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Re: Lack Of Power etc.......
« Reply #15 on: 01 March 2007, 12:20:39 »
well I did check mine this morning, the small breather pipe is on the left and does go to the box the same as the big pipe.

I then adjusted the throttle cable - it's now on the very last stop - might need to adjust the pedal end if possible, or fit a spacer - but it does seem much perkier now ... so try re-adjusting the throttle cable ...
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« Reply #16 on: 01 March 2007, 13:28:53 »
... BoBo, you didn't happen to find my E11 socket in your engine bay by any chance did ya??
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« Reply #17 on: 01 March 2007, 14:06:00 »
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... BoBo, you didn't happen to find my E11 socket in your engine bay by any chance did ya??
No I'm afraid not, I'll be having another poke around later if it's not raining, but if it was left in there it's probably somewhere between Brackley & Coventry....
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« Reply #18 on: 01 March 2007, 15:23:32 »
OK I've checked the breather pipes.
The one on the left is the shorter of the two & travels almost straight down. The one on the right is longer & travels past this & further down (if that makes sense?).

I've re-adjusted the throttle & response is now excellent.

However it still fells "flat" until 3 1/2k revs, the kick-down is improved but not as it was & tick-over is not affected by the climate or putting it in drive......
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« Reply #19 on: 01 March 2007, 21:13:05 »
hmmm ... pipes sound OK ... that's me out of ideas ...  :-/

... anyone else got any? The HT leads on the O/S bank were submerged in oil before the cam cover gasket change though ... but the oil was syringed out and new twin electrode spark plugs were fitted ...
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« Reply #20 on: 01 March 2007, 21:18:05 »
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hmmm ... pipes sound OK ... that's me out of ideas ...  :-/

... anyone else got any? The HT leads on the O/S bank were submerged in oil before the cam cover gasket change though ... but the oil was syringed out and new twin electrode spark plugs were fitted ...
Leads may be knackered then...   ...but it still sounds more like front multiram...
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« Reply #21 on: 01 March 2007, 21:37:44 »
It'll have to wait til Sat now to have another poke around, I'm off to East Mids airport after work tomorrow to pick my brother up. Although TBH it would have to be blindingly obvious for me to find anything  :-/
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« Reply #22 on: 03 March 2007, 10:40:34 »
there's a diagram of the vacuum pipe routing from Mark here (yours will be the earlier type) ...
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« Reply #23 on: 04 March 2007, 10:04:27 »
Decided to change my aux belt yesterday & noticed a split in the hose in the pic below.
I taped it up for now because Vx were closed & I didn't have any other I could use as a stop-gap.
Low end power is now back however tick-over is still low & doesn't change when I put it in gear, I still have a "flat spot" on acceleration & there's a hesitation if I floor it but things are much improved.

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« Reply #24 on: 04 March 2007, 15:12:50 »
The pipe with the silver foil on? Thats secondary air injection.
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« Reply #25 on: 04 March 2007, 17:39:58 »
well, having changed my cam cover gaskets - the left-hand small pipe goes down and to the left to a metal box, the same place as the big pipe that feeds the two outer pipes on the top. The right-hand smaller pipe goes to a little black box almost straight down. I'm not sure if swapping those two smaller pipes will make a difference, but if they're the wrong way round it might be worth swapping them and trying that ... were you able to trace the vacuum pipes OK?
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« Reply #26 on: 05 March 2007, 08:07:38 »
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The pipe with the silver foil on? Thats secondary air injection.
Yep that's the one, it runs fine when cold but starts misbehaving when up to temp.
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« Reply #27 on: 05 March 2007, 12:34:29 »
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well, having changed my cam cover gaskets - the left-hand small pipe goes down and to the left to a metal box, the same place as the big pipe that feeds the two outer pipes on the top. The right-hand smaller pipe goes to a little black box almost straight down. I'm not sure if swapping those two smaller pipes will make a difference, but if they're the wrong way round it might be worth swapping them and trying that ... were you able to trace the vacuum pipes OK?
I had good check & everything seems to be in the right place, not 100% sure though  :-/
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« Reply #28 on: 05 March 2007, 12:57:19 »
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The pipe with the silver foil on? Thats secondary air injection.
I don't suppose anyone has one of these lying around  :question
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« Reply #29 on: 05 March 2007, 14:29:59 »
'Fraid not. Common Failure, often caused by fault with 1 way valve...
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