Now I'm aware that my de-phaser is in need of replacing but that's going to have to wait a couple of months what with christmas almost round the corner.
The problems I've been having with the car besides from the obvious dephaser issues are it takes anywhere between 3 - 5 attempts to start the car (the starter will run for ages before the engine will kick in, I have to let it warm up for around 5 mins (even in summer) before I can drive off as it will stall otherwise.
I've also noticed a smell of petrol when I start the car up (it does clear up after the car is running).
More recently its started to stall when I have to stop, I can rev the car above 1000 rpm to keep it running but the second I take my foot off the pedal it dies.
In hand with this issue is that if it does stall sometimes it wont start up for a while (quite scary when it happens in traffic) it just keeps turning on the starter and doesn't seem to show any signs of wanting to start.I've noticed that the coolant sensor keeps dropping to 0 so I'm going to replace it monday. Could that be a partial cause to one of the issues?
So far I'm planning on replacing the coolant sensor, the crank sensor and the vapour purge valve..
Oh and before I forget its running rich. I've replaced the seals in the airbox so its shouldn't be that that's causing the issue.
It just seems to be one problem after another with this car. If I can solve these issues then I don't mind getting the dephaser replaced as its a good car otherwise.
