last night i had to go drop my nephew back to his girlfriends place. 

i drove to the pick up, dropped 20miles up the road, sat chatting with him for about 15mins (hadnt had a decent conversation in months/yrs) then drove home. no issues at any time.

then suddenly when i stopped at traffic lights about 5mins from home, the idle started almost chugging like it was missing a cylinder. sounded like it drove ok the last bit home, as long as the revs didnt drop under 1500. no eml came on and no error message on the maxidot.

 

its booked in with a mechanic on Wednesday for a service and getting all my front suspension replaced, but between now and then where should i start having a look this morning for obvious stuff? im 50/50 about driving it anywhere today or tomorrow. bank holiday today and i can probably sort getting to a work meeting with a colleague tomorrow morning so i can work around it if driving it might cause any bigger issue.

 

Edited 9 June, 20232 yr by mac11irl
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VCDS would be my first action. Injectors are one of many problem areas on these engines,  I've read.

yeah, ill see if my torque pro dongle will connect later on (bit sporadic the last few times i plugged it in) and try for a scan. 

i am suspecting an injector though 😞

 

okay, so neither carista or torquepro are flagging any error messages.

 

live data from carista 

at idle - rpm and fuel rail pressure seem right?

 

at 1870 rpm was aiming for a 2k hold,but my foot wouldnt comply 

 

 

i also pulled the engine cover off and fiddled the injector wires.

injector 1(? first on left) did make an awful racket for a few seconds while i shut down. wriggled the cable again and started back up ok, but with the same slightly rough sound..

vudeo, after i did the first cable wriggle and got the rattle, tried again and got nothing!

 

does it sound a bit like an injector dying?

car dropped to mechanic for tomorrow's booking.

pedalled home in the heat, nearly suffered heat stroke in 15mins across town on the bike.

brought him out to listen the idle after telling him what had happened, and as soon as he heard the engine run, within 5seconds he just went.. thats an injector, stupidly common on the 1.6. (which i already knew from reading about it quite a lot on here. was just hoping id get away with another while!

aaand....

Donkey 2 will be staying with me for quite a while longer -

full service done, and...

new injector, new front dampers, springs, top mounts, arb bushes, droplinks and wishbones. Rear pads and discs, reaf caliper (1 seized, rear droplinks...)

 

not more creaks rattles knocks etc.

 

roll on to the next service interval and it will be due a timing belt and and water pump, and get the aircon rad replaced then aswell. couldnt afford to get that done aswell this time!!!