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Old 15th May 2014, 08:12 PM
Davidbolam Davidbolam is offline
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Originally Posted by vmax1974 View Post
My old mx5 had similar problem was using a tank of fuel to do 10 miles and overheating cause I had to keep the rev's on to make it move

Turned out it was plug leads changed plugs and put a decent set of leads on and it was cured
I'm on my 3rd set of leads. I'm going to see what the diagnostic light says tomorrow. The plugs are black so they may need changing but they have only turned black. I did replace the plugs when I put the ending in.

I've just tried to reset the base idle.

David
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