starting up issues

Have you tried disconnecting the battery for a while and then lettin the car relearn idle? What area of brissy you in?
 
matty said:
Have you tried disconnecting the battery for a while and then lettin the car relearn idle? What area of brissy you in?
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nah i havent but ill give it ago. cheers

bracken ridge.
 
If you leave the battery of for around 20-30 mins an then let it idle for a while till the engines warm it may sort itself out if you're lucky. If you adjusted the idle screw in the throttle body you may have to readjust it also.
 
adjustiong the idle up wont fix your problem, it will just raise your ilde and make it appear that the engine ins't struggling as much
 
mdclear said:
adjustiong the idle up wont fix your problem, it will just raise your ilde and make it appear that the engine ins't struggling as much
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yeah thats pretty much what happend. im still thinking its a fuel issue though, ill post up whether or not it disappears when changing back to unleaded.
 
He said in a previous post that he'd adjusted it already, unless that was something else. Also if you adjust the screw after having the battery disconnected you can fine tune your idle to get it sitting right around 750-800rpm up or down.
 
scratching head wondering why better fuel grade might cause abnormalities.. unless you had a bad fill...
 
THIS IS NOT THE SAFEST WAY TO CHECK, BUT>.......

you can easily spot vac leaks on car with butane/propane gas... I use it and flow low volumes of it around the area thought to have leaks.. there is a sharp rise in revs if it is ingested...
 
tryg said:
THIS IS NOT THE SAFEST WAY TO CHECK, BUT>.......

you can easily spot vac leaks on car with butane/propane gas... I use it and flow low volumes of it around the area thought to have leaks.. there is a sharp rise in revs if it is ingested...
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:? think ill hold back on that one, thanks for the suggestion though.
 
sounds liek something that would make very yucky pre-det if done wrong
 
tryg said:
THIS IS NOT THE SAFEST WAY TO CHECK, BUT>.......

you can easily spot vac leaks on car with butane/propane gas... I use it and flow low volumes of it around the area thought to have leaks.. there is a sharp rise in revs if it is ingested...
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i can imagine someone getting a darwin award for goofing this up lol
sound idea, but i can imagine it having a few bad side effects if done wrong :p
 
you can use any ether-based product or even WD40 either..

all old-time mechanics do this... it's not a Red-neck Darwin Award, as it is very low volume.. but if you're not experienced, put all tools down (you might hurt yourselves!)
 
"In news today, a man has recieved sever burns to his body after attempting to diagnose a car problem with propane gas"

I would literally fall off the sofa laughing :D
 
oh boy.. I shouldn't share secrets of mechanics!

I look at everyone's questions on this forum and scratch my head too sometimes... some laugh at my ideas, but only through ignorance..

Good luck to you all.
 
knowledge is power.

I can detect leaks using my 4-gas analyser too, since I have a baseline of my car.. changes mean something is wrong. But, I still get my MAPP-gas bottle out a lot, on both my Lancer, Guzzi and Ducati etc...

It seems to find problems very quickly. I have seen mechanics use Carb Spray... which is super damaging to paint. But, if they don't have the specialised electronic tool, which measures pulsing air around leak areas, then they just reach for Carb Spray...

I prefer mechanics using propane.. no damage to my plastic, finish on my alloy engine or alloy parts or to any paint. Nuff said.
 
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