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 Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:08 pm |
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Joined: Sep 28, 2011
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Location: barnstaple
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car will take a while to start fires up on 3 or maybe 2 cylinders then cat faliure flashes up then car starts dying what can i do??
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:20 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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well you need to get the code read first
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:12 pm |
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Joined: Oct 01, 2011
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Location: norfolk
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might be sumthing simple like sparkplug r shot, maybe its frowing you emissions off
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:37 pm |
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Joined: Mar 29, 2010
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Location: Halifax
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Make sure your 02 wires are not corroded. My second one was and my car ran on 2 cylinders.
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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:59 am |
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Joined: Sep 28, 2011
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Location: barnstaple
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iv had the plesure of replacing the plugs and tryed unpluging lambda sensors only thing i think now is to take the cat off and clean it out
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:13 am |
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Joined: Sep 28, 2011
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Location: barnstaple
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to anyone with the same probably it turns out my coil pack died and put strain on the injectors to pump more petrol in and now have to replace number 1 and 3 injector and lambda sensor ....... TO ANYONE WHO HAS AN XSI THIS "IS" YOUR probably AS THE GARAGE I TOOK IT TO HAVE HAD EXACTLY IDENTICAL IN THE LAST 6 YEARS ............
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