Hi Fellas,

I need some help as i am now stumped!!! Got a MY00 2000AWD had it months and been good as gold, now got an issue the car will cough and splutter under load, not at a set time but very irratically, replaced the leads, plugs, coil pack and MAF and the car is still doing it!!

Any suggestions..... as i dont know what to do next!!

Thanks guys!!

Digga

 

Tried an ECU rest last night, and i cant get the Engine Check light to come on...... and the car is still hesitiant and juddery when underload!

Help!

 

You say you have changed plugs... are they gapped correctly?

Also is it a turbo?
my turbo does the above if i try to run it on unleaded, Has to be Vpower on mine...

 

Yes i had the plugs changed as it had a misfire, was done by my father in law a mechanic of 25 yrs and yes it is a turbo run on V Power too!

 

does sound like plug gap.

did the father in law work on turbo cars? run a lot smaller gap than NA.

 

In that case i would say as above,
Check the plug gaps mate
The misfire could have originally occured as its not uncommon for turbo engines to melt a plug,
Fitting new plugs which are not correctly gapped will cause a very similar misfire.

When i serviced my old S14 turbo i was unaware what the gap should have been,

Standard out the box plugs are normally about 1.1mm, not sure what the scoob is but I needed to regap mine to 0.7mm because as soon as boost was kicking in i was losing spark and misfiring,

 

As above, recheck the plug gaps. If your happy that they are correct, i think 0.7mm for the gap size, i would try and rig up a gauge to check fuel pressure while on the move as a dodgy fuel pump could also cause these symptoms.
Cheers,
James.

 

Also make sure there are no kinks in the rubber hose leading to the fuel filter, long shot i know but i also had that issue lol