Engine Worries

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:23 pm

Maybe it's just me but when the car appears to be running ok I tend to look for the next wallet sapping failure (I suppose that is 10 year old elise ownership for you) But my car isn't idleing that well it jumps between 7-900 revs and it does feel like it is churning slightly (only slightly)

mwmackenzie · Post by **mwmackenzie** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:25 pm

Nooooo it neeeeds to behave til after Friday!!!!

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:33 pm

mwmackenzie wrote:Nooooo it neeeeds to behave til after Friday!!!!

Just did 800 miles in it over the weekend I just want it running perfect though

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:46 am

NOOPS 160 wrote:
BiggestNizzy wrote:
mwmackenzie wrote:Nooooo it neeeeds to behave til after Friday!!!!
Just did 800 miles in it over the weekend I just want it running perfect though

"I just want it running perfect though

" you must be walking the golf courses in the early morning sleepwalking looking for magic mushrooms,,,,even after a bucket-full of quaffing these beauties

An Elise running perfect......fcuk stop it......

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FFS... would settle for running just now...

buy an Emerald and a laptop and you can play with it till your happy.... (thats my plan...

)

robin · Post by **robin** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:30 am

Good luck with the Emerald - I can't say I had much luck with any of the ones I've used ... it's one thing to use it for a sprint/race car where you only need full throttle from 2,000 RPM up and you don't care if it idles at 1,500 RPM ... but on a road car they are a PITA IMHO.

Niz, what's actually not working properly on your engine ... I didn't quite understand your description of it.

Cheers,
Robin

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:22 am

(Porker on Megasquirt idles perfectly)

mwmackenzie · Post by **mwmackenzie** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:43 am

Esprit on DTA S60 pro also idles well...

Mark

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:52 am

It's hard to say but little things I have noticed

Idle is a bit jumpy as I have said 7-900rpm and at low revs i.e crawling round a car park it does go a little kangaroo like.

And I would love an emerald or similar ECU but it's £££££££

roadboy · Post by **roadboy** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:10 am

Never had a problem getting them to idle properly. Depends on the cams/timing of course.

Cold start can be a bit of a pain in the arse but doesn't take too much time to sort out.

Dan

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:19 am

Clean out your filter/tb and IACV

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 12:34 pm

BiggestNizzy wrote:It's hard to say but little things I have noticed

Idle is a bit jumpy as I have said 7-900rpm and at low revs i.e crawling round a car park it does go a little kangaroo like.

And I would love an emerald or similar ECU but it's £££££££

Had similar before with a T.P.S. fault but would expect to see similar problems when cruising on light throttle. Might be worth doing the throttle reset thimgy to see if that helps, bonus is it won't coat you anything.

mwmackenzie · Post by **mwmackenzie** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:33 pm

BiggestNizzy wrote: I would love an emerald or similar ECU but it's £££££££

Pfffft... Whats wrong with you man..... Make one!

philthy · Post by **philthy** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:21 pm

mwmackenzie wrote:
BiggestNizzy wrote: I would love an emerald or similar ECU but it's £££££££

Pfffft... Whats wrong with you man..... Make one!

out of MDF and old amplifier parts

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:32 pm

*Cough* Megasquirt *cough*

Robin was working on a crank trigger decoder to use it with the existing pickup too, dunno how far he got.

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:56 pm

maybe after I have finished the my aerodynamic project

and the megasquirt sounds like a great idea but my knowlege of all things engine is lacking somewhat.

what is a crank trigger decoder ?

have I proved my point

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