Hi my 2wd saph has been playing up recently as above , i first noticed it pulling from a slight gradiant and then turning left she coffed n spluttered nearly cut out and then settled itself when i pulled up , i thought maybe some crap was sucked up in the pump but has done it again turning left not even that agressive driving at all. The pump is,nt ancient but my thoughts are towards this . It has a new fuel filter also.

It now is showing other signs of something or a number of things that are not happy , i noticed today the cranking power was down , idle is erratic and now she barely wants to start. When she does start the engine has a miss/overfuel 'beat' and is taking 10-15 seconds to clear itself . This did just happen at a friends , pulled out on the main road turning left and she,s stuttering again then clearing .

At my MOT last month i was expecting to see a CO of around the 2.7-3.0 from my msd chip not tht long ago setup , but it read 1.5 with an apparently recently calibrated machine


I do have a new coolant sensor (ecu) to put in but i,m pretty sure though this is,nt causing starvation etc nor a weak cranking voltage. Weirdly enough also i have noticed my window is down on power too thought i could have a bad alternator , which is causing all the issues . Not sure here

any thoughts and recommendations on the symptoms? Also i,d like to know , how do i check the alternator itself for voltage testing . i,ve not done any diagnosis so far as been hectic last few days but will do some simple tests tommorow that i can do . Batterie was at 13.4 at idle last time i checked , fook knows wot the pump is now as i,ve been a naughty chappy n STILL not sorted re wire so car is definately un usable as from tonight!!!


many thanks
Mike