john dean
16-04-2014, 07:54 PM
I have just sent my 03 car to Norton Way as it was shamefully overdue a cambelt but it has been so good a runner it really has not occurred to me when driving that it needs doing, and over winter I keep meaning to look and before you know it, it is a few years overdue! :-(
Anyway, this year since taking it out I have had several "stalls" if you like at lights and roundabouts when the car refuses to keep running. I also get massive drops in power while cruising and dropping into neutral tells the same story, It just loses all its power, sometimes trying to keep running around the 2000 rpm mark but then cuts. As suddenly as if you turned it off, all lights illuminate so we have power. It will start immediately after and all is well, for 2 miles or 20.
I also have very noticeable lumpiness as you go through 3-4000 rpm, if you persist on the go pedal it will usually then give me a flashing ECL. It usually stops flashing if you ease up a little and under no real push all is fine. Now I got code 73 (cyl 3 misfire) on the blue lead and checked all plug and coil connections and made a point of emptying the tank and filling with new ( only ever hi octane) as the tank full that was in it in Jan was in there since October last year!
I hoped that may have been the cause and with the service due hoped the Norton Way guys would plug it in and tell me it was x y or z!
Brian at Norton Way has informed me they have no fault code on diagnosis at all ( even though it did it 3 times on the way from P,boro to Letchworth ) and are going to try to change a few parts and try to eliminate it but, it is a very random fault and with no code I wonder what they would start with, ( and what it may cost as it must be a very time consuming way of fault finding ). They are being very helpful but it's is in the back of my mind all day that my car is poorly :-(
Anyone found this before or have any suggestions? It can't hurt to ask and may help Brian with the solution if it is an odd one that took someone else an age to find?
Best wishes to all, and I love my car by the way!!!
John
Anyway, this year since taking it out I have had several "stalls" if you like at lights and roundabouts when the car refuses to keep running. I also get massive drops in power while cruising and dropping into neutral tells the same story, It just loses all its power, sometimes trying to keep running around the 2000 rpm mark but then cuts. As suddenly as if you turned it off, all lights illuminate so we have power. It will start immediately after and all is well, for 2 miles or 20.
I also have very noticeable lumpiness as you go through 3-4000 rpm, if you persist on the go pedal it will usually then give me a flashing ECL. It usually stops flashing if you ease up a little and under no real push all is fine. Now I got code 73 (cyl 3 misfire) on the blue lead and checked all plug and coil connections and made a point of emptying the tank and filling with new ( only ever hi octane) as the tank full that was in it in Jan was in there since October last year!
I hoped that may have been the cause and with the service due hoped the Norton Way guys would plug it in and tell me it was x y or z!
Brian at Norton Way has informed me they have no fault code on diagnosis at all ( even though it did it 3 times on the way from P,boro to Letchworth ) and are going to try to change a few parts and try to eliminate it but, it is a very random fault and with no code I wonder what they would start with, ( and what it may cost as it must be a very time consuming way of fault finding ). They are being very helpful but it's is in the back of my mind all day that my car is poorly :-(
Anyone found this before or have any suggestions? It can't hurt to ask and may help Brian with the solution if it is an odd one that took someone else an age to find?
Best wishes to all, and I love my car by the way!!!
John