Hey Peeps
I have had starting issues suddenly appear, the b16a starts but runs very rough and only if i blip the throttle, it will not idle, it stalls as soon as I have no throttle.
I didn't notice too much smoke when it was running, the mini has been off the road due to an incident with some armco last year, I have only driven it a couple of times and only for a few minutes since, however I have had it idling previously for 5-10minutes at a time with no issues.
I have researched and looks like a few causes, just after some confirmation from experts.
I removed the spark plugs and found there was a slight film of oil on the walls of the spark plug 'hole'?? once plugs removed the the tips were covered in oil, some worse than others -no wonder it wasn't running correctly.
possible issues I see are
1 - rocker gasket and rubber spark plug seals shagged
2 - piston rings shagged - hope not
3 - after much research I removed the pcv valve as I have an oil catch can (for motorsport) which the breather pipes are directed too, was this incorrect, should I reinstall the pcv valve?
4 - head gasket but don't think so as this would let water in which doesn't appear to be the problem.
Any help appreciated
Cheers
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