Sean's (& Ed's & Scott's) Astor GTi6

[Ed Doe]

Right, post-weekend update

Saturday Niall & Sam came over and we went for a drive with Pug Planet plugged in.

The result is there is an intermittent fault with the map sensor. This indicated a possible issue with the wiring rather than the sensor itself. So on Sunday I nipped up to Niall, we swapped some ninja parts onto the car, and then got the multimeter out.

It turns out the wire to the map sensor plug has a higher resistance than it should, which is causing the engine to think it's running lean, so it overcompensates on the fuel, which the lambda then tries to adjust down again. So basically that's why it's lumpy as shit to drive at the moment! Bit of a relief to have found the issue.

The downside is I'll need to replace the wiring loom, as the moulded elbow connecting all the loom wires to the ecu plug is badly cracked and has let water in. Thatll be a fun job.... :S

On the upside, I've managed to source a spare engine wiring loom, so that's now on the to-do list.

I've also got a replacement sandwich plate adapter nut, and a replacement meyle hd wishbone on order, so all I'm waiting on is a replacement O/S hub, and then on the 2nd weekend of Feb, I'll hopefully be able to smash everything out and get it sorted! I'm rather looking forward to it!!

I've also made some epic ninja-purchases, but all will be revealed in due course