Witty
24-06-2011, 07:50 AM
Hello all,
I bought a second hand TS as a cheap runaround. The timing belt is rattly and it leaks a bit of oil from the rocker cover (have done the gasket and it still does). The alternator and everything around the 2.6l engine is a bit oil soaked from the leaks over time before I bought. I have done an oil change and found the oil was the worst I'd ever seen. I have replaced the spark plugs also. After replacing the spark plugs with appropriate 0.8mm bosch plugs the thing seemed to misfire more. I more often than not have the battery light on and it feels to me as if the alternator is on the way out. I was told to check the alternator terminals but it's right next to my oil filter; making removal of the screws painful without taking the filter off.
All that noted, the biggest problem is every so often the car will stall when stopped or slowing down. I cannot get the thing going again. I pop the hood and jiggle all the electrical connections and it still won't start. I push it off the road and try start again and sometimes it will start and other times it seems after a bit more playing around it comes good. Anybody had this problem and found a solution? Thanks.
The thing is a bit of a bucket of crud, done 240,000 but exterior is ok.
I bought a second hand TS as a cheap runaround. The timing belt is rattly and it leaks a bit of oil from the rocker cover (have done the gasket and it still does). The alternator and everything around the 2.6l engine is a bit oil soaked from the leaks over time before I bought. I have done an oil change and found the oil was the worst I'd ever seen. I have replaced the spark plugs also. After replacing the spark plugs with appropriate 0.8mm bosch plugs the thing seemed to misfire more. I more often than not have the battery light on and it feels to me as if the alternator is on the way out. I was told to check the alternator terminals but it's right next to my oil filter; making removal of the screws painful without taking the filter off.
All that noted, the biggest problem is every so often the car will stall when stopped or slowing down. I cannot get the thing going again. I pop the hood and jiggle all the electrical connections and it still won't start. I push it off the road and try start again and sometimes it will start and other times it seems after a bit more playing around it comes good. Anybody had this problem and found a solution? Thanks.
The thing is a bit of a bucket of crud, done 240,000 but exterior is ok.