Plz Help! Summit Has Gone Wrong With Glanza.

[chriswoodfto]

hey, just set off home and somit is up with the glanza,

it felt very sluggish, on tick over *(stood still) its very lumpy, boobing between 500-1k revs.

it feels like driving through glue, the cars holding back when your pressing accelerator, little like driving with the brakes on, theres just no power when boost kicks in.

i put my foot into the carpet to check what its boosting to, the most it made was 0.63bar.

when i parked up and reved it the exhaust made a low quiet poping noise when the revs settled,

theres no engine management light on so i have no idea? is it the turbo, or a missifre = naff plugs? plzzzz help!!!!! dont want my baby sick.

[bucketep91]

hey, just set off home and somit is up with the glanza,

it felt very sluggish, on tick over *(stood still) its very lumpy, boobing between 500-1k revs.

it feels like driving through glue, the cars holding back when your pressing accelerator, little like driving with the brakes on, theres just no power when boost kicks in.

i put my foot into the carpet to check what its boosting to, the most it made was 0.63bar.

when i parked up and reved it the exhaust made a low quiet poping noise when the revs settled,

theres no engine management light on so i have no idea? is it the turbo, or a missifre = naff plugs? plzzzz help!!!!! dont want my baby sick.

check your i/c pipes and vacum lines

[chriswoodfto]

cool will check i.c pipes tomorow, which are the i/c pipes? were are they??? cheers.

[glanza_gemz]

cool will check i.c pipes tomorow, which are the i/c pipes? were are they??? cheers.

think he means intercooler pipes! correct me if im wrong

[RobSR]

Check the vac line from the inlet to the map sensor.. If that's split it will hunt & run like poop

[Guest ep82_girl]

rob-could that be the prob with mine??

http://www.ukstarletclub.com/forums/index....mp;#entry333128

xxx

[chriswoodfto]

yea ment vacum line, were is it? cheers guys,

[micky boy]

if you look in the top left hand side behind the strut brace on my pic you should see the map sensor it is orange

check that pipe

[chriswoodfto]

that little black plug with the sticker on the orange sticker on top? do's it sound like sumit simple, im worying...

[micky boy]

Thats the one mate dont worry buddy im sure it will be something silly just have a good look around your engine bay make sure all the pipes are on everywhere not just the map sensor

[chriswoodfto]

sweet, am i just checking for a pipe thats come loose or a split pipe or?

[Dan Evans]

also check the dumpvalve pipe, and turbo shaft to see if its fucked

[chriswoodfto]

turbo shaft? wer am i looking for that and wat am i checking for? will check all the other pipes tomorow, changed the dump valve 4weeks ago and the pipe was fine then so doubt its that.

[Dan Evans]

turbo shaft is on the......turbo? take off the turbo intake pipe and wriggle the shaft and if theres a bit quite abit of movement its shagged.

just check all your pipes first.

[chriswoodfto]

i guessed that,lol. i havnt really looked for were the turbo is to be honest, not in detail, just off to right of centre hlaf way down bumper im guessing., only had car 6 weeks y see.

[Pandamonium]

I posted this on over on ep82 girls thread,

Try taking the spark plug leads off and looking down on the spark plugs with a torch for water sitting down and around the spark plugs.

Happened to me before

Mark

[chriswoodfto]

ahh sound, ill try all these bits n bobs tomorow, hoepfully, fingers crossed its sumiit stupid,

[Pandamonium]

Hope its a simple fix.

Do look closely round the sparks for water, its easy missed, get a good wee torch to help.

mark

[chriswoodfto]

if there is water down there, how would i go about getting it out? and would the spark plugs be buggered if they are wet? im guessing/hoping it is that, i changed the tmic to a rx7 one last week, and ther x7 one uncovers alot of the left side if the engine blockl maybe the water has leaked to the plugs on that side,

[Pandamonium]

Its a long slow process of trying to blow it out with a thin bit of hose, if you have an air line then happy days, or wrapping a bit of cloth round a long thin screw driver and slowly soaking it up that way.

They can be, or they may just need a scrub with a wire brush.

Mark

[batmanglanza]

Its a long slow process of trying to blow it out with a thin bit of hose, if you have an air line then happy days, or wrapping a bit of cloth round a long thin screw driver and slowly soaking it up that way.

They can be, or they may just need a scrub with a wire brush.

Mark

this happened 2 me before as well. one of the spark plug cylinders had water in it so i left it for 2 days n it woz right after that.

[chriswoodfto]

right just checked all the pipes and stuff, all intact, took of the i.c checked the plugs, the 2nd one in from the right, the stalk on the lead was wet, the botom bit closest to the plug was a rusty browny color, cleaned and dried the hole out, put it all back together and its better but still not quite right, it boosts to just ovber 0.7 bar, so its an improvement but not right, would this suggest the plug is nakerd or that its still just abit wet?? cheers.

[bucketep91]

buy a good set of colder plugs and maybe ignition leads and see how u get on, it could be ignition related.

In the first post i meant intercooler pipes check them all. doesnt sound like anything major mate it will be a quick fix

[chriswoodfto]

right, changed the plugs to ngk iridium (platinum) plugs, ticks over beautifully, really smooth, powers back, alls well, just one little thing, its boosting to 0.78 bar now, yesterday before the trouble it was boosting to 0.88, which was too much but thats a difrerent story,

do you reckon itll be the leads that need changing to cure that, im getting a crackly noise inside the car, bit like when you try and tune a radio, not all the time, just when setting off and low revs really, read sumit on another guys post and someone said, nakerd ht leads can make a interference noise.

so next question, were can i get a set of decent leads, are the oe ones good enough or?? and itll be fine to drive till i get the leads wont it.

[bucketep91]

I've got a set of stock leads here if u want them might have a set of red trd 1s for sale next week too. i cant see a loss of boost bieng related tot he ignition system, u may still have a boost leak, u checked all your intercooler pipes and vacuum lines?