Hi Honey,your home.How was your day,well let me tell you about mine...
So with renewed enthusiasm,as all sufferers of short term memory loss like myself do,I set about trying to make some headway with this damn misfire problem.
First i cleaned out the 'Hockey Puck' just for good measure,checked the coil pack earth wasn't broken,then set about removing the coil packs and spark plugs to see what I could find there.On first inspection of the plugs to me they looked pretty much ok, a set of BERU platinum sparklers...WHO!...there was some oil residue in the plug channels,rocker cover gasket is on the pending list.
However when I checked the gaps they were all different,ranging from 0.9mm-1.1mm
and after searching on here you guys seem to opt for a 0.7mm gap.As I couldn't find any info about BERU plugs on here I set them to 0.70mm and refitted,not forgetting to do up the poppers on the heat protection.I mean,poppers on a sports hatch,whatever next.
I've ordered a set of NGK BKR7E plugs,thanks to
@<tuffty/> through the search.
So with it all back together,I cleared the misfire code and went out for another test run.I seem to use up most of my limited annual mileage testing these days!
The car seemed fine to me,boosting,no stuttering and no EML flashing,I think how it should but with my paranoia in full swing it's hard to tell/accept.I was almost home and the 'low oil pressure' can lit up the DIS,those warning beeps strike fear into me.I parked it in the garage and under front of the car,drivers side was patches of grey,oily smelling liquid...
Any ideas guys,I've had the power steering pressure sensor leak before and changed that earlier in the year.Still has plenty of oil in the car.It looks like I'll be working under the car next,searching the forum,again.
One small beacon of light is that after I'd given myself a good slap for finding another problem to solve at least when I 'lite' scanned the car it came up with 'no faults found'.
It seems after climbing that particular ladder I've gone and landed on another snake