumps inlet can clog up and cause the pump to die if not caught quick enough. |
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FincH
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Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:35 pm |
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It doesn't exactly sound strianed, just when it primes, sometimes it;s normal (just like the buzz noise) but then other times even after the buzz noise has finished it makes like gurgly sloshing sound.
Like a weird crunchy sloshy sound. Weird :/
It's almost on 111k now that pump, as is most other things lol. |
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Chris H
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Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:39 pm |
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get it checked on a scope if you want to know for sure but it won't be cheap. |
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Jorge
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Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:06 pm |
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Don't know much of mechanics, but it looks like it could either the fuel filter clogged or air ingress in the fuel line???
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