827 coupe from spain :)

scoobyh123 · Post by **scoobyh123** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:18 pm

Aloha and welcome! Sorry but that's all the Spanish i know so you're way ahead of me as you speak English!

Your water leak in the boot/trunk area - i seem to recall some people found it was the gasket/seal on the rear lights?

edus-827 · Post by **edus-827** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 10:50 am

when i change the tail lights, i didn't see anything wrong, i'll take some pictures

. yesterday i was looking for rusty on the sills and it's very clean.

Some times the pgm-fi turns on, the car smells a lot, i check the gas, co like 4.5% (the limit in the mot is 0.3) and lambda was 0.840 (mot 1 +/- 0.3). I know the ecu has a led but where is the ecu? some pics?

i've already read the buyers guide, is incredible, the electric windos sometimes doesn't work, now i know what can be

scoobyh123 · Post by **scoobyh123** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:39 pm

Sounds very like a Lambda (oxygen) sensor has gone - could be either the front or back one, as there's one in each manifold.
In the UK, the engine management ECU is under the drivers seat, i'm guessing in Spain (or any other Left Hand Drive country) it would be under the front passenger seat.
You might also want to try renewing the air filter element as well, i've found it is surprisingly restrictive even when only a little dirty!

Not sure where you got the Lambda value from but i'm guessing from the emissions tester you used and it should be a lot closer to 1 than it is. Our MoT Lambda value is 0.95-1.09 with a maximum CO of 0.5% so something is clearly wrong there.

Check your ECU for the code, then check the code against this very useful list here : http://www.rover800.info/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8288

That should tell you exactly what is wrong!

Post by **Richard Moss** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:51 pm

scoobyh123 wrote:Aloha

About Spanish as Yorkshire pudding and Wensleydale cheese!

Post by **Richard Moss** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:56 pm

edus-827 wrote:I know the ecu has a led but where is the ecu? some pics?

It will be under the right hand seat (passenger seat on your left hand drive car). The auto transmission ECU is under the other seat.

edus-827 · Post by **edus-827** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 1:10 pm

i need to remove the seat

i check the spark plugs, and they looks good, but i'm going to buy new ones and the wires.

scoobyh123 · Post by **scoobyh123** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 1:31 pm

Richard Moss wrote:
scoobyh123 wrote:Aloha
About Spanish as Yorkshire pudding and Wensleydale cheese!

Well i did say i didn't know Spanish!

scoobyh123 · Post by **scoobyh123** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 1:33 pm

edus-827 wrote:i need to remove the seat i check the spark plugs, and they looks good, but i'm going to buy new ones and the wires.

No need to remove the seat, you can see it quite easily just by looking under from the front of the seat.

edus-827 · Post by **edus-827** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 4:14 pm

scoobyh123 wrote:
edus-827 wrote:i need to remove the seat i check the spark plugs, and they looks good, but i'm going to buy new ones and the wires.
No need to remove the seat, you can see it quite easily just by looking under from the front of the seat.

what a good news! tomorrow i'll check it, but the lambda sensor ...

scoobyh123 · Post by **scoobyh123** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 4:41 pm

The Lambda sensors might be fine, you might just need a new air filter element. You won't know until you look at the fault codes. They're easy enough to change but you need small hands! Easily enough available and relatively cheaply too but you may need to change the connector on the end of the new one as the same sensors fit a variety of different cars so tend to be supplied with the most common connector which i believe is Vauxhall/Opel. No problem, just cut the Rover connector off your old sensor and swap it for the one on the new sensor, bingo!

edus-827 · Post by **edus-827** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 5:18 pm

in the pics, you can see a green filter, it's in god condition and the error hapens again,

scoobyh123 · Post by **scoobyh123** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 5:33 pm

Oh yeah, missed the filter!

Lambda sensor faults tend to come and go in my experience, so could well be that. Have a look at the codes the red LED is flashing at you with the engine running or ignition on and go from there. Can't really say for usre until you know what's happening with the fault codes.

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