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Vp Choking.
Hey guys, just went and started my car up and let it run for about 10 minutes before i attempted to drive off, was fine until i got out onto the road, then it started choking and spluttering and running like a bag of ****.
It had a major service on thursday and the engine bay was degreased. It's been choking a bit in idle since i got it back up until before when it ran like a barge when i pulled out onto the road. Sounded like an idle a V8 has with a stupidly mega lumpy cam in it.
Could this have anything to do with my car running like a bucket of ****?
Originally Posted by wikky
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could be fuel related, sounds like what my car does sometimes. Don't quote me on that though
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That's what my neighbour reckons too. He was like "sounds like a fuel blockage there mate".
Just started her up again, now it's idling like ****. When you give it a bit of a rev, it sounds like it's about to backfire.
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I'm thinking it may be the fuel pump now. It's still an original pump. Or possibly bad fuel. But i fill up from the same servo ALL the time. Never anywhere else. BP Ultimate. But this problem was happening slightly before i filled up yesterday. It's just happening really badly today.
Last edited by Cobez; 26-04-2008 at 12:07 PM.
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Should be, it was running fine from Thursday afternoon until this morning. I was thinking the leads, but if the leads weren't on right, wouldn't it have been running like crap as soon as i got it back?
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My DFI module doesn't have numbers on it. In what order do the numbers go from the left side of the pack to the right, if you are looking at it from the front of the car.....? I have a feeling the leads aren't hooked up right.
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looking from the front the coil pack goes 6,3,4,5,2,1, also check the plug end of the cables secure, i've seen threads where they've come off before.
also one time my lights would often not work on high beam, the cause was just that the fuse contacts were filthy, so check your fuel pump fuses and relays too.
dah dut dut da dah
if they degreased it, their maybe water in the dizzy.
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Sweet as cheers buddy. And firing order: right side 1-3-5, and left side 2-4-6?
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That's what dad mentioned, as i haven't had this problem before, it was idling a little funny when i got it back, then was fine yesterday, now it's running like a cow turd.
dah dut dut da dah
sorry iv'e missread your fist post i assumed it was a 5.0 not a 3.8
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Hahahaha, he must have mentioned something else, he mentioned water somewhere, i was too busy swearing
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anyway see if you can get her hot to boil of any water.Hahahaha, he must have mentioned something else, he mentioned water somewhere, i was too busy swearing
check for tracking around the leed's and the coil pack.
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I drove it until hot yesterday and last night, so i'm guessing that should have taken care of any water....
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passenger side front is 1, middle 3, rear is 5, drivers side front is 2, middle is 4, rear is 6.
dah dut dut da dah
no harm in a second inspection.
under dark look for tracking of the useual suspect's.
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Will do cheers mate.
So the coil pack fireing order is definantly 634 521 left to right side of the pack? I have one of the upgraded round top Bosch ones, not the flat top ones.
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Leads and plugs are all fine. It's running a bit rich too. I'll just have to take it back to my mechanic monday and get him to go over it.
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if it's running rich, could you have fouled plugs?
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165432 is the fireing order.
running rich maybe the vacumme hose to the M.A.P. sensor has a split in it.
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Not sure, they were all changed on thursday during the major service. Good chance one of them is rooted. He can sort it when i take it back. If it's something to do with the degreasing of the engine bay, i'm not paying for it, i didn't ask him to degrease it, he did it himself without telling me, therefore if this is a direct result of that, i'm not paying for it to be corrected.
Different story if i had of asked for him to do it.
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common degreasers can eat through nylon and rubbers. Its possible the degreaser has eaten away at vac lines and sensor wiring
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Dear god i hope not.
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yerp. I remember something about maf pipes on some cars being damaged, and something else too. It might have something to do with quality of the degreaser.
Maybe they just gave you a dodgy plug or lead. Does the VP have a way of checking fault codes?
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