arty1001

Love it, man the MK1 sport is the s*x.

Wish i had the wide rear alloys on mine.

Read the codes and it turns out to be the MAF sensor thats buggered :shutit:

Strange that these cars cant run with the maf unplugged.....my st24 and e39 528 would both work with the maf unplugged, but not this.

Trying to source one now.

Oh dear! you silly person. I would be more aggresive but I am not willing taking the risk of being banned, you should not have sprayed anything on the O2 sensors. As you have they are now FOOKED. If they were ok before you did the death treatment then you should have left them alone.

Tis now going to cost you to rep[lace them, they are sensistive items, they are like women.

I will not go on about them but that is your cause. YOU HAVE O2 SENSORS THAT ARE NOW U/S

replace them and it will sort your probs out. could cost £70 each or £25 each dependind upon which type you have..

Yes, i know ive been silly i just got carried away. Im a bit of a newbie at this kind of thing.

Ive got two new O2 sensors here ready to fit but im waiting for the flange adaptors to be delivered.

So you guys think its the O2 sensors? i hope so.

How did you clean the MAF ?

Got to be so careful with them !

I just gave it a bit of a spray with the electric contact cleaner and left it to dry for a bit, didnt touch it or rub it.

Hi,

Got a bit of a problem with my MK1.

Decided to give the old girl a service on saturday while the weather was nice....Took the Battery off and fitted new plugs, rotor arm, oil, air filter ect.

I could not fit my new O2 sensors because i didnt order a flange kit, so i gave the old ones a clean with electrical contact cleaner and i also cleaned the MAF.

Hooked up the Battery and Car runs like crap, loads of black smoke and would not tick over,the engine light also came on. I ran it for a few mins and turned it off incase i ruined the cat.

Maybe bad plugs i thought so i took them out :tsktsk: they were all black with soot and put the old ones back in.....just the same.

Just wondering if i have ruined the O2 sensors or the MAF by "cleaning" them? I tried running the car with the MAF disconnected but no change.....the car is running way to rich.

Anyone got any ideas on this? How do you get fault codes off the MK1?

If it aint broke dont fix it springs to mind

Hi all,

About to give the motor a service this weekend, air filter,plugs,oil,new o2 sensors so i thought i might change the rotor arm for a new one while im on as its probably still on its original.

Is this an easy job or a job for a garage? any tips or tricks to this or is it a case of just taking the dizzy off and sticking it in.

Thanks.

Hi,

Can i have the Mk1 manual plz?

filthy1001@filthy1001.plus.com

thanks.

Hi,

Just an update on this.....got two new front tyres on this morning, just cheap ones came to £140 fitted for the pair.

The tramlining and twitchy feeling is totally gone :) Just been for a blast on some dual carrigeway and one particular rutted nsl road which used to be really hard work to drive at 60 and its like driving a different car. Chuffed to bits.

Thanks for all the help on this lads....much appreciated.

Thanks for all the advice lads :)

Seems these cars are really sensitive to geometry/tyres/alignment for some reason. Ive had a few cars over the years with 18" wheels and fairly worn tyres and none have behaved like this.

Will get some new rubber on and alignment asap and post results.

Cheers

My GS450h has only covered 6000 miles BUT my Volvo estate 36000 miles with 18" tyres tramlines and if you accelerate hard it will pull you across the road and will follow the white lines.

Easy fixed remove 2mm tread pattern and fit new tyres problem gone.

My motorbike does the same with new tyres its wants to go round the corners on its own and steering is so sharp once rear tyre gets to 3mm or less it wants to follow the white line.

Do your homework before shelling out on tyres.My sons Audi A3 has new Bridgestone Potenzas fitted excellent tyre but in his case he is getting a murmerring from them does not sound good.Audi say a bad batch from Bridgestone but are not going to replace.I have just fitted a cheaper tyre KUMHO to my Volvo as i do not use it a lot and they are very good,nice pattern and directional.Instead of spending £140 a corner i paid £78 a corner plus fitting £6

Alan.G.

Hi, thanks for the suggestion, i might swap the rears which are new with the fronts just to see if there is any improvement until i can afford two new tyres next week....if its just as bad then i guess its alignment and/or bushes.

theyre Goodyear eagle 245/40/18 and i think they may be Run Flats :(

Are the pressures ok in them and one isn't running flat as it were?

Hi, i checked the pressures straight away, all tyres were 34psi, tried 30psi and problem was excactly the same :(

Cheers for the help lads,

I best get the garage to do an alignment and check the bushes when i get the two front tyres on then, hope its just the alignment.

Ive just had a quick look at the tyres and theyre Goodyear eagle 245/40/18 and i think they may be Run Flats :( Which would probably make the problem worse and go some way to explain the rock hard ride.

Cheers

Hi,

New owner of a GS300mk1 sport here,

Had the car a week or so and love it apart from the effort it takes to drive the car in a straight line

Seems i have to constantly fight the steering wheel as though the car is getting hit by gusts of wind, this gets worse the faster you go and doing 70 on the motorway is hard work, but bombing round a big roundabout or sweeping corner the car handles fine.

The are no unusual noises from the suspension going over speedbumps, no clunks or creaks,no steering wheel wobble, just seems to tramline all over the place.

Both front tyres are bearly legal and will be getting changed next week but are evenly worn.

Anyone got any ideas what might cause this?

Worn bushes or some kind of alignment issue?

Thanks.