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by robincoombe
Fri Apr 30, 2010 7:09 pm
Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
Topic: Help - Engine Knocking above 4000 rpm and under load
Replies: 2
Views: 369

Help - Engine Knocking above 4000 rpm and under load

Can anyone help with this problem: (1992 3SGE.) The problem I have is that at higher engine speeds the engine knocks / pings / pinks .... whatever youy want to call it. * When cold the engine runs fine at both low and high rpm. * At low engine rpm then engine runs perfectly fine - with engine cold o...
by robincoombe
Sat May 31, 2008 9:35 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: [Mk2] [NA] Really scary Rocking from Side to Side at high speed
Replies: 3
Views: 425

Re: [Mk2] [NA] Really scary Rocking from Side to Side at high speed

No, not yet. I need to find some free time and jack the car up, put it onto axle stands and take a really long good look underneath. Ironically the car just had it's MOT on Friday -- although it failed, it didn't pass because the handbrake cable on the left had wheel has siezed .... although the (pe...
by robincoombe
Sat May 31, 2008 7:56 pm
Forum: Mechanical
Topic: [Mk2] [NA] Really scary Rocking from Side to Side at high speed
Replies: 3
Views: 425

[Mk2] [NA] Really scary Rocking from Side to Side at high speed

A few weeks ago while driving home on the motorway on a fairly windy day, all of a sudden as I passed a break in the trees, a gust of wind caught the car and it started Rocking / Rolling from Side to Side. It scared the c&*p out of me. I took my foot off the pedal and let the car slow down on it...
by robincoombe
Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:36 pm
Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
Topic: t-bar seals / weather strips
Replies: 26
Views: 2076

Re: t-bar seals / weather strips

When I got my MKII i took the T-Tops off as it was the middle of summer. A couple of months later when it was starting to get cold and wet they started leaking. A guy who lives in the same street as me who already had a MKII told me to use the silicon spray to re-vitalise the rubber. Then before put...
by robincoombe
Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:37 pm
Forum: MR2 MK2 1990 - 1999 NA & Turbo
Topic: What are the various causes of Pinking ?
Replies: 7
Views: 788

What are the various causes of Pinking ?

Can anyone tell me what the various causes of Pinking are ? (Pinking, Engine Knock, Pre-detonation -- whatever you want to call it) I have a 1992 Rev 2 MR2 NA which is pinking a lot when I accellerate. It only does it when I put my foot down, when the engine is under load (either accellerating or go...

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