hoarspower Member 478 Member For: 13y 7m 21d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 06/09/12 06:58 AM Share Posted 06/09/12 06:58 AM Have noticed lately that the limiter seems to come on a little earlier than usual around 5200 and after accidentally hitting the limiter hard the car seemed to stay "on the limiter" until I pulled over it was running extremely rough and after a quick dab of the throttle it came back to normal, Has any had this happen before? will be replacing valve springs soon before it goes on the dyno.CheersHP Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81794-are-my-valve-springs-buggered/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigkeels Throbbing Member Donating Members 594 Member For: 16y 2m 28d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 06/09/12 07:07 AM Share Posted 06/09/12 07:07 AM if your car runs rough after some high revs and full throttle means your normally getting valve float. settles down after a while. Any problems or misses coming up on boost? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81794-are-my-valve-springs-buggered/#findComment-1290965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoarspower Member 478 Member For: 13y 7m 21d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 06/09/12 07:32 AM Author Share Posted 06/09/12 07:32 AM No all good coming on to boost, only did it after hitting the limiter pretty hard Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81794-are-my-valve-springs-buggered/#findComment-1290985 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXR05 Member 181 Member For: 13y 10m 19d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane QLD Posted 10/09/12 06:41 AM Share Posted 10/09/12 06:41 AM Mines done this a few times. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81794-are-my-valve-springs-buggered/#findComment-1292660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoarspower Member 478 Member For: 13y 7m 21d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 15/09/12 09:52 PM Author Share Posted 15/09/12 09:52 PM Seems to be worse than first thought, after watching the tacho closly its doing it at 4800 -4900 ? Any ideas ? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81794-are-my-valve-springs-buggered/#findComment-1295529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-rad Donating Members 257 Member For: 16y 11m 21d Location: townsville Posted 15/09/12 11:13 PM Share Posted 15/09/12 11:13 PM mine dose it after big hits in the lower gears 1,2,3 (usually whee lspin to limiter) then getting off it quickly, starts to idle rough and a quick tap on throttle and its all goodran it up on the dyno and the valve springs were determined to be at fault Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81794-are-my-valve-springs-buggered/#findComment-1295540 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoarspower Member 478 Member For: 13y 7m 21d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 17/09/12 09:34 PM Author Share Posted 17/09/12 09:34 PM Ok mate thanks for that Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81794-are-my-valve-springs-buggered/#findComment-1296401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoarspower Member 478 Member For: 13y 7m 21d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 21/11/12 11:23 AM Author Share Posted 21/11/12 11:23 AM mine dose it after big hits in the lower gears 1,2,3 (usually whee lspin to limiter) then getting off it quickly, starts to idle rough and a quick tap on throttle and its all goodran it up on the dyno and the valve springs were determined to be at faultSo is this a deffinate that happens with soft valve springs ? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81794-are-my-valve-springs-buggered/#findComment-1328256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
djqc Member 291 Member For: 13y 6m 25d Posted 21/11/12 11:31 AM Share Posted 21/11/12 11:31 AM Yeah, this is the exact symptoms of my experience with dicky valve springs. A new set, and all is good 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/81794-are-my-valve-springs-buggered/#findComment-1328261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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