Oh for the days when you could do anything to a car with only a socket set, screwdriver and a set of feeler gauges. (Came across my feeler gauges the other day, going rusty in an old tool drawer.)
Been tearing my hair out for a week now,(and I don't have that much to start with), trying to find an elusive misfire. Finally gave up today and went to the local Fiat for a diagnostic check as it was starting to get pretty bad.
After trying assorted plugs around the engine bay the mechanic finally found one that connected to the right controller. He fires up his tester, hits a few options and with a knowing look says, "ah, it's your phase adjust relay".
"What's that?", I say, "B*G****D if I know", he replies, "I'll ask the foreman".
Foreman comes over, "Never heard of one of those before, there's some relays over there and that's a phase valve thingy over there.", he says pointing in the general direction of the engine.
So, I'm booked in for this Monday to give them time to talk to Fiat. They could "just replace the relay" but they are "not cheap" and "it may not even be broken".
In the meantime i'm driving a schizo car that keeps going from tractor to dragster and back again with no warning. It reminds me of an old hunter I used to ride, well hang onto anyway.
Oh, and just in case you are wondering, it advances and retards the timing depending on how energetically you are driving and also helps regulate idle speed.|) I think. [)]
85% of Marea HLX drivers have speeding tickets.... lol they'll have to catch me first.
Been tearing my hair out for a week now,(and I don't have that much to start with), trying to find an elusive misfire. Finally gave up today and went to the local Fiat for a diagnostic check as it was starting to get pretty bad.
After trying assorted plugs around the engine bay the mechanic finally found one that connected to the right controller. He fires up his tester, hits a few options and with a knowing look says, "ah, it's your phase adjust relay".
"What's that?", I say, "B*G****D if I know", he replies, "I'll ask the foreman".
Foreman comes over, "Never heard of one of those before, there's some relays over there and that's a phase valve thingy over there.", he says pointing in the general direction of the engine.
So, I'm booked in for this Monday to give them time to talk to Fiat. They could "just replace the relay" but they are "not cheap" and "it may not even be broken".
In the meantime i'm driving a schizo car that keeps going from tractor to dragster and back again with no warning. It reminds me of an old hunter I used to ride, well hang onto anyway.
Oh, and just in case you are wondering, it advances and retards the timing depending on how energetically you are driving and also helps regulate idle speed.|) I think. [
)]85% of Marea HLX drivers have speeding tickets.... lol they'll have to catch me first.
