feckin g60...the end? seems so :-)

unless it was a valve sticking open? i think?

i think ive lost the will to live now guys,had a really shit day today

in the spare hour ive had,i went and bought an led and made a bodgem special fault code reader.

long and short of it is,it didnt fackin work,when i closed the earth,the led lit,i held kept the earth connected for 5 seconds,let go and nothing.....

tried it loads of times,holding it longer,blah,blah.

i remembered yeasterday too,that the first guy to look at the car.feckin ages ago now(dunno if ive even already mentioned this or not) he said when it farted it threw the timing light way off.

whoopee fackin do.
Edited by: riley

 

I've had problems with stuck tappets. Been so gunked up that the valves were always open! Could be worth a look and well easy to do.


Whip the cam out and stick some new ones in for peice of mind.

 

cheers hotgolfgirl

 

I have suggested checking the tappets already

If one is sticking intermittently and holding a valve open it will cause the popping, I really don't think it's an electrical fault at all.

Remember years ago a bloke telling me about an 8v GTI with a cold/warm up misfire, he'd gone through eveything and in the end of it, he took it to a local Bosch tune up place and they eventualy found that the oil pump prv was sticking and jacking the tappets open

Weird fault


Edited by: GVK

 

Class

 

true - but he didn't listen because you are more bald and less welsh.


personally - i'd go nuts and threaten to swap it with a mate - that's what i did with my mk1. The mate still regrets not accepting the swap after i fixed my 3 month problem for about 2

 

So it took you 3 months to diagnose a 3 problem?
You'll not be getting in my back garden as bomb disposal, you'd be there for about 10 years....

 

fortunately the problem with my car was nothing to do with UXO - they are easy to deal with. Intermittent running faults (that only happen under certain circumstances) are far less straightforward....

 

car not running in the pic,when its running,theres 13.8 volts even when the fault happens.

sorry about the reply to hotgolfgirl,ive just really had enough.

i cant afford new tappets,and just thinking about whipping the rocker cover off to check for sticky tappets bores me now.

i really thought the fault code reading could have at least given me a clue.

neil. [:^(] [:^(] [:^(]

 

you can clean the tappets....tsc has done i few i belive

 

cheers pb,im guessing its a case of parrafin/petrol or something?

what about the outsides? bit of scotchbrite?
in fact i dont think thats the best idea tbh?

neil.

 

best ask for details

you need to bang em hard on the bench to get them apart and clean the insides

 

ok,ill ask when i get the urge to tackle it one day,unless tsc posts the details here anyway.

cant just picture the inside of a tappet,i was just concerned about them being tight in the head,they spin freely from what i can remember,but maybe the up/down movement is the problem? edit:a couple were tight to get in/out.

i dunno,my brains starting to hurt again

i still cant even feckin decide wether its a leccy/mechanical problem

cheers,neil.
Edited by: riley

 

i cant see how they should be tigh tight in the bore..but you could use on of them valve grinding sucker things to make sure theyre free

 

Riley, I'm loaded to the gills at the minute but if you want to PM me then I'll tell you how to clean them, if you're doing them today. Otherwise I should have a full photo FAQ up sorta mid-week......

 

i thought that with being constantly under stress from the cam that they sort of squashed a little bit? and became a little wider? i dunno tbh,just guessing,i dont know much about tappets/valves if im honest

edit:carbon build up on the sides maybe?

cheers tsc ill wait for the faq,ime had enough of messing for now

neil.
Edited by: riley

 

They'll be loose in the head, but the plunger inside them will have been stuick open if thats what the problem is.


I put them in a vice to squash all the gack out, then flushed them with degreaser. Then when they were loose I whacked them hard onto a peice of MDF(so the wood gives and doesn't damage the tappet edge) and the plunger pops out. Don't loose any peices here!!


Then I cleaned them out and put them back together. Job done...and cost sod all

 

"i still cant even feckin decide wether its a leccy/mechanical problem "
i know how you feel mate
regards kevin
Edited by: kevin

 

Jeez, i cannot believe this is still happening

 

kevin? rado.net?
not sure if i mailed you back m8,yours still not right?

update!

ok,
i got really pissed off today after the car wouldnt let me drive it,i nearly hit it with a shovel,but i put a hole in the garage door instead

anyway,i went upto the unit and went through every bit of wiring that i could get my head around.

using this link here,i tested everything connected to the ecu.

everything tested out fine,except one thing

i had no continuity from the lambda loom earth to the ecu,supposedly pin number 6.

please stay with me on this...

so i thought the wire must be broken in the loom somewhere,i tested a little further up the loom from the lambda plug,nothing.i followed the loom along the bulk head and it looked a right fecker to mess with so,

i cracked open the ecu connector plug,erm

theres a broken? i think wire,its the only wire that shows continuity to the earth pin on the lambda plug,but theres nowhere on the ecu plug for it to go to anyway

pics to explain,can somebody please tell me what the feck is going on

front of ecu plug:


rear of ecu plug:


erm







Edited by: riley