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hi,
your description sounds identical to how my car was behaving , inner steering rod on drivers side was shot .
easy enough to change , i followed a post on here somewhere that told you exactly how to do it .

finaly sorted it !!!! there was a split in the original pipe work that plugs in next to the diagnostic port . i had checked it several times but it had split along the inside of the curve where it bends at 90 deg :oops: thanks for all your help and advice , at least i know my way round the engine ba...

cheers , i didnt realise that ebc would only work under load, nice one ! thats one more thing eliminated ! yep checked spark, changed plugs , ht leads , dizzy cap and rotor arm twice. sorry about being vague on the colour of the smoke but i have to sit in the car to start it and its not to obvious f...

thanks guys hope its not shot rings ! yep it started suddenly , all 4 plugs are running the same - black soot, which leads me to think its something common to all 4 cylinders , i have replaced all the boost hoses, turbo has been rebuilt , would my boost guage indicate a leak or malfunctioning ebc ? ...

hi,
thanks for the info, thats something i hadnt thought about , i have got blue-ish smoke all the time ! although it affects all cylinders ? not done a compression test yet but what are the chances of all the piston rings failing at exactly the same time ?
jeff

hi jay car came with power fc fitted and has run faultlessly for the 3 years ive owned it ,power fc says 3S GTE3 when it starts up, dont know if thats a model number ? the car is a rev 1/2 i believe but its fitted with ct 20 and an apexi ebc, is there anyway of checking a boost controller as i appea...

cheers bob,
unfortunatly dont have the standard ecu , but you have just given me an idea !
because of the power fc i dont have an air flow meter fitted before the turbo, would be interested to find out where the ecu takes its reading from
jeff

hi jay, thanks for your time smoke is alot darker than out of my 2-stroke bike so i dont think its oil its never used any oil but i change the oil every 2k so prob wouldnt notice? power fc says its version 3.12b done a sensor check on it and everything seems ok the problem seems to be affecting all ...

running a power fc so no error codes
smoke is a blue-ish colour
i thought it could be over fueling as it does smell of unburt fuel when its running , unsure how to cheak this though ?

running out of ideas , hopefully some one here will be able to help. car starts first turn of the key everytime then smokes like a trooper and wont hold any revs . all 4 sparkpugs are black and sooty which led me to think my problem must be something they all have in common ? so far i have changed ;...

thanks for that ,
looks like i should set it up retarded, then go looking for someone to map it for me, i was kinda wondering how i was giong to disable the adv / retard to check it anyway .

hi, i have read the BGB on how to set the timing but as i have a power fc i am unsure how to check it on my tubby , anyone had any expirence doing this or am i missing something realy simple ?

free bump for me

hi, i`ve got a rev 2 tubby thats acting strange ! car starts and runs fine until the headlamps are turned on then revs rise and fall from 800 - 2000 rmp at tickover car will run ok with headlights on till warmed up and then start " blipping " the revs, idle settles down immidiatly the ligh...

tanks for the advice,
i will try heating the rim up where i think it should split and give it a tap. its reasuring that the line of weld is to affix the flange and not anything more sinister !

hi simmo,
how do i get the center out? it appears to be sandwiched between the 2 halfs? or am i missing something, like i say i`ve not tried this before and would realy like to get it right before i start " tapping " things!
jeff

same thing happend to me, be realy interested to find out where it came from !

thanks for the help sorry i don`t know about the others i`ve only stripped this one due to not having a spare set of wheels to put on. theres no obvoius damage to the rim and on closer inspection they do appear to be 3 piece, i was hoping to get the centers refurbed but now i`m at a loss as how to g...

not very clear pics , it looks like weld where i would expect the rim to split unless i`m missing something obvious http://s241.photobucket.com/albums/ff60/jeffandal_2007/?action=view&current=egyptwheels035.jpg http://s241.photobucket.com/albums/ff60/jeffandal_2007/?action=view&current=egypt...

yep i think its 3 piece i`ll post more pic`s in a mo