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misfire,roughidle etc
a number of things have been going wrong with the vk recently
such as misfireing, rough idle, and their is now a bad exhaust knock,
now i brought it off a old bloke and when i drove it home it was fine and
after its road worthy and rego it was fine
and only about now its started happening
so i brought new plugs, oil, oil filter and a engine flush
do you think that will fix the misfire and idle..
or what would fix them do you think?
and also how do i fix exhaut knocking?
would i have to get a whole new exhaust or what?
Originally Posted by BIGbrown1
Might just need some new rubber mounting things
Where is your exhaust knocking??
My old vr had a larger exhaust and was knocking on fuel tank
Just a slight tap with the hammer fixed it
by the looks of it you've dropped the thing on it's guts - so make sure the panhard rod isn't hitting on the exhaust.
The adjustable panhard rods usually have a larger kink in the l/h/s of the rod to give the exhaust more clearance
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no no thats just a photo chop its normal hight atm
its not hitting on the feul tank i think it may be on the resi...
any ideas with mis firing and rough idle?
i wanna drop a v6 in it because thie so much better,
but its so much effort and i would need a engineers certificate wouldnt i??
captain halfajob
yeh and you wouldnt be able to drive it on your p's...
im with darren. most common place for these things to knock is on the panhard, the next bit is the loop over the diff. a rubber mallet will sort it out.
as far as the misfire/rough idle goes, well you have the parts, i dont see why you wouldnt just fit them. in the time it took you to post this thread you couldve had them in
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what do u mean i couldnt drive it on my ps?
no im just asking if they could fix it or if it would be more serious
miss fire and rough idle are almost always an easy fix its a process of elimination. fuel and spark. change fuel filter and pull/clean down carby. inspect ignition system, plugs(fouled or old and burnt) check inside of dizzy cap check for excess build up of white scale and if present clean contact points with fine sand paper very lightly.
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its efi
i have brought feul filter oil oil filter plugs and leads so ill do all that and see if it fix's that
i was going to get a dizzy cap too but i will just clean out,
ill get around to this on the weekend
school camp from wednsday to friday ahahaha :|
its possible your injectors are dirty, any performance mechanic or tuning shop can clean them out for you.
re: rough idle.
throw a spanner over the intake manifold bolts. They have a nasty habit of working themselves loose, causing a vacuum leak which can cause a rough, unstable idle
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you said that to me once before and its been in the back of my mind but i never like... did it.. :P
lol.. ill just get a rachet and make sure their ****ing tight
like pull your finger outta your arse & do ityou said that to me once before and its been in the back of my mind but i never like... did it.. :P
lol.. ill just get a rachet and make sure their ****ing tight
and you'll probably need a ring spanner, won't get a ratchet in there
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ahh trueee. ill use my rachet ring spanner thiingos
cheer mate
its efi
i have brought feul filter oil oil filter plugs and leads so ill do all that and see if it fix's that
i was going to get a dizzy cap too but i will just clean out,
ill get around to this on the weekend
school camp from wednsday to friday ahahaha :|
Hey jonno, can I recommend you buy a new quality cap , rotor button, as PC said , you can clean them but if the cotact points are to far worn it's pretty much a waste of time & all it takes is a"hairline" crack in the cap and it's RS - common problem after a service from my experience with some mechanics as they can be rough in putting them back on.
I replaced my cap yesterday alongwith a new set of high comp leads, cleaned out the EGR valve and it's manifold mount (both full of crap) and the thing is a totally differant car.
Good luck with it
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what would you classify as good quality? as in what brands and where would i purchase these
Mate, I just used Bosch supers with matching cap. The cheapest option I can think of is to take to your Repco store, ask for the most experienced person to come out & have a look at, see what they say, they know there stuff a whole lot more than Supercheap.
Good luck with it mate
Wagonman
too right repco hires ex mechanics not kids lookin for a bludge of a job
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sweett...
WELL... i just changed plugs and leads and i THINK i got the firing order right :S
i was stressing out last night that i didnt :S but im pretty sure it is..
there is no more misfire and the idle speed is a shitload better..
tomrrow i will change my fuel filter, oil filter and oil and flush the engine out..
its running so much better though
thanks for the help everyone
it had verry verry old chapions in it. they are like all black and decusting
and the leads were the high preformance leads but they had all lost their color!
insteard of blue they were like off grey and blue lol..
i know i should have done them all at the same time (oil and everything) but im too impatiant.. (shit spelling)
Gr8 news jonno,
Just to let you know, repco are having a big sale on this weekend & I recomend putting penrite oil in it, as for coolant, in my experience go with Nulon long life concentrate, I gaurantee it will not over heat, as the guy's said, dont forget to have your heater dail set to max when draining the old stuff that'll keep your heater box / heater core spick & span.
Cheers
Wagonman
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yer ive been to repco twice today and im about to go a 3rd time :P
You after a job there after 3 visits ? Just having a gag with you mate, gotta have a laugh after the brain strain you went through.
Cheers
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haha truee ;P
and i wish i had a job there! i rekkon its be sick
well im in a great mood now
just dumped the whole.... 3literes of fully black oil taht was in there (including engine flush)
and put 5 literes of new oilplus oil filter in.. and to say it loves it is a understatement
it is going great it feels stong again
it idles smooth
its just great. tomrrow i will do fuel finter (appently theres abit of nolage involved in changing it)
and then i wouldnt mind getting a tuneup from one of the goodblokes on here
and get my exhaust..
AND DID I MENTION MY WINDOWS ARE TINTED 2XDARKER THAN LEGAL?
IT LOOKS SOOOOOOOOO TOUGH
but it doesnt look like a car cops would go after cos of its poo color
but the color and the tint match so great
ahh ily life
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