ive recently brought myself a series 1 turbo & it has a slight running fault.

when u 1st start the car in the morning it runs sweet as a nut & idels perfect untill it gets warm & then it idels real lumpy & when driveing it between 1000rpm & 2000rpm it just judders real bad????????????????
but as soon as u apply the throttle it fine & is smooth???????

ive fitted new plugs, leads, distributer cap & roter arm.

could it be the timeing or 1 of the sensors????

any info would be very helpfull

cheers

 

i had same problem, it was my cam shaft,
apparently supposed to go at 60k, mine lasted to 83k,

 

cam isnt noisey at all thou. the engine is well sweet.

carnt see it being the cam as it runs mint when cold.

 

so did mine, at 3000rpm, the engine started to sound like it were running on 3
cylinders, which it was, it was fine below that, at first i thought it was
the rubber seal (split) on the brake servo which gives extra air to piston number
4 but it was piston number 2, the old cam was worn virtually circular, do not
have a clue how it managed to run ok cause it happened all of a sudden,
yours might be slightly worn
whos knows,
just a suggestion cause 8 hours labour to find the problem on mine..

 

sounds like the laughing shaft to me mate

 

red xr2 is jay????

 

yep

 

lol as if jays a member of passionford now!

no stopping him now he's got internet access!

still hasnst solved my running problem thou!

 

bttt

 

possibly an air leak somewhere?