Strange loss of performance until 1/4 throttle when cold

[Cubes]

Oh I forgot to mention... I let the car warm up for just over 5 mins this morning.. No hesitations nothing. No smoke either.

I remember when Martin had a quick look at my car some time ago when he said I had non-standard injectors that the problem is common and possibly caused by the coolant temp sensor or somthing?!? Personally i don't think it is as it idles higher when cold then drops slowly once warm.

[EVOIV]

If you don't like the sound of the 044 mounted externally, I can agree with you here, I believe you can mount them intank and they are a lot quieter? I never did it, but mine was externally mounted and it is very annoying and loud especially in the summer. Intank should be a lot better.

[WazR32GTSt]

if u want to check the knock sensors (it may be wrong but its a 2 minute check and is really worth the small effort), then do this.

Stand over the battery and look at the intake manifold. Get a torch or long flourescent light and place it between the battery and manifold and somehow get it to stay there.

If you look between runners 1-2 and 4-5 of the intake manifold then you should see, in each, a small green plug with a white clip attached onto it. This is the knock sensor. in my case the white clip (and attached wire) were hanging there doing nothing. took 2 seconds to plug it back in. The green plug is about 1 inch long and is cylindrical...

as i said it may be completely wrong but it only takes 2 minutes to have a look and see if they are plugged in...

Waz.