HELP!!! This car is ruining my life!
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HELP!!! This car is ruining my life!
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Old Timer
(i got the part you sent me, thanks)
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MOTY 2013
best way to check is take out plug #1 and shine a torch down the hole, if piston is at the top all is well with crank marks
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Still didn't start. Taken the sparks out to leave to dry again. Incase they can give any indication here's a photo of them…
These are brand new but coming out a little dirty…smelling of fuel but black bits on if you can see in the pic. Does this give a clue?
Also to kind of recap, and trace back from when she worked…it was after changing a water hose, replacing coolant and cleaning the gearbox area with degreaser, that she then wouldn't start (and that's when I proceeded to then break my dizzy in trying to solve it). So is there anything in those areas that I could've knocked out of place, broken or anything?
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Campaign Mk 1 Black
16v Mk2 Red (decsd )
16v Mk2 Red (decsd )
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MOTY 2013
but i think now you should do a fuel injector test:
pull all 4 injectors and put them in 4 containers of equal size. bridge the fuel pump relay so its constantly running, then lift the metering head flap up manually as far as it will go, then allow it to go back down to the stop. check the spray pattern on each injector, and also measure the volume of fuel injected is same on all 4. next disconnect fuel pump bridge wire and wipe all 4 tips, watch the ends and they shouldnt drip for 5 minutes.
If any injector has a problem, swap it with one of the others and repeat the test. If the problem moves, its the injector. if not, its the metering head. Best to replace them as a set, you can get nice brass merc injectors from ebay for reasonable money
non of the injectors should spray any fuel unless the flap is moved upwards a bit. if they do the metering head is toast or the flap needs to be adjusted a bit
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I have discovered a blue wire snapped…runs from the alternator and goes all the way to the battery where it joins a red wire coming from the positive terminal. There is a huge possibility that I snapped it just now…or a slight possibility it was when cleaning the gearbox up. Would this blue cable stop it from starting (I assume not as my limited knowledge is that the alternator only really comes into play once the engine is running). Either way, now got to get something to sort that out and then I'll test the injectors.
You say move the flap upwards? This is completely flat is it not…do I lever it up with a screwdriver? We are talking the same flap…under the biggest pipe into that area…silver circle basically? (god I wish I knew technical names…would be so much easier for both of us)
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MOTY 2013
yep thats the one! either push it up from underneath or use a magnet
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Settled In
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This anything to do with it?
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MOTY 2013
the noise is probably nothing to worry about
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I've just packed in for the day now before I lose my rag totally and just start pulling her apart to scrap her (just managed to snap another wire…the one that goes into the plug for the coil…right at the point it enters the plug n it looks a b!tch to repair…)
Will revamp myself and put positive head on for Friday (I'm sure you'll also be pleased of a days rest from this one!!haha)
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MOTY 2013
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There are too many online users to list.