metro 1.4 k-series ignition help

Dogbreath · 2 Apr 2006 at 00:30

Matt82 said:
someone mentioned to me something about the coolant sensor. the coolant is low, what diff would that make??

It would make me very suspicious as to where the coolant had gone to make the level drop. A terminaly knackered head gasket would stop the engine running...

Matt82 · 2 Apr 2006 at 12:52

the oil and water do not appear to have mixed.

filled the coolant just now and it was only the header tank that was empty.

next step is the coil

Matt82 · 2 Apr 2006 at 12:52

Enfield said:
Replace the leads and if you want the sparks.

so the coil would have nothing to do with the ignition system then??

Dogbreath · 2 Apr 2006 at 13:46

Matt82 said:
the oil and water do not appear to have mixed.

filled the coolant just now and it was only the header tank that was empty.

next step is the coil

Sorry for the slight OT as this probably isn't helping you get the car running, but keep a very close eye on the coolant level, i.e. daily at least. Coolant should never be lost under normal circumstances, so it's leaking from somewhere. Quite probably it's the inlet manifold gasket which allows water into the inlet manifolds where it gets sucked into the engine. Leaking coolant is a big cause of head gakste failures in the K series.

Matt82 · 2 Apr 2006 at 16:30

its my gfs car, she litterally just drives it, she says she has never checked the coolant level ever lol

at least parts are cheap. where would you lot recommend getting HT leads?

Matt82 · 6 Apr 2006 at 22:39

hi again.

got it running. new coil got it back up and running again. after some tinkering it fired. had to get the air cleaner open, at first it wouldnt fire up, so i wanted to see if it was injecting.

eventually it came to life.

i could see that an injector just above the throttle was spraying, but at the inlet of the air box there appeared to be another injector that was doing nothing. any idea what it is? was green, had what appeared to be a fuel pipe going to it.

it ran fine that night and the next morn, by the following afternoon it was strugging to start again.

i think it may have fouled the plugs.

any suggestions fella?

Dogbreath · 6 Apr 2006 at 23:12

Matt82 said:
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i could see that an injector just above the throttle was spraying, but at the inlet of the air box there appeared to be another injector that was doing nothing. any idea what it is? was green, had what appeared to be a fuel pipe going to it.

Like that? If so it's a vacuum controlled actuator that operates a flap tp change the air feed to the air filter from hot air around the exhaust manifold (for better driveability when engine cold) to cool air.

Have you just been starting it and running it for a few minutes at a time? This will foul the plugs.

Matt82 · 6 Apr 2006 at 23:18

it was started a couple times, but shes been driving it today, 10 minutes at a time, 3-4 trips.

the thing im talking about it further up that pipe, just insde the air box, just after the feed pipe. the green thing is on the outside of the air filter.

any idea?