mitchracer
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About 2 weeks ago i noticed a stutter/hesitation from 2800rpm up to 3100rpm but i had let my fuel go quite low until the light went on which is the 1st time i had done this, so i filled the car up and when i drove off the stutter had gone so i thought nothing else about it and put it down to that maybe.
2days after this it did it again for a couple minutes until it warmed up, so i thought id check my spark plugs, and they all looked fine so i decided id get a new set soon anyway.
At the weekend when i was fitting a new clutch i spoke to a mate about the problem and he said check the spark plugs again, this is when i found that 1 of my spark plug tips had melted! and also there was a small crack on the part holding the little tip and these were denso iridium spark plugs! am lucky the broken part hadnt fallen into the bore and im sure the end is melted not broken so there wouldnt have been a loose bit there.
So i put a different spark plug in at the garage just to get me to the gf and the car drove lovely all the way there, not stuttering or anything, obviously i drove it sensibly after finding a melted plug already.
the next day i drove home and the car was stuttering again, so i pulled the plugs when i got home and they all looked good but i changed them for my old plugs which i was running before i forged the engine which worked fine and now the car is stuttering like mad with no power at all.
bit of background on the car is
3000miles into running forged tdo4 240hp at 1.5bar on emange blue and i do not abuse this car as it has cost me so much
somebody please help me out, am starting to loose heart with this car after so much bad luck and money it is costing me
2days after this it did it again for a couple minutes until it warmed up, so i thought id check my spark plugs, and they all looked fine so i decided id get a new set soon anyway.
At the weekend when i was fitting a new clutch i spoke to a mate about the problem and he said check the spark plugs again, this is when i found that 1 of my spark plug tips had melted! and also there was a small crack on the part holding the little tip and these were denso iridium spark plugs! am lucky the broken part hadnt fallen into the bore and im sure the end is melted not broken so there wouldnt have been a loose bit there.
So i put a different spark plug in at the garage just to get me to the gf and the car drove lovely all the way there, not stuttering or anything, obviously i drove it sensibly after finding a melted plug already.
the next day i drove home and the car was stuttering again, so i pulled the plugs when i got home and they all looked good but i changed them for my old plugs which i was running before i forged the engine which worked fine and now the car is stuttering like mad with no power at all.
bit of background on the car is
3000miles into running forged tdo4 240hp at 1.5bar on emange blue and i do not abuse this car as it has cost me so much
somebody please help me out, am starting to loose heart with this car after so much bad luck and money it is costing me