mike312

After the car threw a strop on Thursday night, shutting itself down, it was found to be the alternator that was causing all the problems. Had mine re-furbed put back on and the cars running brilliant.

Not sure but he said at my last service (september) that it needed doing why? could that cause this sort of problem?

My garage replaced the map sensor which is back left of engine, but it has made no difference ( p/n 036 906 051) so gonna save up for new throttle body next to see if it's that, but it's getting expensive this car.

Thats what i need to know if i can just buy the sensor its gonna be a lot cheaper than the whole body.

Mine rattles (and has every other common lupo fault) i think you might find its the small square block that is in the middle of the vent at the bottom of your windscreen. just get a small bit of black rubber or summat to jam it so it don't rattle.

I've got to take the car in on wednesday so now bricking it thinking i'm gonna need a new throttle body. The garage don't know until they get it off if you can swap the sensor on it's own or whether it's the whole body. Can anyone put me out of my misery and give me some prices or teccy help?

I ran either lassa impetus if i'm skint or vredesteins if i'm a bit flush. I go through a set of front tyres every 3 or 4 months and have tried allsorts bur the vredesteins are the best I've had, the grip is brilliant and somehow feels even better in the wet!

not sure it depends what the code above means, if it is broken I just need to prepare myself for the cost. It is the mas sensor that is faulty but i'm not sure if you can buy this on it's own?

Does anyone know the part number for the throttle body for a AVY engine? ta

Right, took it to the garage and he says it is throwing up a code 17549 load registration unlikely value? Now I know that is summat to do with the mas sensor but does anyone know if this needs replacing or is it because I've got a CDA on that could be throwing it out ( even though I've had it on a couple of years)?

Cleaned Throttle body with cleaner stuff and it seemed to be ok last night and this morning, but on my way home from work just now my engine electric warning light has come on! Car is running fine at the mo, will have to get it plugged in next week, problem is I need to drive it this weekend, hope it will be ok.

Ta, gonna go and clean the throttle body now before I drive to gf house see if that helps, Ill check any connections around that area.

I've just changed the spark plugs and coil pack so I don't think it's them.Temperaure sensor has been changed as well.

Right, today on the way to work I noticed when I came to a stop in some traffic the engine revs only settled down to 1000 rpm instead of the normal 750-800ish. Again on the way home intermittantly it did the same, no other bad stuff going on just that!?! When I got into the garage I tried revving it a bit and the engine settled back to 1000 but started getting higher! It got to about 1500 when I panicked and turned the engine off. I turned it back on again and it settled down at the usual 800 but when I revved it, it only went back down to 1000. Can any-one help?

I've got a set of focal components in the back and they sound great, gonna upgrade the fronts aswell. I bought a 10" sub (which I've never heard of) and an Alpine 2 chanel amp bridged to run it. The head unit is a high end Pioneer with 4 x 50w. People tell me it sounds ok, I think you've got to have very good hearing to tell the difference between a lot of systems. The main problem I get is my door cards rattling distorting the bass.