[Frank Wheeler]

There is another similar earth bolt point on the front of the head, the broken wire was actually inside the shrink wrap sleeve of the connection eye which will have to be removed to find the break. Have you done a resistance check from the six pin plug earth lead (disconnected from the throttle body) to the earthing point.

[Frank Wheeler]

Lee,

This was August 2019, time fly’s. There is a fuller discription on here in the older posts if you look back through.

[Frank Wheeler]

Hi Lee,

Just seen this, I had this problem a couple of years back which finally ended up with the engine starting but would not go above idle. Turned out to be the earth connection from the throttle body to where it connects on the left hand head (looking at engine) earth point connection bolt ring. The wire was down to two strands of copper wire and would not carry the current. I believe it was down to wear and tear with being removed to to change the timing belt and general vibration. Just renewed the connection ring and re-soldered the cables. Not had any issues since.

[Frank Wheeler]

Steve,

Had this happen on my 3200 about 5 years back and found the black catch holding the filler cap closed was sticking in and not springing back out.

I managed to get it to released by applying some plus gas to the catch where it passes through the body seal grommet and working it back and forth with thin nosed plyers until it was springing back freely.

If it won’t pull back out it will be a case of removing the boot internal side panel, removing the solenoid unit and freeing up off the car. One other thing to check is that the emergency release cord (red) inside the battery cover at the front is not caught on some thing and holding the solenoid in the open position.

[Frank Wheeler]

Stuart,

I have a 3200 which is similar weight and set up to your car and the wheel nut torque in the workshop manual is 98Nm, +/- 10Nm. (72 ft/lbs, +/- 1.36 ft/lbs)

The 75 ft/lbs could be correct but the 10Nm stated above is incorrect and should read 102Nm.

 

 

[Frank Wheeler]

Hi Graham

I have an OBD list for my 3200 and its related to the throttle body: P1225  Sensor position of butterfly circuit 1 [throttle body 3200GT specific]

I was getting this intermittently on mine a couple of years back. I had already changed to new throttle body and pedal pot so I knew there was unlikely to be a problem with these items, turned out it was a very weak earth connection from the throttle body where it connects to the front of the engine block (drivers side above cam belt cover) this connection has about 6 wires connected into one earth eye fixing and became poor underneath the plastic shrink sleeve. New eye fitted and soldered all in place with no problems since.

Hope this helps

[Frank Wheeler]

Hi Paul, The bottom of the grille is held in place with 4 spring bullet spring clips. These do tend to corrode, so its a case of gently pulling on the bottom of the chrome grille surround until they release. The four springs are visible through the mesh, try spraying some plus gas on them overnight to help ease the rust.

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