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Sun 30 Dec 2007 18:21

414i poor mpg & performance - skreech

My rover 414i has been for an mot and has failed on the emissions. also i get poor performance and mpg, and the engine will some times idle a bit unsteady going up and down. The car will run ok it just seems to have very poor acceleration power.

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Edited by Pugugly {P} on 30/12/2007 at 18:56

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Sun 30 Dec 2007 18:48

poor mpg + performance - Screwloose

Is it running on all cylinders? Idle control systems can mask a single-cylinder miss - listen to the exhaust for a even flutter.

What were the emission test figures? Both natural and fast idle; CO, HC and Lambda.

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Sun 30 Dec 2007 22:24

poor mpg + performance - skreech

I will check for a cylinder miss , the power loss is quite significant , lambda is 1.045
(co fast idle 0.82% , hc fast idle 320ppm, fail) (co natural 0.45% pass).
thanks
steve..

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Sun 30 Dec 2007 22:31

poor mpg + performance - Screwloose

The HC figure shows that it's not likely to be missing on one cylinder. It's seriously rich; so things like the coolant temp sensor and the MAP pipe to the ECU are your first checks.

Any sound of exhaust manifold leakage?

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Sun 30 Dec 2007 23:02

poor mpg + performance - skreech

temp sensor ok resistence seems to be in limits. and map pipe ok. there is a slight hissing but it seems to be coming from around the intake area. and recently i've noticed a slight
whistling sound. engine surging is intermittent. I will check the ex manifold tommorrow for leakage. the car just doesnt have the proper sound to the engine when driving. thanks again steve..

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Mon 31 Dec 2007 15:43

poor mpg + performance - scrapmetal

Is the timing ok? if the exhaust cam is one tooth out it will fail emmissions.

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Tue 1 Jan 2008 19:55

poor mpg + performance - skreech

thanks for all the help so far, I'll check all the above when i get achance.

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