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Hey guys,

im new to the forum, and owning a R32 GTS aswell :)

Ive been skimming through the forums and seems that people just love helping out others so i thought id see if i can get some too.

Been having a few weird problems with my car, and i need to get them fixed as i have been putting it off for the last month or so. I was wondering if there is a mechanic (s) anyone could reccomend on the northern beaches , manly area. Or if anyone wants to try fix the probs themselves feel free LOL.

Heres a quick run through of the problems im having:

Can barely ever start the car 1st turnover, and i have to give it gas aswell.

Sometimes when just idling, the car will turn off, and i have alot of trouble starting it again.then once i do, it will keep doing the same thing, so the only way i can drive the car while it is like this is to keep the revs above 1 grand else the car will stall again. then next time i get in the car again like the next day its back to normal again.

Usually when the car is stuffing up i can smell fuel too real strong inside the car. every now and then i can smell fuel when its just driving aswell.

Brand new coil packs, and irridium spark plugs have been fitted

"apparenty" when i bought the car it JUST had a brand new fuel pump fitted.

Fuel pressure has been tested, and seems to be ok, but maybe needs to be re tested?.

after the 1st time turning it on in the mornings etc, when i turn it back to acc the car

makes this "woop" then a "groan" noise from the engine bay, then after that it ususally starts.

So thats about it! Any Help would be greatly appreciated, ive been battling this stuff for quite a while now.

Thanks

Jacob

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Have a look at this thread;

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...ST&f=21&t=84550

We're all based on the Northern Beaches and our next get together is this weekend (two cars getting FMIC put in). Feel free to contact me for more details, you can come down and have a chat or find out what's going on with your 32 (one of the guys has a 32 down here).

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Have a look at this thread;

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...ST&f=21&t=84550

We're all based on the Northern Beaches and our next get together is this weekend (two cars getting FMIC put in).  Feel free to contact me for more details, you can come down and have a chat or find out what's going on with your 32 (one of the guys has a 32 down here).

Ahh ok sounds cool. :lol:

Anyone else got any mechanic reccomendations or help?

Thanks dudes

Jacob

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