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ollie
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Thats better

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As mentioned before my 150k one drives worse than my 250K one which is anoying, more so after disturbing connectors whilst changing Clutch cable and engine mount!
Well took 2 minutes to it yesterday and cleaned the two main connector blocks, the ign block and the airflow block - as suggested here - thanks and guess what it runs smooth as a whistle, or whatever the phrase is :lol: idles smoothly, even took a few minutes to learn a new idle speed, which its never done!!
What it won't do is start by just turning the key, allways needs a little throttle, any thoughts, ( ECU coolant temp sender is recent 2 yrs) could be the idle micro switch? or incorect airflow settings?
the red shed on the other hand allways fires key only, hot or cold! so i may just knick it periferalls...
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Post by Toddman »

Good stuff Ollie - it is suprisinmg what a clean up of those connections will do for these cars.

I would think the starting issue will be down to either the TPS/butterfly position or even the idle mixture adjustment as you may well find now that everything is much happier that this will need resettimng as well.

Good progress though

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Luke
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oddly enough i did find mine a smidge less eager on starting when i had cleaned up all the switches and earths! but it does start okay no issues!
when i cleaned up the blocks behind the battery i put a thin coat of vasalene on them male ends before recconnecting and cable tieing them together!
Timmo 8)

After all i am the Cornish one!

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Mie starts up no probs so im leaving it alone lol
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Post by Adrian E »

Ollie

Could be clogged injectors? If they're dribbling rather than spraying it might be masked at higher revs, but bad at idle

Might be worth a look see

Adrian
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