Holding back

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

I am probably renowned for my dumb ass questions on here by now lol, but I'm gonna ask anyway. Something is holding my car back. Doesn't feel as quick as it used to be, and is possibly getting worse. Seems to make a lot of noise, but not go anywhere sorta thing. By 'a lot of noise' I just mean acceleration noise, not 'nasty' noises like rattling or anything. Sounds like ur accelerating hard, but goes as if you haven't really got ur foot all the way down sorta thing. I thought it'd be clutch slipping cuz that makes perfect sense, but me & mate agreed that it'd be absolutely stinkin of burning clutch if it was slipping, and I probably wouldn't be going very far at all. Is it possible for a clutch to be slipping VERY SLIGHTLY, and the car still be generally okay to drive? I just went to overtake something earlier and was surprised at how NOT quickly it did it. Usually nips around things SO quick like. I thought I was in the wrong gear for a minute, but nope I was okay. Is there an engine sensor or something that could cause it to run shit if it was knackered? My fuel pump is a noisy fucker, could that be getting a bit tired and pumping a bit slow? Any ideas?

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

i put my money on ignition bits
(plugs,leads,dizzy cap ,rotor arm etc)

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

you got a cat or decat?

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

decat sir. A silenced one. Mongoose exhaust from cat back, and pipercross induction kit. Those are the only 'mods'

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

fuel filter.

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

Hmm hadn't thought of that. Are there better ones than the standard one available? Or just whack a standard one in?

I have changed it since I bought the car. Probably just over a year ago, so about 12,000 miles ago(ish)? Do they need changing that often?

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

standard man! its only a filter.

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

Like an air filter is 'only a filter' you mean?? And how many people have still got the standard one of them?? Laughing

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

OK go and find a rip off "performance" enhancing fuel filter.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

if its new thats not your problem. Its not unusual for new ones to collapse but they normally do it pretty quickly.

Make sure theres no leaky breathe rpipes or anything.

Does it feel like a fuel starvation problem to you? Does it make you wanna pull the choke out?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

if you want an expensive but decent filter get a cosworth gold. Used to be a DFV filter but they put a gold plated cover on it and its used in NASCAR. think its about 170 quid a pop.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

so ur paying for the gold? Very Happy

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

Feels like fuel starvation yeah. You've probably heard my long & boring story about my fuel pump & fuel tank before, and I'm convinced it's something to do with that. The car sounds normal, like it's goin for it........somethin just restricting it like.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

did I not say before pop the pump out and make sure the mesh on the bottom is clear?

Thast what fecked the original pump on my chamade, when I got it it was bloody loud, poopped the pump out, rusty flakes all over the mesh on the pickup, it was starving it and caused it to burn out eventually.

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

I am useless with things like that, I just don't have the knowledge or tools or anything to be able to 'pop' the pump out lol. That is a garage job for me I'm afraid Rolling Eyes

Well, think so anyway. Haven't really looked at how to do it. I mentioned to a guy at my local renault dealer about my noisy pump and he said there is a mesh thing that he could completely take off the pump, cuz the fuel filter further down will do the filtering sorta thing.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

thats what I'm talking about and as usual the renault man is a fucking retard.

if you take it off instead of gettign trapped int eh mesh it will go through the pump siezing it at worst and scorign the rollers and makign it lose pressure and capacity at best.

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

Doh! Well that's useful to know, Cheers Chris

Level 10 User Joined: 05 Mar 2005 Posts: 570

I have seen these fuel filters for sale and are they hard to change?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

easy job

Level 10 User Joined: 05 Mar 2005 Posts: 570

PLEASE could you do a guide on it?

Those things are really good and it'd give you something to do Wink

Level 10 User Joined: 05 Mar 2005 Posts: 570

1.4 style of course Wink