riko666

Ok, an update: So as I said, I wd40'd the spark plug tubes, wire brushed the spark plugs, wd40'd the spark plug wires, cleaned the fuel injectors....And still the same shit. I touched the screwdriver on the injectors, and it was hard to tell as the rough idle shook the engine loads, but I believe all of them are clicking, so no injector is stuck open... So where to now? I'll check the fuel filter & pump tomorrow but what am I looking for? And after that what are my other possibilities? I want to change the oil (keep the filter) too for safe-keeping. I think it could be what was stated about the sensors, would make sense - or a cold start sensor that's not turning off? But regardless, it runs SOOO rich...it's driving me mad. Not a single moment's rest with this thing...really getting me annoyed....

hi, I'm a pineapple

how dare you call Katsuhiro Ueo a "mad bastard"

Diagnostic port doesn't seem to work One of the first things I tried

ugh, well, anyway, when the WD40 dries out i'll try firing up the car and see what's changed...if nothing, would someone in the area be kind enough to come up and help me with this? I'm getting so sick & tired of the car now...

yeah I'll change the oil once the car is working, haven't changed in a good few 1000mi...and ECU has been reset countless times

aaaargh, any chance of getting it out asap? I will give you....£2.07! Should be fine in an envelope!

ok, what I can confirm is that the spark plug tubes smell of "damp" and most of them are quite rusty...moisture seeping causing a bad spark? Anyway, I wire brushed each spark plug, and after putting them back in, put some WD40 in them and onto the ends of the Spark Plug Wires. I also removed the injectors, Doused them in Carb' Cleaner and cleaned the surrounding area on the intake manifold. I may check the distributor cap after the WD40 has dried from the Spark Plug tubes..but otherwise, I've just got fuel filter left to check By the way, does anyone have a spare Fuel Injector O-Ring they can send a.s.a.p? I've misplaced one

used injector cleaner, some new petrol, cleaned the Idle Control Valve with Carb' Cleaner... I'll go check the plugs/wires/distributor cap now, as well as clean the Injectors...I just don't understand why after 2 months of non-driving it acts like this? My other engines have never done it...

anyone?

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Some of you may have seen this thread on TGTT, but anyway, get help where I can...basically, after not having driven the car in close 2 months the car is running like ass. On start up it is lumpy as...well...a "Cammed" V8, literally shaking the car, and belching out lots of black, rich of petrol smoke. When warm, the idle is even lower (around 500rpm as opposed to 800rpm when cold) and usually stalls... Now I know it could be the petrol having deteriorated in the time, but I've put in a bottle of Fuel System Cleaner and a Quarter tank of new petrol (was nearly empty before), and no difference. Have also cleaned the Idle Control Valve, no real change. I have been advised to clean my injectors which I will do soonish but apart from that what could it be? What strikes me is how the runnign condition can go so bad, when previously with the 5efe and 5efhe I had no such issues? True, if it's the fuel injectors I figured the particulates in the petrol that typically would just flow around the injectors, would have settled down on switching off the car, completely clogging the injectors, but it's peculiar. I do not believe it'll be the Ignition system as it's all "newish", the battery is crap really, but it isn't flat, and I have no ECU light on so doubt it's a question of Faulty sensors either. Any and all help is much appreciated, thanks

big woop? You are strange and easily amused...

to the left of the turbo...the thing that gets in the way when you change your oil filter

He sold it to me Si, sorry

Finally a person with the right priorities - just a disclaimer on the Polycarbonate windows, they're are listed as "Race use" for a reason, being that their heat expansion rate is vastly different to that of glass, and it will actually expand to the point of leaving huge gaps between panels when the weather is hot. Granted, it's not so much of an issue here in the UK, but if you consider the difference in temperature from January to June/July, you can envision some problems cropping up. Now, you having a GT will be denied from the Fiberglass Doors/wings/hatch and Polycarbonate windows that Cruise makes. If you haven't removed them already, A/C and Powersteering (remove the pump and lines, block off the holes), convert your electric windows & mirrors to manual, drill holes in both bumper crash structures, remove door bars, remove all interior trim, remove passenger airbag & airbag ecu, remove center console. Ultimately, if you have lots of money, the best weight to lose is unsprung weight, so try get alloy control arms and suspension components made up, multi-piece brake discs with alloy mounting hats and monobloc alloy calipers, get a lighter racing battery and if you're loaded you can get a carbon fibre roof made up (though note that it will decrease structural rigidity of the car as you can only bond & rivet it to the car's structure), lightweight seats, remove redundant engine accessories like the evaporative charcoal canister etc... That's just off the top of my head

it made sense to me, hush

stop tempting me with all this filth!

Updated pictures of Me - now with added Chin-Bum fluff: I'm the one in the middle, I think And me modelling a fashionable girl's top And no, I didn't put a picture of me with 2 girls to show I'm a "pimp" or "playa"...I'm not like that....it's just one of the very few pictures of me smiling

Mikey's hot....or should I say Mandy

wasn't an issue for me considering I have no bonnet scoop....hmm....meh, it can be removed anyway

heat reflective fiberglass tape - reason should be obvious

Selling cause I ideally need a FMIC, you know, with running with no bonnet scoop and so on...

Nah, not put it on eBay. I'll want what I paid, £60 delivered...it DID have a Samco elbow with it but I stupidly threw it in the bin a while back by mistake

I have an RX7 tmic for sale if needed