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Mmm, I say VTS rims painted anthracite, or the cyclones left silver.
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Cyclones  Your car suited being on the beach yesterday, think it had something to do with the yellow lol 
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~Nice car Gary. Lovely colour too. The only problem with the colour is the local plod. I had the same problem when I had a yellow car. Take it easy or you'll soon be pin pointed out as a 'known car'.
Looking forward to seeing your mods. I'll also see you at the next meet.
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my car is officially broke. was driving it all day today and then started it up after a good clean and its all jerky and judery and not as quick as it was!
took it to a garage and they said it could just be a spark plug thats broke or a coil pack and its only firing on 3 cylinders! i duno what im looking for to do it myself so ive gota take it to a garage, im well and truly pi33ed off!
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Sounds like water in the spark plugs mate, have you cleaned or steam cleaned your engine? Give it time to dry an it'll be fine
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yeah i have cleaned it you c0ck but it cant be that can it?
wouldnt the heat off the engine dry em out pretty quikly?
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Nah, i think its gotta evaporate or something. If it doesnt work in the morning i'll be very suprised!
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I agree with Ad. Itll clear in a while. I had a mate hu got a GTi and in his first week it broke very similarly. Its like they dont like bein ragged. Check the electrical connections to the sensors and plugs. He had a torn connection to somethin forcin 1 cylinder not to fire resulting in a backfire so violent it blew the bolts from the manifold/cat joint
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It's water in the electrics (Spark or ignition). I did the same on my first Lotus and it didn't dried out for about two days. That was the winter though. In the end I sprayed everything in WD40 and it did the trick
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He took the engine cover off before to have a look at the plugs. 2nd one looks a bit knackered, so hopefully itll be okay once theyre all replaced
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yeah coil pack aswel is bust i think so ill be geting one of them,. the guy down the road is fixing it for me, he's a mechanic from home so itll be in safe hands plus i dont have to walk miles to get home and pick it up!
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Sweet mate, glad you sorted it..
The system is the same set up as my VTR, i had to replace the coil pack on mine...
I also had a loose connecter on 3rd injecter causing engine management faults, but with that and the new coil pack job was a good one...
buy the way not sure how much coil packs are but i paid £330 inc labour for mine...
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yeah its fappin expensive! worst thing is it wernt even me who snapped the ****in thing! not even fixed yet im seriuosly anoyed
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Despite the small setback Gary this is gonna be a sweet motor. I was seriously lookin at gettin one before my civic. The initial ideas you have for it sound great too. I'm jealous of the speed you've got with this!When its back & runnin properly maybe take me for a little spin!!??
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