As a lot of you know i've had my car off the road since Christmas due to a goosed turbo and compression loss.... after stripping the engine down we discovered a piston was fooked...

A few months later, with a new turbo, replacement piston (Thanks again Tim), new piston rings, new pro alloy intercooler, new rad, new silicone hoses etc etc ect... we started the car today


Must say a MASSIVE thanks to Manchester Mike, he put a lot of time in and I wouldn't of been able to do it without him, i've learnt LOADS!!


HOWEVER now the problem.... the car is idling at 2000rpms... not sure exactly what is up... just seeing if anyone has had any similar probs... there is a slight hissing sound when I turn he ignition off... one thing i'm thinking is that the inlet manifold has a leak, hoping its not that as it was a pain in the arse as i've had to use a conversion plate supplied by oddkidd.



Must say its great to have it back and will be even better when this is sorted and MSD get their hands on it

 

sean, i would say 99.9% a vacuum leak somwhere on the inlet mate, spray wd40 around the area of the hissing noise while running, if theres a change in engine speed then youve found it

 

BTTT

 

Check all hoses are tight etc, does sound like an air leak somewere Sean.

Have you put the dump valve back on?

 

there are 2 little vacume hoses that go into a t piece just near the injectors, mine does that if they have split/come off check there

 

Glad the car is back together

Does sound like an airleak some where....

As its a new build, check all the inlet gaskets to, make sure everything is seated correctly

 

Cheers evryone ill work through those ideas

No dump valve sticky... chatter is the way forward

 

MASSIVE

 

Right few checks today....


Its idles at 3000revs today


Sprayed WD around one side of the inlet and the revs dropped for a few seconds so going to take that back off next week and replace the gaskets, hopefully all should be okay then

 

MASSIVE

 

Was really happy as she started first time on the button

Just a shame about the high revs lol but theres always something!!

Will check for air leaks and maybe re-fit inlet manifold.

I know feck all about efi... what sensors could cause high rev's?

Could a faulty TPS cause the problem?

 

Right SORTED....



seemed to be the conversion plate that oddkidd supplied... took to my local engineering place and turns out that it was slightly bent plus scratched (I thought gaskets would have sealed) .... got them to skim it for me plus I filled the scratch ... new gaskets, back on... SORTED



... for now lol



Time to run it in and give MSD a bell

 

I hate benders..

 

You on about the conversion plate or oddcock

 

Glad you got it sorted babe, let the runnin in commence!!!!!

You should take it to Cumbria show on Sunday and get a few miles on the clock

Well done MASSIVE

 

You going to Cumbria Nic?

 

I might be hunni, it's a toss up between a horse show or Cumbria show and i can't decide as always LOL

You going hun?

 

Id go to the horse show

No im going Rallying with me dad in Carlise aint seen him properly in a few weeks.

 

Wasn't very happy with the overall service from oddkidd

Really made up you found the air leak mate, sounds great now and idles spot on.

Give stu a bell today and try and get it booked in

 

Woohoo glad she is up and running and the idle is sorted out

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