why does my saxo sound like a scooby ?

1. robster247 Established Member Joined: Feb 2011 cumbria Posts: 1239 Satin black furio

   #1 30th August 2011, 01:58

   It was all fine until i turned it off went bk to the car started it up and it aint running right ? You have to rev it hard to set off or will just cut out and takes ages for the revs to build up its got fuel havnt gone through water etc any ideas on what this could be ?
2. welshy23 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2009 Southampton not scunthorpe Posts: 2679 e36 318is! boom.

   #2 30th August 2011, 02:27

   previous owner whacked a scooby lump in it.
   
   probally
3. robster247 Established Member Joined: Feb 2011 cumbria Posts: 1239 Satin black furio

   #3 30th August 2011, 02:28

   Haha i wish ;-) plugs ht leads ? Could it be them ?
4. Pricklep Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 31279 Citroen Saxo VTS, S60 D5

   #4 30th August 2011, 02:33

   3 cylinders?
   
   just guessin'
5. robster247 Established Member Joined: Feb 2011 cumbria Posts: 1239 Satin black furio

   #5 30th August 2011, 02:35

   Thats what its sounding like that common or is it just my heap of shite ?
6. welshy23 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2009 Southampton not scunthorpe Posts: 2679 e36 318is! boom.

   #6 30th August 2011, 02:39

   coilpack? sparks?
7. saxo_singh Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2009 Birmingham Posts: 4289 02 VTR'd Furio, 07 Audi A4 Avant S Line

   #7 30th August 2011, 02:40

   I had this problem, just turned the car off and on again was fine.
   
   Did sound awesome tho going thru the town with a saxscooby
8. Jaytee Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Sep 2006 Tyldesley, Manchester Posts: 5276 1.Saxo VTR 2.Saxo180

   #8 30th August 2011, 03:24

   Sounds like its deffo missfiring. Get a compression check done
9. saxowebby Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2006 Posts: 6353

   #9 30th August 2011, 06:18

   mine did exactly the same thing at fcs its the coil pack or ht leads or possible plugs
   
   deffo running on 2 or 3 cylinders
10. user_46658 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2010 Little Mill, South Wales Posts: 7547 Mondeo ST TDCI Saxo VTS

    #10 30th August 2011, 08:04

    Does the car shake like fuck on idle? Probs coilpack if so
11. KamRacing Saxperience Addict Joined: Nov 2006 A farm shed in Aylesbury Posts: 14916 Corolla AE86 Peugeot 205 B18C (in bits)

    #11 30th August 2011, 09:44

    last time I had this effect it was an HT lead on my mi16. It ran on three. I'll bet its a coilpack
12. danny-vts Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2010 Chesterfield/Nottingham Posts: 7147 dead vts. twisted 106 gti. '03' vtrrrr

    #12 30th August 2011, 09:57

    years ago my old rover 216 sounded like a scooby once, i melted a piston(s) and it was shooting red hot glowing rocks out the exhaust
13. lilbenchy9192 Frequent Poster Joined: Jul 2010 Swindon Posts: 943 Renault clio dynamique tomtom 1.2

    #13 30th August 2011, 10:31

    my punto did this about half hour before it blew up
14. Jungle Established Member Joined: Sep 2008 Sheffield Posts: 1206 106 Rallye Turbo

    #14 30th August 2011, 16:56

    I'm going with coil pack. Whip the plugs out see if they are sparking.
15. robster247 Established Member Joined: Feb 2011 cumbria Posts: 1239 Satin black furio

    #15 30th August 2011, 17:11

    Turns out it had a puddle of water between the plug and cap all is good thanks for the advice ;-)
16. user_35090 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 west mids (dudley) Posts: 1201 cammed 106 flatty

    #16 30th August 2011, 18:31

    mine sounds the same, like its running on 3 cylinders. also i have like no power until 4k+... maybe coil packs on way out or?
17. moxy89 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2008 Southampton Posts: 8188 Astra vxr with added boost

    #17 30th August 2011, 18:32

    mine did this, changed the coil pack, spark plugs, to find my injector was fucked.. costly, but got all of them done, now changing to 182 injectors...
18. user_35090 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 west mids (dudley) Posts: 1201 cammed 106 flatty

    #18 30th August 2011, 18:46

    hmm, i might take the plugs out and check if they are sparking, if they are then coil pack should be fine right? might be a faulty injector....
19. Jungle Established Member Joined: Sep 2008 Sheffield Posts: 1206 106 Rallye Turbo

    #19 31st August 2011, 09:28

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by stevo1600 hmm, i might take the plugs out and check if they are sparking, if they are then coil pack should be fine right? might be a faulty injector....

    Correct.
20. mcjacko1987 Established Member Joined: Feb 2011 Rochdale Posts: 1896 mk2 saxo 1.4 furio in possi blue

    #20 9th September 2011, 17:22

    mines doing same only after unplugging lambda sensor and plugging it back in (only at loom end of the lead) changed plugs, tried mates working coil pack, reset ecu several times, charged battery, cleaned icv, new lambda,checked loom for snags, thinking blocked injector maybe? tried redex but without success. so strange was working fine, unplugged lambda,plugged back in and misfired every since. engine and exhaust rock like mad, misfire right threw rev range, hardly any power, temp of engine makes no difference, idle has started playing up to like it drops and wants to cut out but picks itself back up. if i give it a rev in neutral and let it drop back down it will drop further down than where it should idle and want to cut out again then pick back up. doing my head innnnn.
21. rhydstar Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2010 Pontyclun Posts: 314 Furiooo

    #21 9th September 2011, 22:50

    cause its a beast