rover 416 starting / running problem
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PS does any body know exactly how to get at the main relay ? its not clear in the Haynes manual - clear in the wring diagram but not where its fitted.
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Regards the idling...I'm positive you know what you're talking about but how on earth do I check for vaccum leaks...my knowledge is pretty limited. How also do I check ecu fault codes? I couldn't even tell you where the ecu was mate, sorry. This brings me to another issue which has just surfaced. A few times I've noticed that when driving on a main road say, at around 60mph the car seems to lose all response to the throttle and start to lose power. This has happened a few times now and has lasted anywhere from a few seconds to maybe 15 secs max, then suddenly power will pick back up and the car will start responding again to throttle. The last time it happened the "check engine" light came on, so I pulled over, stopped the car and on restrating the light went out at ignition as it's supposed to an so far (6 days later) hasn't came back on again. I'm wondering what could be causing the intermittent lack of power. Car has done 109k kilometers and has just been mini-serviced, plugs, oil, air cleaner cleaned of sand etc. Normally the car runs fine, never runs hot even with the a/c on and will (usually) sit at a steady 120Km/h on the motorway all day if needed. Any thoughts??
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I just realised that you have the honda engine, This does not have an ecu so my advice is to get a replacement distributor asap! The slowing down could be a faulty valve in the filler cap causing a vacume. The fuel pump packing up. Ignition coil. or other stuff inc. the ecu. But my gut feeling is the electronic distributor. As for vaccume leaks look at hoses around the inlet manifold & see if there are any cracks around where they fit onto the manifold & other end especially the distributor vacc advance unit.
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The switch for the alarm is on the siren housing itself, at the back of the unit. I'll speak to the guy I know in parts at Rover tomorrow just to see if they do have any keys which will suit and if not I'll remove the switch and do as you say, hide it somewhere else.
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oh yes it does!!if its injection,it will have an ecu, its under the drivers seat and should have diagnostic lights on it too. thanks for the recomendation too brian,much appreciated. ___________________ 0208 315 8309 http://www.ecuclinic.com
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as i remember its quite a large ,but thin silver box, rectangular in shape ___________________ 0208 315 8309 http://www.ecuclinic.com
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Okay, been at Rover today and they worked on the car a few hours and they're sure they found the fault. For a while now I've had a small oil leak from the disty gasket. Nothing serious I thought and had it in mind to take care of it next full service which would be in another 3 months. Anyway, the oil sprayed onto a sensor which is attached to the gear box and somehow caused it to malfunction, at least that's what Rover told me. Technician cleaned the sensor, cleaned off the area of oil and replaced the disty gasket also. So far so good but I'm still wary. Incidentally, I had them change the relay for the heater blower as number 1 wasn't working...worked out to be the equivalent of £50 quid, which I wasn't impressed about at all but I've noticed a marked difference in the blower performance, especially with the a/c on. Oh and my jumpy idle was sorted by the same technician. He said it was just a case of disconnecting the ecu, sorting a fault code, setting the ignition and reconnecting the ecu. I might not have got that right word for word, forgive me as I need to translate his Hebrew explanations to English for you good chaps :-) Total cost today came to around £100. It was higher but I complained and got a 20% discount. They make more than enough money anyway!!
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Did you get the problem with it started sorted as mine wont start either if I have driven a few miles. Popped into shop, came out and it wouldn't start!! Had new starter. Still does it.
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Starter may have been recon, i didn't fit it, but this is the third starter. Checked all earths, twice and haven't tried jump leads. Does jump start tho which I thought a bit strange and made me think that it had to be starter or something connected to it, but as I've said, this is the third one, surely i can't be that unlucky!!
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you DIDNT TRY jump leads, but it does jump start???? do you mean BUMP start? ___________________ 0208 315 8309 http://www.ecuclinic.com
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Edited by QUOMAN 24 June 2007, 8:42 PM
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