Well tried a lot of things to try and cure the engine and when I took the cam covers off to inspect the timing belt, I decided that it would be a good idea to replace the rubber bumper on the O/S engine mount as the original was looking fairly mullered. Took a while for... Continue Reading →

Injectors refitted, allowed the fuel system to repressurise and then started her up and it's exactly the same as before. Whipped out the plugs and ran a compression test and recorded a healthy 14 bar across each of the four cylinders. So, the good news is that the engine core seems pretty healthy. That said... Continue Reading →

After giving some thought to the misfire problem. It occured to me that the car had been run on a very low tank of fuel just prior to the problems starting. In a bid to try and eliminate another possible source of the problems I had the fuel injectors sent off for ultrasonic cleaning. I... Continue Reading →

Went to drive the car a few days ago and after starting it up, it seems to be running on 3 cylinders - it sounds like a cross between a Subaru and a Tractor and is really down on power. Time to check the ignition system then... Update: Swapped the coil pack with my spare... Continue Reading →

Rallye is back on the road having passed it's MOT after a retest. A week ago it scraped through on emissions, but was failed on the brakes (front discs excessively pitted and too much travel in the handbrake. The washer bottle motor had also packed up when I was doing the final run through things... Continue Reading →