BOB B

I,ve replied to your PM Matt then I looked at this, a little bit of confusion, the cylinder problem was completely seperate from the EGCV actuator problem and only happened on Wednesday. I went out to the DIY store just down the road, when i came out and started it I had this cylinder problem, I managed to drive it back home (2 miles), then the AA story starts. Bob.

I;ve just had some pretty shitty news from the garage, they popped the plugs out and he said that the one in number 6 cylinder looked very crappy so the first thing they did was a compression test on 6 and he said there was no compression at all, nothing, he said that the others seamed OK. Now, he says my options are:- he takes the engine out strips it down finds out whats wrong and sorts it, but if the chamber is damaged it would be ridiculusly expensive to sort, he says anything from £2000 to £6000, the last one he did was £5000. Try to source a UK engine to replace mine, still will be v expensive with an unditermined wait time and you don't know what you'll get. Or I try to sell the car one way or the other and save up for a new one. Can anyone think of ant other alternatives, do the estimated prices seem right, should I consider getting one of the Clubs "garages" "people" to have a look and get a second oppinion. A very unhappy Bob.

Thanks Chris any advice from you elec or not is usually good. Chris I will get back to you after I get the car back to talk to you about gaskits for 1st to 2nd decats, I'm pretty sure mine hasn't got one in and its blowing a bit from the joint. Thanks Matt also, unfortunatly I've been up in London for a day and just got back, the car is being picked up tomorrow morning 0800 to go to the garage, if only we could have talked earlier, because I can only imagine that its an elec problem and a spare ECU would have been a good tool, though is your spare a UK one. Thanks again. Bob.

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No it hasn't Chris.

Yes mate did them about 16 months ago. Bob.

Checked resistors, fine about 4 ohms, ECU well battered but fine, engine nice and shiney but still sick. Ian, I was going to try your bridging and check fuel flow but unforunatly its "monging" it down now so that will have to wait.

I'm not sure about the fuel feed, though the fuel feed pipe comes in at the 4/5/6 cylinder end of the injector fuel pipe, so logic would point towards, that if there was a fuel feed problem it would effect all the cyliders. Sorry but I'm just trying to bounce ideas about, I'm just going to test the resistor pack now I'll also go and take a BIG hammer to the ECU and the engine I'm going to give a good tourching, I'll let you know the outcome. Bob.

Hi Ian, thanks for having the time to give me some input on this, I know it sounds a wierd fault. The AA man didn't actually prove the spark with the plug out but he did test all the signals getting to the connectors and he did change all the coil packs and plugs around and the fualt stayed on the back three cylinders. I also can not see 3 injectors suddenly defecting I'm just wondering about the ECU signal, but to have three non random cylinders go down, could it be anything to do with the resistor pack? I'm taking that off soon to test thier resistance. I havn't done the fuel thing yet but I would have thought that there would have been a strong smell of fuel when he took the plgs out and there wasn't. Thanks again. Bob.

Done, (spits on hand but nobody there). Send me a PM on how you want paying, I can do paypal/bank transfer/cheque. Cheers. Bob.

Thanks Chris, I'll go out tomorrow and do some measuring then I'll email you. Bob.

Hi Mike, would you do the bearing set for £150 all in?

Sorry to hyjack the thread a bit, but Chris do you have gaskets that go between 1st and 2nd de-cat pipes? I'm not sure on where the pipes came from. Bob.

I used some from Halfords, its about a 6th of the price, have you looked at the valve stem seal replacement thread in tech ref it gives you a great guide to doing the gasket change. Bob.

Just had the AA out, went to start the car this morning and it only just managed to turn over, so called AA. He removed the conectors on the coil packs one at a time and found that numbers 4, 5, 6, cylinders not working, checked out voltage on each connector all ok. So he moved on to swopping the coil packs and spark plugs around and we decided that there was no fuel getting to cylinders 4/5/6 (no smell iether). I also have a problem with my EGCV actuator not working, (there is a thread in this section), would this have any bearing on my new problem? Has anyone had any experiance with this or knows of what could be the problem, it seams wierd but at the same time it could be something simple, I did try resetting the ECU with the removal of EFI 2 no change, could disconnecting the battery reset more things. Im suposed to take the car into the garage on Monday to get the EGCV problem done but now I'm stuck. Thanks in advance for any help. Bob.

Im after one of the above, the garage are taking my one off next week, its not working, so if I could get one before hand and do it up it would save hastle and time and maybe money. Cheers. Bob.

Thanks. Bob.

I've done a search but didn't find out what I needed, so here we are. I have never had anyone pay into my account and I need to do that now, what do I send them to enable them to pay me money, is it just my user name, (email address) or something else? Bob.

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I think you would be about 3/4 dibbs actualy, but obviously if it falls through I will re-thread. Bob.

I know what you mean, maybe when some more experianced members see this they can put us all right. Maybe the shocks are softer but the springs stiffer! By the way I've edited the mian post. Bob.