What now?!

Gazza2006 · 4 May 2006 at 15:35

Right...

Just had:

Head Gasket + Skim
Radiator
Thermostat
Oil Filter + oil
Coolant Flush
Cam belt kit
4 Spark plugs

Yet...my car still is deciding to jump when i put my foot down...what the Hell??

is there any other problem?

Helpppp

Gaz :confused:

paradigm · 4 May 2006 at 15:36

What car, and what do you mean by "jump"?

eidolon · 4 May 2006 at 15:38

Rotor arm/distributor cap?

JRS · 4 May 2006 at 15:38

Depending on the kind of jump - engine/gearbox mounts?

agw_01 · 4 May 2006 at 15:42

ECU Coolant Temp Sensor

Can cause overfuelling and very bad running.

Gazza2006 · 4 May 2006 at 15:46

Rover 214 IE (laugh away)

and what happens...say i change from a low gear to a high gear and then put my foot down, the harder i put it down, the more is will lose power...and then jump a bit, judder and eventually accelerate...

does that help

agw_01 · 4 May 2006 at 15:48

Gazza2006 said:
Rover 214 IE (laugh away)

Not an SEi?

I'm going to stick with the CTS... seeing as how I put up with these EXACT symptoms for almost a year.

£15 from Rover. Front right hand of the engine, where the top coolant goes come out of the block into the rad, there are 2 connectors. The one pointing towards the back of the engine is the one you want to change.

Very easy, I had mine swapped in 5 minutes.

Zefan · 4 May 2006 at 15:49

Gaz you sick head

Shame your car is still playing up even though you replaced all that stuff. Beats me :confused:

Gazza2006 · 4 May 2006 at 15:54

agw_01 said:
Not an SEi?

I'm going to stick with the CTS... seeing as how I put up with these EXACT symptoms for almost a year.

£15 from Rover. Front right hand of the engine, where the top coolant goes come out of the block into the rad, there are 2 connectors. The one pointing towards the back of the engine is the one you want to change.

Very easy, I had mine swapped in 5 minutes.

All the paperwork says IE

and do you reckon thats the problem? i have to go bk to the garage next week for them to change my coolant and flush it again, should i mention it and see if they will do that for me, if thats the problem :confused:

thanx for that

Zefan <3 i'll have to take you out sometime

L0rdMike · 4 May 2006 at 15:56

Gazza2006 said:
Right...

Just had:

Head Gasket + Skim
Radiator
Thermostat
Oil Filter + oil
Coolant Flush
Cam belt kit
4 Spark plugs

Yet...my car still is deciding to jump when i put my foot down...what the Hell??

is there any other problem?

Helpppp

Gaz

How much did all that cost you? :eek:

Zefan · 4 May 2006 at 15:56

Gazza2006 said:
Zefan <3 i'll have to take you out sometime

I get that a lot on here you know

agw_01 · 4 May 2006 at 15:57

Hmmm, turns out there was an iE. Never heard of one of those before.

Google Images just showed me iE's with 8v engines... do you know if yours is an 8v or 16v?

And yep, the CTS would be my guess. Having had the symptoms myself, it does sound as though it's overfuelling.

Gazza2006 · 4 May 2006 at 15:59

rofl zefan

Yer, its a 16v IE

and i just came across this:

"The most common symptom that indicates a bad
coolant sensor is an engine control system that fails
to go into closed loop once the engine is warm.
Other symptoms that might be caused by a bad
coolant sensor include:

• Poor cold idle (due to a rich fuel mixture, no
Early Fuel Evaporation -EFE- or lack of heated air).

• Stalling (rich mixture, retarded timing, slow idle speed).

• Cold hesitation or stumble (no EFE or EGR
occurring too soon).

• Poor fuel mileage (rich mixture, open loop,
spark retarded)"

so i'm guessing the point i have put in bold would be the obvious sympton?

Thanx again

Gazza2006 · 4 May 2006 at 17:04

L0rdMike said:
How much did all that cost you?

£709.61