Pearl Black 2004 MG ZT260SE mark 1, V8 for sale

[colintf]

Just a quick update
Loving the car, had a few issues that I've mostly sorted but it's wonderful.
New tyres, replacement TV tuner, sat nav stopped working, new MOT, got a slight knocking from the internal fan, oil change done and oil leak sorted, boot leak sorted
Done over 3000 miles in it and I love it
Hoping to get to POL later in the year so see you there

well done Jeff

[peterv8]

Hi and a late welcome from Sweden!
Great cars we have.:-)

[jeff turbo]

Just an update on the car. Toured up to Scotland, toured France around reims area. Now has over 121,000 on it and I love it and can't stop driving the thing. Had the car detailed by a mate of mine and it looked new once he had finished with the exception of the front bumper scuff. Now had that done. Had a couple of oil changes and will be replacing all spark plugs over the winter as I'm getting a misfire sometimes, diff and gearbox oil check and sort the clicking noise behind the dash. I know what it is but will sort when it's off road for the winter.

[re-tread]

If the slight clicking noise is what you suspect to be the fan in your earlier post. Have another look. It may be the internal distribution valve for the heating. Mine does it and took me a while to work out what the noise was.

[SJR]

Could the misfire be vapour lock, When does the problem occur?

SJR

[jeff turbo]

If the slight clicking noise is what you suspect to be the fan in your earlier post. Have another look. It may be the internal distribution valve for the heating. Mine does it and took me a while to work out what the noise was.

Its the unit that changes the flow of air and heat. I had it go on my ZS180. Haven't got round to fixing it as it didn't worry me too much.

[David]

Its the unit that changes the flow of air and heat. I had it go on my ZS180. Haven't got round to fixing it as it didn't worry me too much.

Think you will find it controls water not air.

ZT 260's are different to the V6 ZT in the way distribution works, and I assume the ZS.
Rover 75V8's are different again which is why the "Y"-piece fix doesn't.

David

[David]

Just an update on the car. Toured up to Scotland, toured France around reims area. Now has over 121,000 on it and I love it and can't stop driving the thing. Had the car detailed by a mate of mine and it looked new once he had finished with the exception of the front bumper scuff. Now had that done. Had a couple of oil changes and will be replacing all spark plugs over the winter as I'm getting a misfire sometimes, diff and gearbox oil check and sort the clicking noise behind the dash. I know what it is but will sort when it's off road for the winter.

If your misfire spreads to more than 1 cylinder, think about an air leak; my PCV pipe rubber-elbows (cam-cover PCV valve to throttle body plenum) rotted through and caused that.

[David]

Just an update on the car. Toured up to Scotland, toured France around reims area. Now has over 121,000 on it and I love it and can't stop driving the thing. Had the car detailed by a mate of mine and it looked new once he had finished with the exception of the front bumper scuff. Now had that done. Had a couple of oil changes and will be replacing all spark plugs over the winter as I'm getting a misfire sometimes, diff and gearbox oil check and sort the clicking noise behind the dash. I know what it is but will sort when it's off road for the winter.

Just noticed, "121k". Are you sure that the PCV valve has been changed at 90k according to the service schedule?
So called "experts" say don't bother, BUT Ford say 80k, MGR 90k, and my car was 105k from the prior replacement when it failed, sticking open or closed according to how it felt and creating very random weak-mixture misfiring. Both the PCV valve and the pipe, which rots and leaks air, are available from RockAuto and quite reasonably priced. ... just my two-penneth!

(Edit) Motocraft numbers for RockAuto:
PCV valve: EV-261 (2C5Z-6A666-AA)
Hose to Throttle-body: KCV-240 (2L2Z-6A664-FA)

David

[jeff turbo]

Just noticed, "121k". Are you sure that the PCV valve has been changed at 90k according to the service schedule?
So called "experts" say don't bother, BUT Ford say 80k, MGR 90k, and my car was 105k from the prior replacement when it failed, sticking open or closed according to how it felt and creating very random weak-mixture misfiring. Both the PCV valve and the pipe, which rots and leaks air, are available from RockAuto and quite reasonably priced. ... just my two-penneth!

(Edit) Motocraft numbers for RockAuto:
PCV valve: EV-261 (2C5Z-6A666-AA)
Hose to Throttle-body: KCV-240 (2L2Z-6A664-FA)

David

I changed the plugs and the misfire stopped.
As I bought the car on 109,000 I have no idea if anything else had been changed prior to my purchase of it.
What part is the PCV valve ?