John Posted March 3, 2003 Posted March 3, 2003 ok can anyone please give me some help here, has anyone had this problem...... drive the car hard and the engine runs sound as a pound no problem, but sit it on the motorway cruising at a steady 70 and it starts to missfire like a hell beast! it's been back in to the garage 3 times already for this as it's under warranty, so far they have changed the plugs, checked the HT leads (so they tell me anyway), changed the coil pack for some unknown reason cos they said there was sod all wrong with it but though it was worth a try! had the ecu read twice (once by ford). it's really starting to annoy hell out of me now, so if any of you very very kind ppl can give me any clues i'll love ya for eva john
JonC Posted March 3, 2003 Posted March 3, 2003 your suffering from DDS m8 its a common thing stresses me out all the time...
John Posted March 3, 2003 Author Posted March 3, 2003 ok i been at work for like 15 hours today so what the hell is DDS?!
JonC Posted March 3, 2003 Posted March 3, 2003 DAGENHAM DUSTBIN SYNDROME Sorry m8 i couldnt help, consider finding a tuning company rather than just a servicing company.. im going to brookalnds horsepower tomoz they seemed a lot more keen to help than any ford garage ive spoken too,
John Posted March 3, 2003 Author Posted March 3, 2003 v good! it's just annoying mate, i wanted a GTI for ages and now i got one i feel kinda disapointed with it. don't get me wrong, when it runs good it really does run good but when it starts pissing around it annoys hell out of me. i'm thinking of selling it and getting a pick up at least i'd be able to get my bikes in the back of that lol
John Posted March 3, 2003 Author Posted March 3, 2003 yeah one of them mitsub warrior things they look well sweet! and they ain't slow either
900ss Posted March 3, 2003 Posted March 3, 2003 I would be looking at the Cat, valve timing, fuel filter/pump, assuming the throttle is opening completely that is
John Posted March 3, 2003 Author Posted March 3, 2003 ok guys so where do u think i stand with all this? it's still under warranty for the next month but the place i bought it from are getting a bit off with me saying that they can't find a fault with it. but they never actually take it out they only sit there with the gameboy plugged in and it doesn't miss a beat on idle, the only way it got checked by ford was cos i called in a favour from a mate who works there but one of the computers was down or something so they couldn't even check it properly. do i have grounds to go kicking ass or am i just stuck with the bloody thing running shite?! give me some ideas here!
Dunk Posted March 4, 2003 Posted March 4, 2003 Take it back and give em shite mate. I would, if it aint running proper then they have to fix it. Get it sorted and have some real fun dude.
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