Colin
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Sounds like its on 3 cylinders.
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chris_uk
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but the fact its running on 3 wouldnt cause the stench of sulpher would it?
althought thinking about it, it doesnt smell anymore.
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Colin
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Is the sulpher smell straight away or once its been running a bit, warmed up?
I dunno when my impreza was down on a coil only giving 10% duty or something it ran like that, sounded like that (amid the flat 4 burble) & was majorly down on power. No sulphur as I didnt have a cat it did reek of fuel though!
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chris_uk
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well first time it was after it warmed up..
but today i never really let it warm up and it didnt smell at all, so im wondering if it could be the ignition module.. im just trying to find someone who will let me try theirs.
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Rob E
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possible cracked manifold. Ive seen a couple of 2.2 exhaust maifolds crack. They were only hairline cracks so may be worth pulling it off and checking for certain
[Edited on 16-05-2008 by Rob E]
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richc
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
well first time it was after it warmed up..
but today i never really let it warm up and it didnt smell at all, so im wondering if it could be the ignition module.. im just trying to find someone who will let me try theirs.
Coil thingy bob what ever they are. My mates 03 plate clio did the same as yours. Replace 2 of them and run sweet 
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Colin
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A cracked manifold wouldnt make the car loose looooad of power though.....would it!!? It would just run rough & really noisy 
Id be looking for an ignition part failure chris!!
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Rob E
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could do, if the labada isnt reading correctly due to a lesser volume of exhaust fumes passing it, it will alter the cars fueling etc to try and correct it. Diffinately sounds exhaust related though. Have you checked the baffles in the backbox? might have collapsed and could be causing the noise and lack of power due to insufficient air flow
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chris_uk
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well its sorted now, i decided to go back to basics and check EVERYTHING
it was the Ignition Module
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Marshall
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glad you got it sorted m8.
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SportBoy
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was gonna say my dads vectra went like that .. was the coilpack 
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chris_uk
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but now, because i have found out the problem, its raining, and i have about 2 hours of work to do to get it back to drivable.
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Mike GSi
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 good luck, the sulphur smell is the unburnt fuel going through the cat.
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chris_uk
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i think im gunna get a 200cell cat aswell..
i wanna try get 170bhp so ill ned one really.
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Colin
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quote:
Originally posted by Mike Z20LET
good luck, the sulphur smell is the unburnt fuel going through the cat.
Thats what I was getting at. I knew it would be an ignition part!
Glad you got it fixed chris
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