This car is still so good to me. It has 160,600 miles (260,000 km) on the Odo.
1.This machine has a habit of hesistating a bit when i want a fast acceleration..[plugs changed] why?
2. About 3 years ago i travelled 600 km and back (1200km) safely. But then i started and fast and suddenly the machine stopped after the heavy footed acceleration. I called my mechanic and he just like cleaned the fuel distributor and the machine was fine in 5 min. He said i might need to replace the distributor later.
3.About a month ago i travelled 100 km then after some 7 hrs i started back home. She did not respond to my ignition start (Usually i have to start twice or thrice before the engine is on, esp on a cold start.) I called my usual mechanic and he showed me the distributor cap which had a very tiny crack. He replaced it with a used one and the machine was happy again.
4.About a week ago she decided not to start at all. I tried about ten times in vain. I called in my mechanic & he just cleaned somethin after opening the distributor cap[?], which he said had carbon. He says water vapor was to blame for the carbon build. I dont remember passing in a stream of water (maybe my daughter but i doubt) i think it should have stopped immediately & not wait hrs later-?. there may be another reason for carbon build?
My question is: What precaution should i take that i will avert such problems? What about the fuel distributor? I have never replaced them injectors tho someone said i need to change them. I dont even know them. (My car uses petrol -i thot injectors were for diesel cars.) P also never changed coil. fuel pump & fuel filter. I only change oil filter and engine oil at 5,000 km intervals without missing. PLEASE HELP.
1.This machine has a habit of hesistating a bit when i want a fast acceleration..[plugs changed] why?
2. About 3 years ago i travelled 600 km and back (1200km) safely. But then i started and fast and suddenly the machine stopped after the heavy footed acceleration. I called my mechanic and he just like cleaned the fuel distributor and the machine was fine in 5 min. He said i might need to replace the distributor later.
3.About a month ago i travelled 100 km then after some 7 hrs i started back home. She did not respond to my ignition start (Usually i have to start twice or thrice before the engine is on, esp on a cold start.) I called my usual mechanic and he showed me the distributor cap which had a very tiny crack. He replaced it with a used one and the machine was happy again.
4.About a week ago she decided not to start at all. I tried about ten times in vain. I called in my mechanic & he just cleaned somethin after opening the distributor cap[?], which he said had carbon. He says water vapor was to blame for the carbon build. I dont remember passing in a stream of water (maybe my daughter but i doubt) i think it should have stopped immediately & not wait hrs later-?. there may be another reason for carbon build?
My question is: What precaution should i take that i will avert such problems? What about the fuel distributor? I have never replaced them injectors tho someone said i need to change them. I dont even know them. (My car uses petrol -i thot injectors were for diesel cars.) P also never changed coil. fuel pump & fuel filter. I only change oil filter and engine oil at 5,000 km intervals without missing. PLEASE HELP.