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not that far from me then i used to live down that way. do u remember the orange impreza estate if so that was me! if you get stuck bud im in wisbech near peterborough

thanks for all the help guys just found the problem. checked all wires and sensors and somebody has spliced the ground wire from the ecu temp sensor and earthed the wire and this wire was broken so i suspect the engine ecu temp sensor was gone i replaced this at the stupid cost of £73 and removed th...

where abouts in the uk are you as i have a full set of turbo top mounts here! and a laser alignement thing. i used to be the mechanic for kpm motorsport so know tyhe setup and handling of these cars

with mk1s this is usualy caused by ball joint, top mounts or bushes! have u tried jacking each corned and see if you have any play in any suspension components?

the 5th injector and switch are an issue on the car but would not cause the issues im having! as peter said they can be run without this! as for the guy i bought the car from he did not list some of the issues like the heater bypassed. which to get the hoses and fit is well over £100 parts and labou...

because on the way home from picking the car up it overheated! and i had to get it recovered! the 5th injector its an issue but is not related to this! and as for tyhe money back that was to cover the fact the heater was missing which it is and as can be seen by my other posts i am trying to get new...

not done the 5th injector yet but cant see how that would cause these issues
and headgasket seems ok at the moment. i have tried running the car with 5th injector unplugged and still has same problems

yes compression is good in all 4 pots

would ht leads cause this??

no stored codes at all even while the light has been on

ive tried 3 afm n the car and all do the same 1 was a known good 1

just rechecked all pipes/hoses and clips and all are ok started car and it idled nice and steady at 800rpm for 5 mins turned car off for 1 min then restarted and it idled high at around 2000rpm and lumpy witha few missfires turned off and restarted and it strugled to startcoughed and spluttered then...

just rechecked all pipes/hoses and clips and all are ok started car and it idled nice and steady at 800rpm for 5 mins turned car off for 1 min then restarted and it idled high at around 2000rpm and lumpy witha few missfires turned off and restarted and it strugled to startcoughed and spluttered then...

il go re check all them all again now

also the engine management light sometimes comes on then goes off, sometimes stays on or sometimes doesnt come on at all or comes on later

the idle is ok sometimes but not others and is suometimes at 800rpm others its at 2-3 k
car cuts and splutters at missfires/cuts as soon as its under load

so i changed the dizzy cap and arm today aswell as new ngk plugs gapped to 0.8mm with no improvement checked all vacuum pipes and all ok checked maf again and its ok and so it all wireing to it ht leads are on order im begining to think this is a fuel problem although the old plugs were very black a...

had problems starting the car since i got it but seemed to drive ok took it for a run yesterday and this started after about 20 miles and hasnt stopped

checked the afm and its fine do i need to adjust it with the screw?

dizzy cap looks fine and like new as does the arm and no moisture inside at all

do i nee3d to set the afm up do you know? the plug looks ok and the wires. and when i unplug it kills the engine