Help! 1995 NA Idle/Power Issue
Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:00 pm
Reaching out to the great minds here! My beast is causing me no end of issues that no mechanic is having luck with. Story so far:
Car water pump seized on motorway and led to head gasket blowing and head crack. So, damn. Was working fine up until then.
Gave it to an engine rebuild specialist who restored the engine but on day 1 of picking it up from them car didn't feel like a peppy MR2 and cut out at every stop. Idle would drop to 500RPM, try to recover and then stutter low enough to cut out.
Took it right back. They said it was just a sticky throttle. Easy fix. Took to my normal mechanic for a throttle clean. Not the issue. Checked the entire electrical system. Rebuilt the ECU as it had some corrosion. Nothing else found electrically. Fuel pump apparently working as expected too. Usual mechanic says to take it back to engine place as they suspect the timing is the issue.
Took it back. Indeed they had put the cam belt back incorrectly and they fixed this a retimed it. Picked it up on Friday after assurances all was well (again) and it was just a bad as when I gave it to them still!
They are taking it back again this week.
Arghhh! What do you think the issue us? Other than these daft mechanics?
Car water pump seized on motorway and led to head gasket blowing and head crack. So, damn. Was working fine up until then.
Gave it to an engine rebuild specialist who restored the engine but on day 1 of picking it up from them car didn't feel like a peppy MR2 and cut out at every stop. Idle would drop to 500RPM, try to recover and then stutter low enough to cut out.
Took it right back. They said it was just a sticky throttle. Easy fix. Took to my normal mechanic for a throttle clean. Not the issue. Checked the entire electrical system. Rebuilt the ECU as it had some corrosion. Nothing else found electrically. Fuel pump apparently working as expected too. Usual mechanic says to take it back to engine place as they suspect the timing is the issue.
Took it back. Indeed they had put the cam belt back incorrectly and they fixed this a retimed it. Picked it up on Friday after assurances all was well (again) and it was just a bad as when I gave it to them still!
They are taking it back again this week.
Arghhh! What do you think the issue us? Other than these daft mechanics?