m30 problems

[TW166Y]

sorry its a double post but i thought it would get a better responce in this section after i posted it in the other

well tonight i thought id be a smart arse and "show the mrs" just how fast my m30 is... took her around to my mates garage and all of a sudden it starts to back fire and chug like hell, eventually came to a very lumpy and groggy still stance and just died! i tried to fire the beeeactch back up and no joy. After 4 turns of the engine it just kept on back firing I could be wrong but could this have anything to do with the air flow meter which i thought may be out of its settings or somthing ????
The car is still parked up and it wont run now gonna get my machanic dude check it over tomorrow as it broke down about 2 mins from his garage so its just parked up at the moment, with no tax or insurance on it, oh dear.... to make it worse its on a dual carridgeway No doubt our good old boys in blue will cotton on to her and get her clamped. so ideas a.s.a.p would be very helpfull

thanks guys

[bigdek]

put petrol in it ?

[TW166Y]

lol

[bigdek]

dizzy cap , rotor arm ?

seriously does it have petrol

[TW166Y]

yeh dek it has fuel... well atleast the gadge said it did check rotor arm and it firing fine!

when i turn the engine over, it spin asthough it wants to start but then cuts out of power and the fan stops dead from spinning, kinda almost tries to spin the other way... then you try and turn it again and its fine... then stops again and does the same thing, after the 4th attempt it backfires almost as if there is a big build up there...

[ed325i]

Sounds like a timing problem. could be a lose front crank sensor.

[Demlotcrew]

or a broken rocker

[TW166Y]

thanks fellas, ill check it out tomorrow, hope its nowt too bad

[dan_emaps]

i'd go get a towing bar if you haven't got one and get a mate to tow you to the garage, pronto

[TW166Y]

sorted......... it was a pile of green crap growing inside my dizzy cap

thanks all

[gareth]

i had this on mine. you seen the price of new ones yet

they're the same as a M20 by the way...

[TW166Y]

sweet gaz thanks