Help with my XE running not quite right please

[petrolhead19]

Went for a drive today all was well car ran right and pulled good, got back and started running a little lumpy so opened bonnet and it got worse to the point were i revved it and it cut out. So when it cut out i unplugged ecu to check pins all was fine, and one by one took out the fuses to check all was fine again, so then i start the car up and it ran fine again :S. It's like an intermittent misfire, it did it the other day while out driving but stopped after a while.
Any ideas?

Video of it running lumpy and cutting out
https://www.dropbox.com/s/60p8lvc45w...018_201009.mp4

[Will F]

Could be anything. The fact it sorted after you'd unplugged the ecu suggests it's an electrical fault. Do you have the mgt light wired in?

[petrolhead19]

Could be anything. The fact it sorted after you'd unplugged the ecu suggests it's an electrical fault. Do you have the mgt light wired in?

I dont think it is wired in, and there is no obd port to plug in and find any fault codes, the engine is from an 89' car not sure which one.

[Will F]

You don't need an obd port. Wire the light in and you can read the codes by earthing the brown and yellow wire...

[petrolhead19]

You don't need an obd port. Wire the light in and you can read the codes by earthing the brown and yellow wire...

Oh yeah forgot about the codes haha, i need to get some of the bulbs for the digidash as it only has 2 along the bottom, so when i get them ill wire mgt light in.
Till then im going to check fuel and air lines tomorrow, just to make sure its not an air leak or something

[Adam]

Can just hook it up to any 12v bulb to flash the codes

[petrolhead19]

Can just hook it up to any 12v bulb to flash the codes

I could give it a try yes bud, ill see if i have a 12v bulb lying around and try it tomorrow.
Just so i know for sure what colour wires are the mgt again?

[petrolhead19]

Have sorted it, i was at a car meet the other week and people were commenting on the smell of fuel from my car so guessed it was overfueling so turned the fse down, this is what's caused it to cough and splutter and run like a bag of spanners .
Took it to a guy today that specialises in xe's and he turned it back up and said it must of been set to over fuel for a reason i.e either cammed or ported and polished , but all sorted now oh and found what the smell of fuel was, the fuel line going to the injectors is leaking a bit, ill sort that out tomorrow then wont smell of fuel