1.6 reving problems

[rede30323i]

hello all new to this forum so i thought id start buy giving u all a thumbs up, loving the site layout very well constructed site + the wiki section will prob provide hours of head scratching fun and with that ill start with my engine problems ;)

right me puny lil motor (auto) is finding it hard to make anything over 4k revs now i realise that its cack and prob dont have much in the way of power after that rpm any way, but i think it would be nice to have the opption in the 1st place if u get me:). symtoms are odd it just seems to completly out of puff like its missing or just totaly f+@ked dont know much about the history of it. only just bought it and it was 4 the shell its a 2 door 1990 in white. the engine will eventually be pulled out but i wana c if i can sort it b4 that happens as i would prefer to sell it complete rather than parting the motor

any sujestions guys and girls cheers

http://www.giantmaw.com/Photo%20Album/I ... mw_m40.jpg

p.s i think its a m40 motor the newer type pic in link this is my motor

[Brianmoooore]

It's possibly an ignition fault (distributor cap or rotor arm), but is more likely a worn camshaft.
Note the zone rules about text speak and generally incomprehensible English!

[rede30323i]

yeah sorry about my inabilaty to both spell and punctuate its stuck with me from birth will try and keep a eye on it though

cheers for the ideas

[rede30323i]

correcto on da cam being at fault nice 1 fella

[Morat]

Are you rebuilding or dropping in a new donk?

[mrLEE30]

Morat, may I remind you of the zone's rules on generally incomprehensible English....what is a donk??

rede30323i...welcome to the zone!!

[Morat]

bah, I used zone slang on a newbie. Shame!

Donk = engine for the record

[mrLEE30]

hang your head low sir!!!

Donk - when you bang your head on the bonnet while changing the cam shaft