Mvour.au Member 15 Member For: 15y 5m 19d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 12/01/10 03:06 AM Share Posted 12/01/10 03:06 AM (edited) Hey guys, Yesterday while I was driving to a mates place I was stopping at a traffic light and shortly after I had stopped the car began to what seem like it dropped a cylinder, so I pull over, let it sit there for a bit nothing happens still seems to be running on 5 cylinders, so I turn it off.I leave it for a couple min's turn it back on everything seems fine, take off slow down to go through a round-a-bout, same thing car feels like its running on 5 cylinders.. after pulling over again, turning it off and on and letting it idle for a bit I drive all the way home (20kms) with no dramas at all..The strange thing is that the car didn't rev over 3500 rpm the whole trip. now from the research I have done valve float doesn't seem to happen unless the cars been driven quite hard??It's a BF mk1 xr6t 6sp auto. Has anyone heard of this happening? or am I right in assuming its valve float?Thanks Edited 12/01/10 03:08 AM by Mvour.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
our06t Mmmmm......BOOST Member 3,135 Member For: 17y 8m Gender: Male Location: central coast Posted 12/01/10 03:47 AM Share Posted 12/01/10 03:47 AM float is usually only after pulling up after a good hard drive , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 7m 1d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 12/01/10 04:51 AM Share Posted 12/01/10 04:51 AM does not sound like valve float. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mvour.au Member 15 Member For: 15y 5m 19d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 12/01/10 05:07 AM Author Share Posted 12/01/10 05:07 AM float is usually only after pulling up after a good hard drive ,that's what I thought. Damn I've been driving the car for the last 2 days since it happened and hasn't done it since.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Bogan Donating Members 881 Member For: 17y 8m 25d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane, Queensland Posted 12/01/10 05:10 AM Share Posted 12/01/10 05:10 AM (edited) could possibly be a fouled plug that will only play up at a certain point..could also be faulty coil packs...possibly even a faulty fuel pump Edited 12/01/10 05:10 AM by The_Bogan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mvour.au Member 15 Member For: 15y 5m 19d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 12/01/10 05:25 AM Author Share Posted 12/01/10 05:25 AM I've never had the plugs changed, was planning on doing it next service. Might have to do it sooner.cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jas98 Member 1,043 Member For: 12y 5m 5d Gender: Male Location: Maryborough Qld Posted 30/07/12 05:39 AM Share Posted 30/07/12 05:39 AM hey ollllldddd post but did you find the problem? im haveing same problem but hasnt happened in a few dayscheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic_oosty Donating Members 241 Member For: 12y 11m 14d Gender: Male Location: Sydney/Wollongong Posted 30/07/12 06:16 AM Share Posted 30/07/12 06:16 AM I had this "5 cylinder" feeling once and it turned out to be a loose injector harness plug..The locking pin clip was missing and it had alot of movement over bumps etc... Worth taking a quick look at them ( Even the ones under cross over pipe as they get bumped the most). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionic_oosty Donating Members 241 Member For: 12y 11m 14d Gender: Male Location: Sydney/Wollongong Posted 30/07/12 06:18 AM Share Posted 30/07/12 06:18 AM Oh sh!t, this is an old post ^^^ my bad, just replied because it had a recent comment from today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jas98 Member 1,043 Member For: 12y 5m 5d Gender: Male Location: Maryborough Qld Posted 30/07/12 11:11 PM Share Posted 30/07/12 11:11 PM hey mate, old post or not, either way it mite help my problem lol thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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