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Originally Posted by Lookingout
During the night run the motor lift the bonet and look for any sparks jumping from the leads or plugs. Just my be.
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My first thing was that...the very first thing actually because I had similar on another car I owned ( and owning batteries one is always surprised how electricity finds a path)...plus making sure that all leads were separated from particularly metal surfaces ..replaced leads eventually as well...the characterists seems like electrical shorting and examining the colour of the exhaust showed it was probably not fuel..but of course you dont know..each can manifest similar..it showed a propensity to occur when hot which can be a short but also could mean fuel vaporising...another thing it could have been the petrol tank cap.. it was functional but that was another possibility I looked at...I think I covered everything that is why I became interested in electronic diagnosis...I once raced moto cross bikes and as a result became pretty handy as a mechanic and trouble shooter given that I was a one man race team.
I don't think we changed the coil and I know we have not changed the injectors but my money is on the sensors given my mates experience and the elimination of all posibilities save coil and injectors...each of which you could think would show pretty well all the time.
I hope to report in the future on my device purchase and my daughter's successfully repair...did the rear struts last week so it is becoming a new car...front bearing have been done..you say something and I bet I can say..yes done that.
Alex