Having a few issues with my car and wanted some other opinions. Bit strapped for cash at the minute so if i can repair myself, I'd like to.
Problems:
1. Long Crank still happening despite changing injector leak off seals months ago...See here
- Most mornings, fast Cranking but long to start and sometimes almost double starts if that makes sense? You can hear it ignited and then drops and immediately ignites again... all within a second, it's very strange and I can't explain it any better. Some mornings its a very slow crank but gets fast and starts. I needed to get fuel a few days ago, started up, drove to garage, filled up, started car and it long cranked and got slower on the crank too.. Took me 5 key turns to get it going and then got a brief yellow "Low battery" warning. No i didnt leave any power on overnight but i did plug in a 12v phone carger when I first got in the car. Could that have sapped the battery during the 2 minutes it took me to fuel and pay? Been fast Cranking since and I unplugged charger incase it was that?
2. Coolant temp won't get up to 90 temp and oil temp is always same as coolant or within a few degrees (usually between 66-76 on both). Stuck open thermostat? 2nd water pump stuck on? Something else??
3. Clutch release is slow to return and doesn't follow my foot. It hasn't since I owned the car (about 2.5years) I had a new sachs clutch kit & flywheel done tail end of last year and I have since upgraded the clutch line to a steel hose from Darkside Developments that removed the little restrictor valve thinking that would solve the issue but it hasn't. My car has a CSC in bellhousing (correct me if im wrong) which was done with the clutch so it can't be that and also the issue was apparent beforehand. However GSF / ECP show a slave cylinder for my car which is the externally attached one as pictured
Would really appreciate anyone's input and experience on any of these issues? One thing I will say is my car doesn't have the VVT with it being CUPA EU5.
Its had a new in tank LPFP
new fuel filter
new heater matrix last year due to a coolant leak etc.
Problems:
1. Long Crank still happening despite changing injector leak off seals months ago...See here
- Most mornings, fast Cranking but long to start and sometimes almost double starts if that makes sense? You can hear it ignited and then drops and immediately ignites again... all within a second, it's very strange and I can't explain it any better. Some mornings its a very slow crank but gets fast and starts. I needed to get fuel a few days ago, started up, drove to garage, filled up, started car and it long cranked and got slower on the crank too.. Took me 5 key turns to get it going and then got a brief yellow "Low battery" warning. No i didnt leave any power on overnight but i did plug in a 12v phone carger when I first got in the car. Could that have sapped the battery during the 2 minutes it took me to fuel and pay? Been fast Cranking since and I unplugged charger incase it was that?
2. Coolant temp won't get up to 90 temp and oil temp is always same as coolant or within a few degrees (usually between 66-76 on both). Stuck open thermostat? 2nd water pump stuck on? Something else??
3. Clutch release is slow to return and doesn't follow my foot. It hasn't since I owned the car (about 2.5years) I had a new sachs clutch kit & flywheel done tail end of last year and I have since upgraded the clutch line to a steel hose from Darkside Developments that removed the little restrictor valve thinking that would solve the issue but it hasn't. My car has a CSC in bellhousing (correct me if im wrong) which was done with the clutch so it can't be that and also the issue was apparent beforehand. However GSF / ECP show a slave cylinder for my car which is the externally attached one as pictured
Would really appreciate anyone's input and experience on any of these issues? One thing I will say is my car doesn't have the VVT with it being CUPA EU5.
Its had a new in tank LPFP
new fuel filter
new heater matrix last year due to a coolant leak etc.
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