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Old May 16, 2007 | 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by JTECHSAFF
not sure what will happen, im on my stag night on saturday, but hopefully i will survive
Yes mate so I understand - spoke to Steve, your best man. Sounds like it will be a good one! Im not sure what time Im back from Blackpool but probably will be too late sadly.

If I get back at a sensible time, I might try to catch up with you for a quick drink on your way around!

Back on topic - Can we quickly redefine exactly what the problem is.

Problem
Cylinder number one, and only cylinder number one is wet, which is implying poor burn and as such rich.

This is in turn leading to excess fuel in the exhaust gas, which is leading to the Lambda sensor throwing a huff and therefore leaning the car right out

Tests
Injector and spark was swapped between cylinder 1 and 2. Problem remained on Cylinder 1.

Jameses (ie me) stupid questions
1. Am I right in assuming that the car runs on all four cylinders when driving normally? If so, surely any mechanical issue is going to be one that only affects car at idle -

2. Does the car play up in conditions when the closed loop does not normally activate ie when cold? If it does, then the problem may lie elsewhere making the car lean on the other cylinders, rather than the other way around, as the lambda wont be correcting, and the map will take precedent.

I only mention this because I seem to recall you saying that the car hunted at idle from cold when the ISCV was plugged in.

JJ
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