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Not familiar with the car but could check the clutch pedal return spring other than bleeding the system like toyotakarl already suggested really you’re looking at a faulty master cylinder or the workman ship on the previous repair.
As a technician I hate modified cars You just don’t know the quality of the work what may or may not have been done and how it will affect what you’re doing to the car.
As a car nut I modify all my cars Normal first steps really depend on the car in question and the results and budget you have.
For mine I started of with a remap 3″ turbo back Then a 30mm drop followed by Uprated brake kit and braided lines along with a RARB
For this car at least that’s all I’ll do because the engine has some known issues and getting more power is not financially economical, I may put a new ICE system in but That’s few pay checks off yet.
Do the research on your car and find it’s limits For mine a remap free’d up 55 bhp but to get another 55 would cost me over $6000
then decide a good budget and stick to it you wont see any of it back when you sell it so make sure it’s a car you want to keep before dropping a big amount on it.
Had a car in today 2012 reg car with 113,000 miles on the clock was a ticking time bomb flat down refused to let the owner drive it away the tyres were all so bald the cords where exposed across almost all the tyre front pads where down to the metal car was on original cambelt and not serviced in about 80,000 miles
Was just in for an Adblue Top up I did the top up but informed the service advisor’s it wasn’t road legal and would have to be towed away Owner kicked up a fuss ofc but I Walked him round the car and informed him if he drove the car off the site We would be forced to call the police and give his name/address.
It’s a harsh move but Somebody has to do it Cars like that need to be off the road before they kill someone.
Not sure if you have a similar over there but
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sealey-VS820-Clutch-Bleeding-System/dp/B000ROARTI/ref=pd_cp_auto_3
Found this works well for doing Euro cars and with some adaptor heads for the master cylinder pretty much anything.
[quote=”thisisbuod” post=129730]We work on a variety of cars. Maybe things are different where you are, but I’ve never heard of this and didn’t see anything on the internet supporting it. OBD can identify which injector is malfunctioning because the power supplies for the injectors are cylinder specific.Maybe that’s what is causing the confusion. When I order fuel injectors for a customer they all have the same part number. I’ve never seen a car call for multiple part numbers as far as injectors go.[/quote]
Had a chat with are master tech today on this subject and he confirmed on the new Seat diesels and some petrol models the Injectors are cylinder specific they cannot be swapped and when ordering a new one the code on the top is needed to insure the correct injector is sent out.
We wont road test a vehicle with tyres under 1.6mm and we always check a car out on the ramp before a road test, to many people driving death traps Like to know what i’m dealing with before getting out on the road.
Happened at every place I’ve worked
Had a place that went through and detailed a full training regime Said i’d work with the master tech to gain experience First day there was on a ramp on the other side of the workshop to the master tech and just expected to get on with it lasted 3 weeks boss wasn’t happy that the shit job that got dumped on me because nobody else wanted to do it wasn’t done to his standard Words were said on both sides and i packed my tools up that day.
Do you work on European cars?
Well For the SAABS (Vauxhall Engines)they are coded to work with each cylinder so while you can swap them they have to be recoded with security access in order for them to work.
On Seats (VW engines) have the codes printed on top of the injectors you can look on the online data sheet to see which code should be on each injector,
I’m not saying this is on every car but the cars I Work with this is the case. both can be swapped but not without dealer level software.
Well Off the top of my head I know SAAB Vauxhall and VW and peugot that have cylinder specific injectors It is fairly common on new cars today, not sure how much of it a 2000 reg car will have on it dont see much older than 2007 come through the garage.
Might be worth checking the injector wiring using a noid light quick and easy to do and will tell you if you are getting the correct pulse frequency and duration from signal to each injector.
Swapping injectors out isn’t always that simple cant be 100% sure on that car but most modern cars the injectors are coded to the car and the cylinder so swapping them around isn’t an always an option.
Check your coils/ht leads as they can also present a misfire.
As for the fuel system the system should only pressurize with the ignition on, there will still be some fuel in the system but you an always release the pressure before you work on it for added safety.
New cars aren’t built to last they have inbuilt redundancies manufactures have no interest in keeping a car on the road for 20 years.
Well all our torque wrenches have to be hand calibrated Before we are allowed to use them in the workshop same for all measurement and electrical tools. none of my torque wrenches are snap on they look exactly like snap on have the same range and the same accuracy but cost about 1/3rd of the price
But what you’re saying is if a freak accident occurs it might not of happened if more expensive tools where being used maybe but ruling out all tools that are not tool truck brands because a freak accident seems a little extreme half the bluepoint stuff is made in china and is sold under other makes same goes for matco and to some extent mac and snap on.
Out of interest Why Skoda’s? I work for VW And it’s pretty rare to see cars of this vintage still around well we never get them in the workshop that is.
Oh and gotta love the red dwarf sig 😉