FTO AUSTRALIA

hey guys my girlfriend fto is pretty much running on 5cyl and sometime when we are driving it does this weired thing like flooding a 2 stroke motorbike.... it just dies and struggling to stay on... my guess and the mechanic reckons thst its the front coils... we have chasnged the rear leads and plugs and the front 3 plugs soo could it be that?

stepper motor

Kustom wrote:stepper motor

you sure man ? cause its so weird haha have you had the same problem

its hard to explain really. ok lets just say as we are driving it drives ok but then when we stop at a set of lights and go its struggling like craaazy! like putting your foot down and nothing happened. no rev , nothing. it doesn't stall but it really struggles...

^^^could be as above
Hi Marshy.
I have looked into your coils as you requested on sms........
Bursons - New - ( Sit down) $250each
eBay - New - ( Stand back up) $66each + $19 postage for three http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MITSUBISHI-F ... 2eb80d6900
Used from wreckers should be about $100 set, ring around.
I suggest you make sure this is your problem first, go to Kanwal Auto & Mufflers (Over the road from Wyong Hospital) he has a snap-on code reading computer that has FTO abilities, about $10-$20 for a diognosis.

P.S. 5 in a row

marshy1223 wrote:its hard to explain really. ok lets just say as we are driving it drives ok but then when we stop at a set of lights and go its struggling like craaazy! like putting your foot down and nothing happened. no rev , nothing. it doesn't stall but it really struggles...

Put your throttle body on her car and test.
Put your coils on her car and test.

P.S. fold your mirrors

PHIL069 wrote:^^^could be as above
Hi Marshy.
I have looked into your coils as you requested on sms........
Bursons - New - ( Sit down) $250each
eBay - New - ( Stand back up) $66each + $19 postage for three http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MITSUBISHI-F ... 2eb80d6900
Used from wreckers should be about $100 set, ring around.
I suggest you make sure this is your problem first, go to Kanwal Auto & Mufflers (Over the road from Wyong Hospital) he has a snap-on code reading computer that has FTO abilities, about $10-$20 for a diognosis.

P.S. 5 in a row

hey phil i did cal up bursons today and he quoted me 300 each and thats doing a deal from 335 each.. i did see the 66 dollar now so I'm stoked! so ill take the car down their when I'm free and they will find whats exactly wrong with it for max $20

marshy1223 wrote:

PHIL069 wrote: I suggest you make sure this is your problem first, go to Kanwal Auto & Mufflers (Over the road from Wyong Hospital) he has a snap-on code reading computer that has FTO abilities, about $10-$20 for a diognosis.

hey phil i did cal up bursons today and he quoted me 300 each and thats doing a deal from 335 each.. i did see the 66 dollar now so I'm stoked! so ill take the car down their when I'm free and they will find whats exactly wrong with it for max $20

Ring first for a price, I go there all the time so my price might be cheaper than yours, ring other mechs if they are too expensive.
They should be able to tell you if you have a bad sensor/faulty fuel pump/faulty stepper motor/misfire.
You can do a manual code test, instructions on this site, do a search, didn't work for me though.
Try resetting your ECU, disconnect negative battery lead for 15-20 mins, reconnect and run engine for 5-10 mins.
Could also be blocked air intake/air filter, disconnect air intake from throttle body and test.
If it is a misfire you will have to do further investigating could be bad coil pack/bad electric signal getting to coil pack/loss of compression in pot/burnt or cracked valve/burnt or cracked piston/clogged or faulty injector/crack in head gasket/crack in head/faulty piston compession ring.
So if computer diagnosis comes up with nothing you may have to get compression test done.


I repeat.....

PHIL069 wrote:Put your throttle body on her car and test.
Put your coils on her car and test.

If nothing changes put her coil packs/throttle body on your FTO and test.
If they work on yours but not hers they are fine, it would have to be something else as above.

If you want to bring it around mine for a look, tomorrow arvo will be OK

Thought to check error codes?

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=14667

That'll tell you if you've got a bung coil pack without having to spend any money..

Your such a helpful little boy marshy!
Pity it's not to your mother!
Next time you need driving to work at 530 am call me won't you
It's ok mummy got her car fixed btw you tosser

PHIL069 wrote:he has a snap-on code reading computer that has FTO abilities
You can do a manual code test, instructions on this site, do a search.

Bennoz wrote:Thought to check error codes?

Shazzam wrote:Your such a helpful little boy marshy!
Pity it's not to your mother!
Next time you need driving to work at 530 am call me won't you
It's ok mummy got her car fixed btw you tosser

Shazzam wrote:Your such a helpful little boy marshy!
Pity it's not to your mother!
Next time you need driving to work at 530 am call me won't you
It's ok mummy got her car fixed btw you tosser

hey mum it basically wasn't drivable... we drove from terrigal to the entrance and had to pull over nd stop the car a good 10 times to be able to get to the mechanic. they wherent very helpful... just sacked some injector cleaner in it and now its fixed!!!!!! glad its outta the way now.. back to the way it was

So happy for you, can't wait for the next time you get sh*t on.
Hope they got your back son.
I know who's got mine.

marshy1223 wrote: just sacked some injector cleaner in it and now its fixed!

Well done marshy, so it was blocked injector/s, at least you didn't buy new coil packs
Onwards and upwards

Ewww. Well if injector cleaner fixed it, then that's telling you 2 things.

- Get your injectors out & properly machine cleaned.
- Change your fuel filter. Asap.

Bennoz wrote:Thought to check error codes?

viewtopic.php?f=21&t=14667

That'll tell you if you've got a bung coil pack without having to spend any money..

So true!!

But to test the coils what you can do is to pull the coil from its resting position (and ground it somehow) stick a small screw driver into both ends of coil which screw driver is resting a cm from a grounding point of car and you should see a spark grounding itself from screw driver.