Good afternoon, 1.8 solid cam Plastic manifold. I’ve noticed recently that when downshifting I’m getting misfire and pops, I’m also on a standard ecu. Tried spraying everything with easy start when warm looking for a leak in the inlet but found nowt. What else could it be ? Got a new set of leads on...

Try it, easy enough to change.

As above, anyone got a diagram or how to ?
Cake destroyer threatened to do a how to but didn’t. Davevvc maybe .

Cheers

175/50 or 185/60 are about it. Need to take the grinder to the rear arm for the 60’s

Car now home. No mayo in wire filters. No residual on top of cam ladder. Can mayo vanish as it’s been sat in the car park for two weeks ? It will start, run for a couple of mins, stutter and die. Loathed to take the head off again, could it be something else ? Ht leads are old I think but unsure how...

When you say softened back, what should I look out for ?

Thanks Dave. As said only just had the head skimmed, Payen gasket etc. It’s starting to wear me down, although I’m getting plenty of practice changing things. Keep thinking I must be doing something wrong.

Following on from my last post, the engine has now failed . Engine started to stutter like a misfire on the way to work. Pulled into a car park and stopped. Thought it may have been electrical. Took off air filter and pipe to inlet to find lots of creamy fluid in the throttle body. No oil in header,...

It’s my daily. Had only been sat overnight. White with a hint of grey maybe. On the drive home the previous day I thought I detected a brief smell of oil but this vanished as quickly as I noticed it. Think I’m going to put it down to “ one of those things “. Ignore it and if it happens again do a pr...

Def smoke and never done it before at any temperatures.