devilwoo Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Hi Guys, The 2.0 has developed a splutter at high revs, noticeable when booting it in 1st, it soon evens out again. When driving normally it runs lovely. I have noticed when it is idling now and again it will be ever so slightly lumpy. Any suggestions? It's going in for a rolling road tune-up and service next week and have the timing inspected etc… It's being done @ Injectors in Stockport so hopefully they should know what they're doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamytedan Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 id have a look in the distributor cap first and then look for any air leaks around the inlet area, maybe a partially blocked exhaust ? an exhaust gas test might tell you something also. the rolling road should find it , although its expensive fault diagnosis on that ill bet . I reckon have a good look your self as much as you can , but its going to be difficult if the lumpy idle is intermittent . If you can get the problem happening you'll have half a chance to try a few things ,like pulling off the servo pipe and blocking the hole to see if it improves . good luck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilwoo Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 Which pipe is the servo pipe? (Sorry, I'm not very knowledgable with mechanics) Strange how it's just started happening. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamytedan Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 you know where the brake master cylinder is , that's bolted to a large black round thing ...that's the servo ... there should be a meshy looking pipe coming from that and going to the inlet manifold . although the pipe can look ok , it can start leaking/sucking in extra air through the material mesh stuff . to eliminate it , disconnect it at the manifold end and block off the take off on the manifold .If you then get a better idle it tells you its that . don't drive the car with that disconnected , you wont have good brakes . just run the engine . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Abbott Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 May be the coil breaking down or the leads under load 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilwoo Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 Hi guys. Problem solved. Missing clip from one of the injector plugs and the plug was popping on and off. Rolling road output - 107bhp Not a bad loss for 26 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony g Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Nice fix then Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john p Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 good result on the test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamytedan Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 good stuff . well spotted , im glad you found it . 107 is really good . no significant loss at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilwoo Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 I personally think it is 107bhp at the crank, therefore the actually bhp at the wheels will be significantly less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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