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Lupo 1.7 SDi I am experiencing a loss of power at about 80mph 3,000rpm - Any Ideas? When on an incline the spead reduces gradually to around 65mph. It will then come back and is ok for a while? EGR OK Fuel Filter - new Air filter recent 3mm vacuum pipes replaced air intake sensor / breather to EGR & EGR solenoid to EGR Elececrical connectors seem ok, clean & dry. Please call text Gary 07530 662 515

Can anyone help? I am trying to remove the gearbox from Lupo SDI 1.7. It was going ok, until I got to the top rear engine brace, Doh! There doesn't appear to be enough 'flex' in the rubber mounts at each end to move the brace off the end of the engine bolt, to allow access to the bolt to remove it. This bolt has two threads, one 18mm A/F and the other 13mm A/F. I have tried to undo the bolt using an open ended spanner (a few degrees at a time using both sides of the open end), but I have realised that because there is not enough room to 'flex' the brace off I may not be able to get the bolt out far enoungh without someone taking the weight of the gearbox, moving it away from the engine as the bolt unscrews face by face. Is this the only way? I have considered removing the rear end of the 'top rear brace' (closest to the gearstick), there is one bolit visible, but is very tricky to get to and if I managed to get the bolt out it looks like the gearchange linkages go through the alloy brace casting. Everything else is ready to go, this is not going well! Has anyone done this before, and can offer any guidance? Gary

Fuel light was on, vehicle left for 17 days, did a couple of short journeys (2 x 3/4miles), now it won't start!!! A similar situation a few weeks back, fuel light on & taking a chance, no spluttering & ran ok! Parked up for 10-15 mins it wouldn't start! Put 5 litres of fuel in & it started straight away, (I was thinking that perhaps a secondary system cut engine until fuel was put in?). This time, I put 4 litres of fuel in, the engine turns over with starter, but will not fire up! Work done so far:- 1) Put more fuel in ??? Another 5 litres of fuel in, still the engine doesn't start, fuel gauge now reading about 40% full, fuel warning light out No effect, still won't start! 2) Fuel starvation ??? Replaced fuel filter, engine coninues to turn over but will not start. 3) Fuel stop switch ??? I couldn't feel the solenoid stop switch working (click or vibration) so replaced it for a new one, still no sign of of click or vibration! I also measured resistance of old stop solenoid (.007 K ohms) I have no idea what it should read? Turned engine over, it initially sounded like it was about to start then nothing. I assume that this may be due to the fact that I have directly interferred with the available fuel when swapping the stop switch. 4) Is fuel getting to the injectors ???, I should have done this first! Loosened an injector union (cylinder 2), turned it over and fuel seeped out, so fuel getting to engine, retightened the union and engine still wont fire up! 5) Observation I have noticed that there appears to be a lot of air in the clear fuel feed pipe, but when the engine is turned over the air moves forwared to the pump (so the pump is working), but engine still won't fire up! All relevant instrument lights appear correctly. Can you help? You can text/call aswell to 07758 654 204 if you wish Gary

I am trying to place series of 'For Sale' classified ads for Arosa/Lupo parts, but I am unable to upload images? I have two pictures, each less than 400KB, but the upload message tells me a have 0bytes available with a 5Mb limit. GaZtop