swiss_tony
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Hi, first post so obviously having a bit of trouble
I recently bought a Marea Weekend 1.6 SX 100, 99 reg. Yesterday while driveing home I noticed the dreaded injector light was on along with a noticable drop in power, as though the car was running on three cylinders.
I checked the plugs and didn't really see anything wrong apart from being a bit sooty. Decided to change them anyhow which helped for a little while but this didn't last very long.
Upon examining the plugs I found that 2,3 and 4 were brownish/black indicating burn't fuel, however the 1st plug still looked new. Checked for a spark by earthing and turning the engine over, seems OK. My assumption is that probably there's no fuel getting into this cylinder. (I did bung a small bottle of redex injector cleaner into the fuel as well for good measure)
What can I do now ? What could be the cause ?
As you've probably guessed, I'm no mechanic and most probably won't be able to fix this but I wouldn't mind being a little bit more knowledgable so I won't be totally defenceless when confronting a garage.
Any help is much appreciated.
Tony
I recently bought a Marea Weekend 1.6 SX 100, 99 reg. Yesterday while driveing home I noticed the dreaded injector light was on along with a noticable drop in power, as though the car was running on three cylinders.
I checked the plugs and didn't really see anything wrong apart from being a bit sooty. Decided to change them anyhow which helped for a little while but this didn't last very long.
Upon examining the plugs I found that 2,3 and 4 were brownish/black indicating burn't fuel, however the 1st plug still looked new. Checked for a spark by earthing and turning the engine over, seems OK. My assumption is that probably there's no fuel getting into this cylinder. (I did bung a small bottle of redex injector cleaner into the fuel as well for good measure)
What can I do now ? What could be the cause ?
As you've probably guessed, I'm no mechanic and most probably won't be able to fix this but I wouldn't mind being a little bit more knowledgable so I won't be totally defenceless when confronting a garage.
Any help is much appreciated.
Tony