cwspellowe
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Argh f*cking argh, spent the day cleaning the engine bay and thought "you know what, let's paint some bits".All went swimmingly as you can see from these before and after shots:
Until I put it all back together. On first crank fuel started p*ssing out of the regulator and I realised i hadn't put the circlip in, and then i noticed fuel coming out of one of the injectors.
Took the fuel rail off to put the injectors back in properly, replaced a couple of o-rings again and put it all back together.
Now when it starts, it chases up to 2000rpm and drops back to idle like a pulse. The throttle is uber sensitive with the car seemingly thinking WOT as actually at ¼ throttle.
Took the throttle body apart and checked and cleaned all the sensors and it made no difference. Everything's plugged back in where it should be, except for one plug you can see in the video. Don't think it was plugged in to anything before but it's got me wondering.
From the way the car's acting it sounds like an electrical fault to me with the TPS seeming to be the most likely culprit for the weird throttle but I dunno, maybe you guys can suggest something?
Here's a video of the revs chasing at idle
Video
And some random thing I found on the floor, don't even know if it's off the car?
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Bye bye Sundance Kid
Posted 24th May 2010 at 03:56
inlet manifold gasket maybe? Replaced it the first time i had it off, then used a combination of the new filter and gasket sealant the second time.
nah i may be a muppet but i know how to do a cable. Butterfly closes fully with just a tiny amount of slack on the cable. It's like the TPS is reading the resistance totally wrong.
just thought, I had to take the manifold off AGAIN to fix the fuel rail leaks and forgot to reapply sealant!
Looks nice and smart the engine bay, good work 
- Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary... That's what gets you.
