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plug/sensor

Post by spudep91 » Sat May 18, 2013 12:53 pm

Are track car seems to be runing funny all spluttery and revs going up and down and just conken out. The we mecanic m8 is bleamen it on the plug/sensor at the tb and says to swap it with the other one on other engine. Could there be anything els that is doing it. (when u pull the plug out it doesent seem to drokk about just revs idrl bit more could u run a teack session with it of)

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Post by mercutio » Sat May 18, 2013 3:46 pm

check for an air lock in the cooling system also the iacv could need cleaning out or adjusting
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Post by spudep91 » Sat May 18, 2013 3:53 pm

iacv were is this?

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Post by mercutio » Sat May 18, 2013 3:56 pm

the 2 valves to worry about is the one underneath the throttle body which is the fitv and the other the iacv which is on the intake plenum behind the injectors as you look at the engine
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Post by spudep91 » Sat May 18, 2013 4:02 pm

Any pics of them pal. Do u just unscrew then give clean out with say petrol or what

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Post by mercutio » Sat May 18, 2013 4:29 pm

bristol_bb4 wrote:ahhh a 5th gen, i love 5th gens :D :lol:
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Post by spudep91 » Sat May 18, 2013 6:20 pm

Spot on pal. the thing gets me is that it was going fine when swaped engines then was ok at track day. Then parked it it for few days went back and it doing that

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Post by mercutio » Sun May 19, 2013 6:22 pm

air could have become trapped especially if it ran a bit hot on the trackday
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