Haydo
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- Black Betty - Supercharged VX Berlina
G'day All,
Apologies for starting a new thread on a well covered topic but I've done quite a bit of thread diggin' & had no joy as yet...
wanna see this one through to :spot on:
Got my ride serviced about a month ago, she was a little overdue & I haven't had time to start doin' it myself yet but after recent shenanigans I will be.
About two weeks ago, day or two after a trip to Melbourne (got some Vortex98 from Caltex on the way, normally just use premium) & back to Geelong Betty suddenly developed a pretty bad misfire. Only seems to happen at < 2000RPM, maybe a little power loss but she still gets up & boogies ;-)
/Rant
Took her to the local mechanic... waited a whole bloody week to be told the problem wasn't fixed & I'd be looking at min $1500 to fix a mechanical fault on cylinder 1 - suspect valve spring. :upyours:
I'm a professional computer geek, not a grease monkey but sure as hell keen to learn & I'd rather spend $$$ on tools & $h!t rather than handing over hard earned coin to some knob jockey.
/End Rant
Anyway, work done so far:
Mechanic
- #6 ignition lead found to be melted & earthing out to manifold. Replaced leads & plugs. Slight improvement.
- Compression test OK
- VACC test OK
- Scan tool used to monitor injectors, number 1 found faulty. Replaced injectors, Slight improvement. Replaced old injectors.
Me
- Cleaned MAF & tested.
- Cleaned IAT
- Cleaned Throttlebody.
- Inspected TPS. Seems OK but can't really be certian cos I'm a noob.
- Cleaned IAC. How easliy & how far should this move? It was pretty stiff & caked with crap, spent a bit of time on it.
- Checked fault codes: None, well I get a 12 (1 flash, 2 flashes) NFF.
Mechanic reckons they checked the coils, had to order one apparently but it's not on the job report & doesn't look like the coil packs have been disturbed so I'll have to check 'em myself I guess. While I grab the multimeter, has anyone got some suggestions to hook a brother up?
Cheers Fellas.
Apologies for starting a new thread on a well covered topic but I've done quite a bit of thread diggin' & had no joy as yet...
wanna see this one through to :spot on:
Got my ride serviced about a month ago, she was a little overdue & I haven't had time to start doin' it myself yet but after recent shenanigans I will be.
About two weeks ago, day or two after a trip to Melbourne (got some Vortex98 from Caltex on the way, normally just use premium) & back to Geelong Betty suddenly developed a pretty bad misfire. Only seems to happen at < 2000RPM, maybe a little power loss but she still gets up & boogies ;-)
/Rant
Took her to the local mechanic... waited a whole bloody week to be told the problem wasn't fixed & I'd be looking at min $1500 to fix a mechanical fault on cylinder 1 - suspect valve spring. :upyours:
I'm a professional computer geek, not a grease monkey but sure as hell keen to learn & I'd rather spend $$$ on tools & $h!t rather than handing over hard earned coin to some knob jockey.
/End Rant
Anyway, work done so far:
Mechanic
- #6 ignition lead found to be melted & earthing out to manifold. Replaced leads & plugs. Slight improvement.
- Compression test OK
- VACC test OK
- Scan tool used to monitor injectors, number 1 found faulty. Replaced injectors, Slight improvement. Replaced old injectors.
Me
- Cleaned MAF & tested.
- Cleaned IAT
- Cleaned Throttlebody.
- Inspected TPS. Seems OK but can't really be certian cos I'm a noob.
- Cleaned IAC. How easliy & how far should this move? It was pretty stiff & caked with crap, spent a bit of time on it.
- Checked fault codes: None, well I get a 12 (1 flash, 2 flashes) NFF.
Mechanic reckons they checked the coils, had to order one apparently but it's not on the job report & doesn't look like the coil packs have been disturbed so I'll have to check 'em myself I guess. While I grab the multimeter, has anyone got some suggestions to hook a brother up?
Cheers Fellas.