Recent content by cookea176

ahh, the beautiful sound of my 1.7 firing as it should again. Thankyou so much for the help, couldnt have done it without the help from here. Fingers crossed it keeps sounding like it does now. Thanks again guys :thumbs:

Ok, sorry about all the daft questions, new to this game, and still trying to learn the ropes. Air filter is dry, got the coil pack plugs and leads arriving this morning, fingers crossed that will do the trick! Thanks for your help so far :)

Thankyou, I'll give that a go this morning and see how i get on. Noticed the other day that 2 of the screws holding the plastic cover on are missing, is it possible these are direct access to the plugs for any water getting under the bonnet when going through a large puddle?

Sorry :shock: I have WD40'd as stated on the above threads, but still no change as yet

Hi, sorry to keep on, Ive driven the car a good few hundred miles since starting to misfire, still no sign of it going away, am I being too imaptient, or should I be expecting to see any improvement by now? if i change the plugs and leads could this help? :oops: thanks

Hi, Sorry to keep on, but the car now sounds like it is either misfiring, or the exhaust is blowing, my interest to cars being new I'm not entirely sure whihc, but imagine with the above issue it may be a misfire, am I still just to keep driving it to see if dries out!!

JUst used this guide and it worked a treat....ahh cold air at last...many thanks :)

Thanks steve, shall I try to limit driving for a bit?

Hi, my wife has just driven through a rather large puddle, during an extremely heavy downpour. The car now seems to be spluttering when idle, and in low revs, but seems to clear up in the higher revs. She also said there did appear to be steam rising from the front of the car BEFORE she hit the...