Mirage bogging out

camo1010

camo1010

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Hey guys I put a pod filter on my mirage and now whenever I put the foot down, it dies in the ass. If I slowly squeeze the throttle, it accelerates but not at a very wowwing pace. Im gonna check the fuel filter to see if it's blocked. Would resetting the ECU do any good? If so, how do I go about it?

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Try putting the stock filter back on and see what happens, did this happen as soon as you put the pod on, or did it happen weeks later
 
It happened a while after wards. I don't have the stock box anymore. I have a good feeling it's the fuel filter. The missus drove it until it started coughing because of a lack fuel
 
it is only a 1.5L engine... its to be expected, sounds exactly how mine responds normally
 
Would resetting the ECU do anything to help? I'm gonna get a fuel pressure regulator for it to replace the factory one. That might help
 
no a fpr wont help sadly, the oem one is rather decent, if it can fuel a 1.8 well it can easy fuel the 1.5's requirements

resetting ecu is worth a try seeing as its easy as pie, but i think it may be hot air or just the fact its a 1.5L engine
 
Yea I gotta build a box for the filter yet. Still working out wat to make it out of. All the ones I did in the past have been alloy but they heat up quick. How do u reset the ECU?
 
post a pic of the pod setup. what brand pod? did you bend any fins or drop the maf while installing?
 
unclepaulie said:
post a pic of the pod setup. what brand pod? did you bend any fins or drop the maf while installing?
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He has a 1.5, they use MAP, I thought the same thing LOL
 
Yea it's the 1.5. I unplugged the battery a couple of weeks ago for about half an hour. There wasn't any change. I saw somewhere that you have to push the break in for 15 seconds while the battery is Un plugged
 
nope, loss of power resets ecu... then "aparently" take it for a hard drive right after
i say aparently cos i think that its a bit BS and it wont change much
 
heres your problem

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If the issue started a few weeks after the pod filter was fitted, I'd probably ignore that as an issue, and treat it as a coincidence.

When you put the foot flat, does it hesitate first then start to accelerate, or just slowly accelerate?
 
I reset the ecu. It's made it a bit better.

It hesitates when I put the foot down then starts to take off after momentarily bogging out
 
yea i noticed mine hesitates too. fuark hope it doesnt bog out :/ i got the 1.8l though
 
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