mk1 uno turbo standard and original tax'd and mot'd

selling my mk1 uno turbo

last owner had it 12 years, mot til jan 2014 and tax til november, was in daily use until i bought it and its now running on 3 cylinders, i dont have the time to play with it,

engine is good very quiet and doesnt smoke,
bodywork is tatty but solid,

ideal for a restoration just needs a clean and some bodywork

dont need to say how rare a mk1 is like this you should already know

£1500 ono

1200 anyone??

did you manage to get the miss fire sorted mate i might know someone ill have a word with him

no its still miss firing, the engine is good and has good compression on all cylinders, i have changed the plugs, leads, dizzy, rotor arm, coil and module, ecu and cleaned up the earths and still it is not firing on the 2nd cylinder, im taking it up to my lockup tomorrow night and will either sell it as a whole or start breaking it,

ill tell me mate that was thinking about getting a mk1 and tell him to get on here and talk to ya about it

I can't remember what you tried exactly Mark, but did you try swapping over no.2 injector with one of the others? If the misfire then moved to another cylinder, then that could suggest the no.2 injector is at fault?

Cheap mk1 with t & t at £1200
You could take the injector rail out with it still plugged in and get someone to crank the car over quickly to see if no.2 is spraying the same as the others. Maybe change the o-rings at the same time too. I'd keep a fire extinguisher handy as you never know  

The fuel is fine the plug is soaked with petrol, the spark plug isn't sparking on cylinder 2

The car is in my lock up now until I recieve the logbook, might cash the tax in but its a very good project for someone

st1allstar wrote:   The fuel is fine the plug is soaked with petrol, the spark plug isn't sparking on cylinder 2

That's weird, as you've changed all the logical parts (plugs/ leads/ rotor arm/ dizzy cap) etc., so there's no reason for no.2 not to have a spark  

Assuming you've done the check for a spark on no.2 (I'm sure you have), if there still isn't a spark then I'm stumped. If there is, then maybe the injector is faulty and letting too much fuel in and flooding no.2? Or maybe the valve clearances are out? Mind you, the latter if too far out would cause the compression to go wonky, which doesn't appear to be the case.

I wish I could think of something else that might help.

It is a strange one, I have a timing light strobe so it's easy to see if there is or isn't a spark

It's showing 11bar of compression on all cylinders,

Silly question time but is the distributor cap sitting properly on it's base, it might be riding high on no.2 if not sitting properly.
Also have you checked for play in the distributor shaft bearing by moving the shaft from side to side.
To me it sounds like your problem lies with the distributor as the other 3 cylinders are sparking as normal.

Tayto.king wrote:Silly question time but is the distributor cap sitting properly on it's base, it might be riding high on no.2 if not sitting properly.
Also have you checked for play in the distributor shaft bearing by moving the shaft from side to side.
To me it sounds like your problem lies with the distributor as the other 3 cylinders are sparking as normal.

I agree with the above. I'd also swap over no.2 injector with one of the others just to see if the problem moves cylinders. Do the same with no.2 spark plug, just as a process of elimination. If there is still no change, then the fault has to lie in the HT side of the ignition circuit (rotor arm, dizzy cap, leads). We've all experienced buying new parts only to find out that very occasionally they were faulty, so the new spark plugs need to be ruled out of the equation.

I have already checked the plug, injectors are fine, nothing wrong with dizzy cap either

I've had enough of it, it's in my lockup now til it's sold or broken,

I can help with transporting the car if needed, as its still tax'd mot'd and insured so can be towed with a towing bar

my mum had this very problem and in her case it turned out to be a crack or rather two cracks in her cylinder head.
before anyone shoots me i'm not saying that's the case here just what happened with the same symptoms on my mums punto gt.