Hello! I've been a member since 2010 but not been online for over 4 years.
My 197 got parked up about that time and not turned a wheel since! Except to trailer it to my new house.
Basically I had the dreaded dephaser rattle and decided to get it replaced before it failed. I used a local garage and had the timing belt done at the same time. When I got the car back it seemed quite flat and holding back. The garage pointed out to me that the main CAT sounded like a bag of dried beans so that was probably why it was down on power. At the time, for various reasons, mainly a divorse, I didn't have the time or money to look further into it, so I parked the car up for another day.
Well (finally!) that day has come!!
Now in hindsite ive got no doubt that the lack of power is more than likely to do with the (then) local garage doing something wrong. But as the CAT is blocked I thought I'd start with sorting that out...
Other much needed jobs before it goes back on the road are-
4 new tyres.
New battery.
New brakes all round.
Oil and filter change.
New plugs.
So today I dropped the oil, changed the filter and started on the plugs.
When I came to remove the 1st bolt, the one that also holds the dephaser solenoid in place I found it was loose. Threads totally stripped in the hole! Not a huge issue, I'll just tap it out 1/4" or helicoil the 6mm... aaaaanyway- my question is- what effect will the solenoid not being tight/free to move around have had on the car? I could literally pull the solenoid out with the bolt in situ. Could this be the reason it was holding back? Or is that just wishful thinking in the hope I won't eventually need to get the timing sorted
Good to be back!
My 197 got parked up about that time and not turned a wheel since! Except to trailer it to my new house.
Basically I had the dreaded dephaser rattle and decided to get it replaced before it failed. I used a local garage and had the timing belt done at the same time. When I got the car back it seemed quite flat and holding back. The garage pointed out to me that the main CAT sounded like a bag of dried beans so that was probably why it was down on power. At the time, for various reasons, mainly a divorse, I didn't have the time or money to look further into it, so I parked the car up for another day.
Well (finally!) that day has come!!
Now in hindsite ive got no doubt that the lack of power is more than likely to do with the (then) local garage doing something wrong. But as the CAT is blocked I thought I'd start with sorting that out...
Other much needed jobs before it goes back on the road are-
4 new tyres.
New battery.
New brakes all round.
Oil and filter change.
New plugs.
So today I dropped the oil, changed the filter and started on the plugs.
When I came to remove the 1st bolt, the one that also holds the dephaser solenoid in place I found it was loose. Threads totally stripped in the hole! Not a huge issue, I'll just tap it out 1/4" or helicoil the 6mm... aaaaanyway- my question is- what effect will the solenoid not being tight/free to move around have had on the car? I could literally pull the solenoid out with the bolt in situ. Could this be the reason it was holding back? Or is that just wishful thinking in the hope I won't eventually need to get the timing sorted
Good to be back!
