Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 22:07:04 +0000 From: danny <dannynopsamia-esprezzo.com> Subject: Re: need flexible exhaust part(rippled) and check-engine problem
Simon Putz wrote: > the strange thing is, that the car idles fine when the engine is cold, but > when it gets warm it swings around 900 to 1300 and > nearly stalls. > the only reason i could think of for the check engine light coming up is > because the gas mixture is maybe wrong (running rich because of the > AMM/Lambda not working) > but im not sure on that. i couldnt find any good sources for the flexible > front pipe so it would be very nice if you could point me in some direction. > the only thing i found was a racing downpipe from abbott ;) > > I'm sure the fact that it idles fine when cold is a clue...but I don't know what. In my (limited) experience, idling that see-saws up and down is due to either the idle control valve sticking, the butterfly valve in the inlet missing, (both sometimes cured by cleaning), vacuum leak (butane gas test works :)) or in my case when I had a hole in the front pipe. The lambda probe was getting/giving the wrong information I assume, as a short while after the new pipe was fitted it worked fine. Don't go to the main franchise exhaust places (Kwik-Fit and the like) as they will tell you it's a main agent part. I went to a local independent place that stocked QED exhausts, who list front flexible pipes for the 9000 2.3 at least, and Partco stock them as well. In the end the local exhaust place ordered every type there was (4 of them) and 1 fitted. I think they are in the Walker catalogue as well. -- Regards, Danny http://www.gaggia-espresso.com (a purely hobby site) http://www.dannyscoffee.com (UK advert for my mobile espresso service) swap Z for above characters in email address to reply
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