Yes, that makes it an mpi. I've never heard of the stepper motor making much of a noise at all. Are you sure that's where the noise is coming from? could you upload a video to youtube and post a link on here?Hi, it's not a vvc so I guess that makes it an mpi, I forgot to mention that the stepper motor continues to beep for about 10 mins after the key is taken out the ignition, is this normal? I will check out the timing section, thanks
Hi all, newby here.
I am working on my mums 2003 MG tf (1.8 63k on the clock), when i serviced it a couple of months ago i noticed that the head gasket was showing all the signs of wearing out.
Dad decided that if i was going to do the job then i would do it properly, so he ordered a re-conned head from ebay and decided that i should change the oil rail to the heavy duty one to stiffen it up slightly.
The change went well, although time consuming, however now she wont start? i am getting a constant beep from the stepper motor although before the beep you can here it switching- or at least trying too.
I am also slightly concerned at the timing, i set the crank so the 2 dots were lined up with the flange on the oil pump. However when fitting the camshaft pulley i noticed that the plate could go on one of 2 ways due to the location of the key, does anyone know what posistion the key should be in when the camshaft pulley is fitted, so the engine is at 90d BTDC? i did set the pulleys so the in and exhaust were pointing at each other, but it still has the possibility of being 180d out.......
When you say "wont start"...what do you mean?
Does it turn over, does it start for a second then die, does it do nothing at all?
You sure the plugs for coil etc are plugged in.