Saturday, April 05, 2008 - 06:38 pm, by: Myles Barrett(Myles)
Hi All,
Firstly hello to all, and a big thanks to the contributors on this site.
You armed me with the knowledge I needed to find a well looked after Soarer - which I picked up a couple weeks ago, so thanks to you all. She's lovely!
I reset the ECU this afternoon when I was waiting for my girlfriend to get ready, i didn't expect much being a V8 (thanks Peter for your how to do post) but figured why not. It definitely seemed to make her quicker off the mark, less sluggish through the first few gears and a little more nimble.
Only thing is now she's definitely idling rough. This didn't happen after resetting it immediately, it started around 30min later. When i'm stopped at the lights I can feel her shuddering and spluttering a little. It doesn't stall, just bounces the car a little. It's even more noticeable when I first take my foot off the brake, and quickly disappears when I feed her the juice! It returns when i'm braking to a stop. I guess a solution would be to keep my foot on the floor and never brake, but this is obviously not a long term fix
Is this normal and will it go away as she learns how i drive?
Saturday, April 05, 2008 - 07:14 pm, by: Will Schultz(Johnny_dangerous)
Welcome Myles,i don't know about the V8 but when the ECU is reset in my TT it idles rough,cuts out and carries on for a little while. After 10 or 15 minutes of driving she sorts herself out and comes good. Someone with a V8 will be along to answer shortly i'm sure
Saturday, April 05, 2008 - 11:56 pm, by: Daniel Clarke(Dieseltrain)
Maybe its been driven like a pussy for ages and probably needs new plugs... Once you have goven it a bootful a few times, its possibly fouled them up.. The V8 runs rich from the factory
Sunday, April 06, 2008 - 05:41 pm, by: Myles Barrett(Myles)
Yeah i'd also say this isn't because of the reset, drove around a little today and it didn't improve
It's also a little rough and hesitant when lightly accelarating off the mark now, feels almost like a blocked fuel filter. What do bad plugs feel like?
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 10:35 am, by: Myles Barrett(Myles)
Hi again all,
So a bit of an update. I missed mentioning that someone cleaned out my engine bay the same day I reset the ECU, which is the day this started happening, and it sounds like the more likely culprit is moisture affecting my spark.
Searched but have not found a good description on fixing this, but apparently it is easy.
Anyone had this problem with their V8, and what's the easiest way to fix it?
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 - 11:05 am, by: Dave Rose(Sand_groper)
Myles probable your plugs holes are full of water ever time you run the engine it steams but cannot escape.....as Miles Baker says use compressed air to blow it out.
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