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Ignition issue and bad idle
Topic Started: Mon Mar 26, 2018 12:32 am (317 Views)
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I'm going to upload a video.

I don't really have that much of an issue with my car but when I do god dam there annoying.

So the car is refusing to start first time and when it eventually does start up it runs horrible shaking like a shitting dog. I tried keeping it at a high revenue to charge the battery more thinking it could just be a low battery. But as soon as I take throttle of it shakes again.

Before all this happen the symptoms were when it got warm from a drive it would do what you see at the end of the video. Id stop at traffic lights and put pedal down to have the car cut out and take forever to start up.

https://youtu.be/Tn9uttiU_KA
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shariffe
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looks like ovp needs replacing as you abs lights on as well.
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I changed the OVP 3 years ago just had a look at it and there is alot of limescale on the connectors
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try to clean the pins first if not then replace it.
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stwat
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Dizzy cap and rotor.
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So I cleaned the OVP and it started up without a problem and even the abs light didn't come on. So took it for a drive and omg.

The car ran fine for about 2mile and then started making the aweful farting noise miss firing. It stalled but it fired straight back up. I started to drive it home and came to a junction where I had to stop. The car cut out again I tried to start it this time and nothing but a massive back fire. I left it 5min tried again and the wiper started the car was turning over continuously until what sounded like the starter motor stopped and it did this everytime after. I'd try to start the car and after a few turn overs the sudden stop.

I know I might not have actually fixed the OVP but is all this what it can cause?

The fuel smells like it's getting through because the car stinks of fuel so maybe it wouldn't start because it was flooded?
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Do you have a cat on the car . Check the 02 sensor if you have one ..
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I have a cat but no O2 sensor

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I agree with stwat
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vacuum pipe split?
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Ok I'll change both these had the car 6 years and never changed them so I'll cross my fingers for that. My friend said worse case could be a cracked gasket letting water into my engine and reason why it only works when hot is because the engine expands letting the water in. Really really hope this isn't the case
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You would know if the coolant was down in the expansion tank . Remove all ht leads , then one plug at a time , along with fuel relay so it wont start . Now get some one to turn it over for you while looking at the plug hole . You will see water come up the plug hole on the cylinder thats leaking . Do hope it something else easy .
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just to let everyone know the distributor was green with lime scale and pretty much filled with grime. the plastic cover that sits around it was cracked from top to bottom. replaced it and now it runs better then it ever has before

Thanks everyone
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