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Hi all, All of a sudden, my 197 seems a bit low on power. Almost like it doesn't want to rev as quickly. The car is a late 2007 197 with 61k miles. Timing belt done 2k miles ago. I'll be changing the oil and filter next weekend, but they were both done just shy of 6 months ago. It does seem to...

Thank you for this. It sounds like I'd have a lot of fun doing this, but all my budget allows (for now), is to use what I already have, as I still need to buy new component speakers for the front (open to suggestions, by the way). Not to mention that the sound quality difference might not be...

It gets worse... I've just had another go and removed the pin that the blue wires connect to on the harness. After doing this and plugging it to the car, the amp didn't turn on at all. I guess that was to be expected. I then measured the voltage on the green wire on the car harness (which the...

It wouldn't do anything, as the harness that connects the car wiring to the amp also has one connector coming out of it (best I can explain, see attached), and there are two blue wires on a single one of the pins. One goes to the amp, one goes to the Remote wire on the Head Unit. If the car is...

I haven’t rectified everything you said, just yet, however, correct me if I’m wrong, but the blue and white wire on the Head unit should read: 0V when the Head Unit is OFF? 12V when the Head Unit is ON? If so, this is probably where my issue is. It reads 8.35V whether the Head Unit is ON or OFF.

I really appreciate the help. At the moment, I'm only powering the amp by connecting the power harness to the car, which also connects to the head unit (see attached photo and file name). The amp should have the basic functionality of turning on and off with the ignition with only this harness...

Hi all, I've recently bought an amp (Pioneer GM-D1004) for my 197. It's supposed to be a straight forward install, but I'm running into an issue where the amp is constantly on when plugged into the car harness, and won't go off when the ignition is off and the car locked, even. It's also...

After a 1-hour diagnostic at £85, I'd rather get back to them and hope they're willing to have another look for me. If a Powerflex bush doesn't fix it and they can't find the issue, then, maybe...

My Powerflex bush should arrive over the next couple of days. Lets see how it does after installing. I'd be really happy with a sub £40 fix.

I've recorded this not too long ago:

I've had this thought, but I don't think I've recorded that yet. Will do it later if the weather allows.

I had the upper engine mount out recently while I did my belts, and it seemed just fine, to be honest. It's a fair assumption that the engine mounts are bad, with a description of the problem, but from looking at the mounts and testing them by rocking the engine back and forth...it seems...

I could be wrong, but I reckon it won't be anything suspension, steering or engine mounts, as I've gone over a lot of these components. But what?...This is the tricky part. I've been living with it for months, now, and never managed to find the source of the problem. I went home, earlier, and...

Hi all, My 197 (60K miles) has had an issue for a while that I've been trying to figure out for a while. I've made a post a while back, but it hasn't had any activity, so I'll try again and provide more details that I now know. When starting the engine, there is a slight momentary knock or...

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone that helped. I got it all sorted in the end. It was quite the "trial and error" process, but I got it timed, and now everything is back together. I was quite nervous to push the "Start" button, but it's running great. A massive win in my book, as I saved a...

That's what I've been doing. My problem is that the inlet cam always over-rotates ever so slightly after tightening the pulleys to 30Nm and removing the horseshoe. This is what I'm struggling to counter.

Thanks for this. I did watch this video a few times, as per your suggestion on my previous post on how to actually change the timing belt, a few months ago. It really is a good video, and I followed it in conjunction with the manual. I thought that might be where I'm going wrong, but I'm not...

That’s the guide I’ve been following. Unfortunately, I’m not sure if putting the car on a trailer is an option right now. The timing, while not 100% bang on, it’s not off enough to cause any damage. It was much worse on the old belt. The inlet cam was off by a few degrees and there was no...

Not the full PDF, but the bit regarding changing the timing belt. According to it, the cams are the right way up, with the small D (HA!) on the bottom. Also just like in this video. With the crank pin fitted in, I doubt you'd be able to have them the wrong way up, as surely the valves would...

By pins, you mean pulleys? This is what I've been doing over and over until I get it right, except I never got it right.