loss of power when engine warmed up-distributor fault

BMCC · Post by **BMCC** » Thu May 23, 2013 8:18 am

If you think you have dirty fuel, should you not replace the fuel filter?

Post by **vanzep** » Thu May 23, 2013 10:05 am

yep maybe one to add to the to do list

Post by **vanzep** » Thu May 23, 2013 6:44 pm

just to update - fault reappeared today and the car started to stall and the engine check light came on - came to a halt on a busy road near the centre of town - it wouldnt restart so i had to push it up and over the pavement onto a patch of grass - just as well its the BB4 model - if it had been a fully loaded BB1 or a 5th gen i might have struggled

I couldnt find any problem under the bonnet but fortunately i had a spare distributor in the boot - fitted that in 5 minutes flat and the car started up straight away. So turns out it wasnt a fuel related issue and definately nothing to do with buckshee fuel from @Merlin it was the distributor failing and then going pop - i had a look at the rotor arm on the dead disti and it was pretty mashed up with loads of notches on the contact surface

so im assuming thats what the problem was.

funny thing is i only bought the distributor of @newkid on Tuesday and its was only cause @Bri mentioned hed fixed his lude with a new disti that i thought i would carry a spare with me just in case

Post by **indigolemon** » Thu May 23, 2013 6:45 pm

Is there anything you don't have a spare of?

Post by **vanzep** » Thu May 23, 2013 6:50 pm

indigolemon wrote:Is there anything you don't have a spare of?

yes i need a spare distributor

ive used all the ones i had stockpiled over the years....

but i dont normally carry them in the car so that was a bit fortunate

Bri · Post by **Bri** » Thu May 23, 2013 7:59 pm

Get it timed up properly now, you should be golden. I bought my own strobe a few years back, great investment because I always need it, it was £35 on ebay, not a cheap ass one either.

Post by **vanzep** » Thu May 23, 2013 9:53 pm

Bri wrote:Get it timed up properly now, you should be golden. I bought my own strobe a few years back, great investment because I always need it, it was £35 on ebay, not a cheap ass one either.

I might just do that Bri

newkid wrote:How lucky is that. You only just bought it off me. Should have charged you more

Im just lucky on that score - what can i say

Post by **Merlin** » Thu May 23, 2013 10:43 pm

Lucky dodge!

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Fri May 24, 2013 9:27 am

vanzep wrote:...fortunately i had a spare distributor in the boot

hahaha, as you do. Glad it's sorted now mate

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Fri May 24, 2013 11:15 am

'Be prepared' or what!

Glad it's sorted