Still haveing issues

Martyn

hi people as some of you might remember i had my cam chain done couple of month back and since then ive had nothing but trouble anyway my question points to the throttle body. I need to know if i need a specific TB or would any throttle body from a 2.2 sri astra or even vectra 2.2sri be ok for my car? my car is a astra 2.2 sri Y reg 2001. I did speak to him on friday and i suggested looking on ebay but he wont he did say he will buy the TB but on his terms and he also said that any TB wont do it needs to have the same number as mine reason being if i just get any TB i will have to get the ECU aswell not to mention the ignition :wtf: is he fobbing me off or is this tru thanks guys N girls.

Martyn.

vocky

all the z22se throttle body's are identical 🙂

they are just 'plug and play', no tech2 or programming required at all

but resetting the ecu will allow the new throttle body to settle quicker if the original is faulty, simply disconnect the battery for 20 minutes to reset the ecu

Martyn

would you say the TB is to blame? symptoms crappy start, haveing to pump the accelerator to get her fired up lumpy tick-over? cheers vocky

JohnnyN

Have you checked the spark plugs?

MikeS

knackered crank sensor also causes problems starting up even in limp mode and like misfiring on revving and lumpy idle

what eml codes u getting

does the eml light work ?, have u tried disconnecting a sensor to see if it pops up a light ?

some crafty sods wire up the eml light to like the battery light to show it comes on and off on start up rather than forking out to repair the problem

might be worth getting an elm interface or obd2 reader and checking the threshold of the sensors, i know the throttle body needs to be around 12% open when idle, anything lower and your starving the engine of air. my gendan interface shows the graph for the tb when revving and idle

Martyn

Ok just an update on the problems I am still having.

Here goes I have recently cleaned the throttle body out and since doing so the car has picked up abit although the lumpy idle and misfiring still occurs but saying that it only starts when the car is warm when I start it up first thing in morning the car runs great and feels like a 2.2 should but give a mile of driving and the problems start any ideas on this???

Also and I think this could be down to my breaks needing a change when I go on motorway and start to accelerate when I get into fourth the traction light comes on an stays on for a good min or so and to get it off I have to step off the accelerator and wait again any ideas on this?

Cheers guys and merry xmasssss cheers.. cheers..

vocky

try some new plugs or another coil pack

Martyn

Cheers pal I knew you would get first dibs in replying to this lol

Could the coil pack have been damaged when the cam chain was done?. I remember them saying they put new plugs in for "10 pound" well saying that its wrote on my receipt which I think is a pack of lies because when I checked they looked quite old.

Thanks again dude.

Martyn.

Martyn

Ok just an update I have just took my car to a different garage who then told me to take it to another who have had the 2.2 engine problems a lot as soon as I took it in he said the timing is out then I asked how much he would do it he gave me a price of 250 he also said I shouldn’t pay however the garage who did it should pay so how am I going to go about this and what if they refuse to pay?
Cheers.

Martyn

vocky

just get the timing sorted and then worry about getting your money back