Gilbertd wrote:

Yes, but before spending the money you can confirm a sensor problem by swapping them from side to side. If the one not giving any readings moves to the other side, you know it's the sensor. Bank 2 is right hand bank as seen from the drivers seat, so yes, drivers side.

Champion. I've read they can be a pain to get out? Sensor located just before cat under car yes?

Thanks alot (again!) and we shall have neutral soon.

right. made me a little video of what's happening.

fuel trim bank 2 sensor 1 doesn't read any data.
02 volts bank 2 sensor 1 doesn't move either. Constantly reads 0.4v

bank 1 sensors move all over the shop, as does the short term fuel trim.

does that translate into English meaning a new o2 sensor on bank 2 is required?

Bank 2 is drivers side yes?

yes, i would liken it to having the choke on the car at times. I've got mobizen rigged up with android on my laptop. I'll go for a spin and record the torque app. Then i can play the video back and see what's happening.

Right, lets see how we get on with this then.

I've set up torque. I've got displays as follows

O2 Volts bank 1 sensor 1
O2 Volts bank 1 sensor 2
O2 Volts bank 2 sensor 1
O2 Volts bank 2 sensor 2

Fuel Trim short term

Fuel Trim bank 1 sensor 1
Fuel Trim bank 1 sensor 2
Fuel Trim bank 2 sensor 1
Fuel Trim bank 2 sensor 2

Is that correct?

Thanks for your help GilbertD :-)

i cleared the codes on Friday. Got a couple of the codes back Saturday and today we've got the ensemble encore. I didn't want to post about it until i was sure the codes were right.

Can you or anyone recommend an app that will give me the data you've requested or should i just get torque pro? I got torque lite to begin with just to see what was going on.

A bit more info that most likely relates to this.

Was talking to GilbertD about a rough idle. I said i'd chucked some injector cleaner in there but it hadn't seem to help. Thats when i got on with thinking about getting in there and cleaning them.

Yesterday, i started it up and it immidiately revved to 2000rpm and climed slowly to about 2500rpm. Eventually settled down and i took the Mrs to McDonalds for her hangover burger pick me up.

When i got home, i googled the problem and since i still have the other p38 (which i know works fine), i was able to go parts robbing. I first changed the IAC valve. Started the car but didn't recreate the issue. Probably since it was warm. I figured while i was there, why not swap the MAF too and be done with it. I thought the idle was much better.

Today i started her up and she ticked over nicely. Went about 1 mile up to the shop and by the time i got there, the idle was rough. Also Noticeable when your just coming to a stop, it's as though your about to stall a manual car. Then it settle down once you're at a complete stop. Once you're on Gas it's about 80% improved but still not right.

I have no issues once we're moving. Gear changes all good. No pops or stutters.

Not sure if this counts as electric or oil. I figure there'll be both involved so i posted it here. This links on from my original post about the non exsistant fuel filter and my reason behind wanting to change it and also the chat about cleaning the injectors.

Got myself a cheapo elm327 obd reader and i have the following codes.

p0135 - Rave says Upstream heater LH bank - Short circuit or open circuit
p0155 - Rave says Upstream heater RH bank - Short circuit or open circuit
p0154 - Rave says Upstream sensor RH bank - electrical Open circuit
p1319 - Rave says Misfire detected with low fuel level

What's the score here then?

Lambda sensors? or a misfire that's causing the sensor(s) to not function correctly?

but it's cold out!

RutlandRover wrote:

If the gearbox is taking a signal from the TPS and believing that signal to be true to what the engine is doing and using this information to control the behaviour the gear box, then the cable adjustment would be critical.

If the cable is too slack or too tight then the engine would doing something different to what the TPS is telling the gearbox it should be. You could then end up with mismatched gearbox and engine behaviour and poor gear changes etc.

so in a nutshell, i might be right in thinking my car is better now then?

it's gotta affect something or Rave would be specific in saying it has to be adjusted up properly for the auto box to work right. However, i have no idea and i only ask the questions to learn. :-)

oh by the way, still no neutral. Had to put car bits on the back burner as i'm renovating a new house. Will have to wait til the weekend i reckon.

A weekend to get the top manifold off? As in Saturday and Sunday?????

Gilbertd wrote:

Fresh coffee, instant dissolves (like it's supposed to do) and your hands smell nicer but you can't tell if you've washed them or not.

LMAO.

As if you answered that!!!

I literally did my throttle cable today. It was slack. I reckon about 4mm of adjustment. Tightened it up and honest, the car picks up much better. I was only saying before how I thought my other p38 felt faster/sportier or whatever. Can't believe the difference a couple of mm has made. (said no woman ever!) lol

yeah I can access individual messages, just not the home page.

I can't access the "Oily bits" section. Anyone else have trouble?

I get the message "500 Server Error" and "Something went wrong"

I've tried chrome and firefox and it also doesn't work on my phone.

gordonjcp wrote:

I'm going to be down in Bradford at the end of August, we should try and meet up. I'm sure you locals know of a few good green lanes to poke about in ;-)

Not really local to Bradford. Could google the green lanes though.

Parked outside the house on flat road. The other car never had any bother so here's hoping this one will be fine now.

Further regarding the injectors.

I believe i need to do the rocker gaskets. There's plenty of oil escape going on and 2 came with the car anyway.

I've never really been hands on with cars. Done bits and pieces but i generally just take it to the garage. However, i am keen and capable and wondered are the rockers something i can be tackling by myself? I've read rave and it sounds reasonably easy. There is all the lpg stuff in the way though and there's no manual for that.

Since i want the gaskets doing, i figure that's a good time to be cleaning the injectors. Is that correct?

If i was to take the job on myself, how much time should i budget for?

or should i just take it to the garage? lol.

Thankyou.

Final stage of the fix, eas delay timer relay back in now. If i've done it all right, shouldn't be moving and draining battery no more.