Car running like a sack of shit!

dave have a good look mate or the forum needs changed names to bills gtir problem pages lol must be 30 threads with a thousand posts ha no nowt worse of its not right don't mean it funny but its either something complicated like a ecu fault (doubtful) wiring loom failing or he is missing something as the amount of stuff he has changed it should not be missing or holding back. i reckon if he has changed plugs leads etc for good known ones its something shorting or not earthing properly or the dizzy cap or rotar arm fitted is at fault dizzy out will make it hold back or det sensor intermittent fault starting to fail retarding ignition briefly sometimes holding back for few seconds

GTI_R_IOW wrote:So the problem only occurs when you drive it slowly.....

That's your problem... Your a puff ..

Foot down all day every day ..

Fuck the police

Never ceases to amaze me lol  

I wouldn't be surprised if it's a wireline problem. Someone in the past has made a real mess of his wire in gloom, worst I've ever seen I'm afraid. Must be at least half a dozen plugs just swinging in the wind, some are broken or have clips missing. How hard is it to change the front section of loom? Even the good wires look bad. Sorry bill but I think you'll agree

It's not too bad to do just need to take your time over it

Sounds dangerous lol

Dangerous is my middle name

you are right I'm afraid Darren I do agree with you, the wiring is piss poor I really hope Dave can sort it for me because I'm sure you all get sick of hearing my problems but I need to get it right. At least I'm not like half my mates who just ignore their car problems and just thrash the living daylights out of their cars all the time lol.
I'm determined to get it right and not ignore the problem but it's a fookin nightmare because I just can't understand what's causing

If Dave can't sort it I'll have no option but to give it bob the master of the GTIR and just leave it with him to get it sorted but I hope it dosent come to that because it will cost me a fortune in petrol alone!

I bet Dave finds something really simple and stupid I've overlooked and I will feel a complete twat but I'd rather look a twat than him be baffled by it aswell and not be able to get to the bottom of it.

im sure dave will sort it for you bill and if hes stumped he can phone me and il give him stuff to check for

if worst comes to worse then just have a ficticious breakdown in the car a mile from your house (unless you have homestart) and they will bring car to me on low loader then it wont cost you anything
a few have done this before
il pm you a way to sabotage the car from starting that no AA bloke will have a clue with fixing which you can do in less than 5 seconds

i did this and they took it to bobs gaff for me

That's a good idea to that is bob! To sabatage the car for a free lift down lol but then how do I get back home and back down when your done with it because you might take longer than a day to do it?
But I'll think about that one when the time comes, for now I've got faith in Dave!

you dont have to go with the car they just take it for you then you get a lift down to pick it up you just drive abit away from your house and say id like it taking to a specialist please and ill pick it up when its done

Of course I'm not the sharpest knife in the draw lol

Here's the det sensor I just removed from my old engine, looks in good nick

Been over tightened or just age.to slack or tight can cause faulse knock

It's a shame it's fooked or I could of used it but now I've got to source another, assuming the one on my current engine is knackered that is

if I had suspected knock sensor fault and knew it was not knock I would do the simple thing before I changed it

Hardy172cup wrote:It's a shame it's fooked or I could of used it but now I've got to source another, assuming the one on my current engine is knackered that is

how do you know its fooked bill?
certainly just by looking at it wont tell you anything!

weve got some in that are cracked but in perfect working order yet others that look brand new are no good so you cant tell a thing just by looking at it.

get your multimeter and set it to mega ohms
check the resistance across it remembering there is only one signal wire connected the other is just an earth which is not needed as the unit is earthed through the engine when its bolted up.
so put one probe on one of the spade connections and the earth one on the det sensor metal base (don't touch any part of the metal with your fingers or youll get a false reading)
if it shows over .558 mega ohms then its in good order and will work fine
if less than .556 chuck it in the bin

Well I have just found out why my old engine when kablamo on cylinder 1!



  

£800 down the drain because of one pissing injector     

that looks like its melted

If you look at it in person bob it looks like its been cracked and crushed somehow, probably when someone fitted it badly in the past. it's a shame it ruined the engine, you never would of known with the way it ran, even after the piston when it still seemed to run ok appart from the smoke lol

Here's a few mor picys of the offending article lol looks like I won't be swapping the fuel rails straight over without binning that injector