Rob_94
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Hi there- Last week I took my car to a garage to have the 1st/2nd gear synchros fixed, new clutch put in, and value clearances checked and now I seem to be down on power by about 40hp. I thought I was going crazy but I took it to my local rolling road which confirmed this. I'm not going to name the garage as it could be a complete coincidence and something could have broken on the drive there or back (around 400 miles) but lets just say they are very reputable. I can't think of anything relating to the work done that could be causing this issue - however when I got home I realised the breather pipe from the rocker cover to the intake had not been reattached, so I wonder if anything else has been left disconnected or not attached properly.
I've ordered some new spark plugs just to check its not those, but I find it hard to believe they suddenly gave up the exact time I took it to have the work done..
One other thing I noticed is when in 5th at about 6k revs the engine starts juddering/ feels like the wheels are really unbalanced, but when I change up to 6th this stops completely
It seems to be running very rich at the top end - around 0.69 lambda
I really want to avoid driving all the way back to the garage if at all possible as my miles are already creeping up and I'd like to keep as much value on the car as possible.
Can you guys think of anything that could be causing this?
Cheers- Rob
I've ordered some new spark plugs just to check its not those, but I find it hard to believe they suddenly gave up the exact time I took it to have the work done..
One other thing I noticed is when in 5th at about 6k revs the engine starts juddering/ feels like the wheels are really unbalanced, but when I change up to 6th this stops completely
It seems to be running very rich at the top end - around 0.69 lambda
I really want to avoid driving all the way back to the garage if at all possible as my miles are already creeping up and I'd like to keep as much value on the car as possible.
Can you guys think of anything that could be causing this?
Cheers- Rob