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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:43 pm 
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Got myself an AUIII XR6 HP (man). and it seems to splutter on startup then stall a number of times before firing up properly. Theres no idle probs, and it goes hard when driving. Any ideas???

 

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:01 pm 
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mate mine has the exact same problem, changed pugs and leads and that seemed to sort it out the stalling but still hard to start sometimes.
dont kow if anyone can help with this cause im interested in a solution too...

 

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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:19 pm 
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Leads are pretty new, plugs in few weeks ago, full service etc... Seems to be worse when the engine's hot though. Maybe coolant temp sensor?

 

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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:35 pm 
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Still hoping someone can advise?

 

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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:42 pm 
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every now and then my AU XR6 does the same thing to, its auto though...dont have a clue what the go is, hopefully someone knows?

 

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Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 8:53 pm 
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possibly could be the fuel filter?

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:51 pm 
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Changed the fuel filter today, was told it had been done when I bought it. Car still had original though. Made a huge improvement on startup but still not 100%. Doesnt take as long to kick over, but still splutters 1 in 5 times. The fuel filter plug in side (inlet) didnt match up to any new filters though (tried 3). Cut the plastic female clip off and used a screw clamp instead with the line over the inlet.

 

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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:45 pm 
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injectors, throttle body clean will help

 

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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:33 pm 
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During the week changed fuel filter, took all the inlet piping off and cleaned with carby cleaner as well as the throttle body, new air filter and a tank of premium and added some injector cleaner to the mix.
seems to have sorted out the problem now..

 

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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:58 pm 
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On the weekend i pulled off and cleaned the throttle body which really wasnt very dirty, ran 2 tanks of pulp with injector cleaner over the last week, checked the leads, but still at times takes 2-3 goes to actually have the car fire up properly????????????????

 

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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:19 pm 
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get somone to put a scan tool on it maybe coolant temp sensor. just a guess

 

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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 3:03 pm 
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I had a very similar problem to this, and I found out it was the Ignition Coil (after it shat itself on the city-west-link one night.)

Might not be relevent, (as I have an EL, with Dizzy) but perhaps change/check Coilpack if all your other fixes don't work?
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 4:41 pm 
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yeh could be the coil. mine was doing the same thing about a week before it shat itself in the middle of a busy intersection :shock:

 

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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:06 pm 
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apparently its the idle control sensor (i think that wat i was told)..

prob take the throttle body off and the sensors off it, clean them all separately, then re-assemble..

that's what i'd do lol
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:54 pm 
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Checked the spark 1 lead at a time today and theres no problem there, so im guessing the coilpack and leads are ok. The sensor on top of the throttle body was cleaned already. Next check the injectors i think. The fuel filter was pretty bad when I changed it.

 

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