Hi Kirbula. TBH that was about 7 years ago and I didn't have that car too long so I can't recall the details. I would have come back and updated the thread though if it wasn't resolved. Good luck though. Hope you get it fixed.

Hopefully others will jump in. What does it run like in neutral? Does it rev cleanly through the rev range? If you keep it in gear will it get past the 2k stumbling block and run ok at higher revs? Trying to figure out if it is engine or gearbox related. Don't like the sound of that hissing and visi...

If it were me I would seriously consider dropping the oil pan first of all to take a visual inspection. When you dropped the oil what did it look like? Was it milky? Trying to figure out if you have coolant entering the oil system. Could explain why you have smoke coming out of the dipstick, no smok...

I wonder if some people don't update threads for fear of jinxing. lol. :D Replaced the VVT Solenoid and so far the car has not missed a beat, idle is fixed. Touch wood (superstitious much?) the problem is resolved and doesn't come back. Cheers for the help to those that contributed. Hope it helps so...

Thanks boosted... I do not see the P0016 anymore. The only time that code appeared was when I left the bad idle to occur for many many minutes. It will show the P0300 code regularly if left to misfire for a minute or so. Most of the time my check engine light is off. If the timing was not set to beg...

Yep VVT was something I was def suspecting. Today I tried unplugging the coils 1 at a time again and couldn't detect much difference. It was getting to a point where I was starting to imagine differences I think. I decided to unplug the VVT solenoid and immediately the idle went back to normal, it r...

Next day..problems persist. I have uploaded a 5mb video to demonstrate the problem. While the idle appears to be stable looking at the tach you should be able to hear the rough idle and see the shaking (that is the car, not the unsteady camera operator, lol) You will also notice the dash lights dimm...

Thanks again Jimmy. Have just pulled #6 ECM/MAF/Injectors Have not touched any of the others incl #23 ECM/E.M.Rel Coil edit...3hrs later... Good news and bad news. Good news - Reset of fuel trim seems to have resolved surging issue. Thanks for the advice Bad news - Misfire/Rough idle is still there....

Put the injectors and rail back in (o-rings were a bit of a pain in the backside to source, the place that cleaned my injectors gave me some green bosch ones which seemed to fit in ok and are not leaking any fuel, they couldn't flow test the injectors though and used an ultrasonic bath) Car now seem...

Finally got around to pulling the injector rail out and have taken some before pictures. Cyl2 looks a bit suspect but not sure if it would be bad enough to cause problems, any opinions??? While they are out I will see about getting them cleaned. http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn48/Bigmaxy03/Inj1...