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[captain_70s]

16 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

It's almost like there's some kind of weird interference at that spot in Larbert!

Too close to my fleet. The fuckedness must be contagious. 😬

[Datsuncog]

Funny, I started to develop a suspicion there was something uncanny about the Fortwilliam offslip on the M2 citybound outside Belfast, as the EML on the Forester tended to ping on just as I scooted past it. Happened about three or four times, even when it had been behaving itself for weeks.

Eventually I twigged that the warning light's appearance was somehow linked to running it up from stop-start 40mph on the A2 to a continuous 70mph for about three miles after joining the motorway, which just so happened to coincide with the location of the offslip. A faulty lambda sensor was mooted as the cause, but as we know, the problem kind of solved itself - in a roundabout way...

I've no further wisdom* to impart, sadly - here's hoping this can either be fixed easily, or there's a sale coming your way soon!

[Split_Pin]

As a test, I took the car on the same piece of road once it was fully up to temperature, rather than at about 60 degrees having only come the short distance from the station car park. The car accelerated completely fine with no light on the dash and full power was definitely available.

So it seems like it's something that happens only when it's warming up, so far in my investigations anyway. 

[Spiny Norman]

Wasn't there a radio transmitter mast somewhere that was cited as being the cause of many cars suddenly dying as they drove past it?

[Split_Pin]

15 minutes ago, Spiny Norman said:

Wasn't there a radio transmitter mast somewhere that was cited as being the cause of many cars suddenly dying as they drove past it?

I was starting to think that but it doesn't explain why it doesn't do it when up to temperature.

[IronStar]

EGR gunked and not playing ball when cold on full throttle, turbo not getting what it expects and it throws a code?

[Split_Pin]

Here's where it does it:

Exit from roundabout:

Start of the M876. Where you can just see the nearest car in the distance, that's where the power fluffs and goes into limp mode.

Coming from Larbert train station which is about a mile away and the car sits all day, the car is only just  about 50% of the way to operating temperature by the time I reach here.

When I tried it at lunchtime I came straight from my house which is about 4 miles away so the car was well warmed up and it drove normally.

There's no codes for it but I'm just wondering if it's some kind of duff MAF or coolant temp sensor. 

[Split_Pin]

1 minute ago, IronStar said:

EGR gunked and not playing ball when cold on full throttle, turbo not getting what it expects and it throws a code?

I'd never do anywhere near full throttle on cold (or hot for that matter, such is my sedate drive style) but it does feel when it happens that something along those lines is happening. Somethings not getting the signal it expects.

[Cheezey]

8 minutes ago, Split_Pin said:

Here's where it does it:

Exit from roundabout:

Start of the M876. Where you can just see the nearest car in the distance, that's where the power fluffs and goes into limp mode.

As an aside, have you seen the Auto Shennigans video about that spot. He reckons that is the only designated pedestrian crossing point of a motorway in the UK. 
It also a great wee stretch for a burst of acceleration. 

[Split_Pin]

7 minutes ago, Cheezey said:

also a great wee stretch for a burst of acceleration. 

☹️

 

7 minutes ago, Cheezey said:

Auto Shennigans

Yeah, it's a dodgy crossing alright!

[grogee]

Bloody hell! Pedestrian crossing? As in zebra crossing? Is it maintained by Dignitas? 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle?wprov=sfla1

[Split_Pin]

9 minutes ago, grogee said:

Bloody hell! Pedestrian crossing? As in zebra crossing? Is it maintained by Dignitas? 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle?wprov=sfla1

Ah, Florida, Puerto Rico, Larbert, that explains it.

[Cheezey]

34 minutes ago, grogee said:

Bloody hell! Pedestrian crossing? As in zebra crossing? Is it maintained by Dignitas? 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle?wprov=sfla1

It’s strange. No zebra etc but the paved path leads you across the motorway on either side. It is a hangover from when Stirling Road went straight up that way. I might head that way with the dog later and take a picture. 

[Bren]

2 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Here's where it does it:

Exit from roundabout:

Start of the M876. Where you can just see the nearest car in the distance, that's where the power fluffs and goes into limp mode.

Coming from Larbert train station which is about a mile away and the car sits all day, the car is only just  about 50% of the way to operating temperature by the time I reach here.

When I tried it at lunchtime I came straight from my house which is about 4 miles away so the car was well warmed up and it drove normally.

There's no codes for it but I'm just wondering if it's some kind of duff MAF or coolant temp sensor. 

Could the windmills be slowing it down?

[DirtyDaily]

Bookmarked for when you want shut of it and will let it go for peanut (tongue in cheek of course! Kind of)

Love these A8s as a self confessed Audi fan boi. Need to get one, one day.

I stood by it

[Schaefft]

5 minutes ago, DirtyDaily said:

On 04/04/2024 at 16:50, DirtyDaily said:

Bookmarked for when you want shut of it and will let it go for peanut (tongue in cheek of course! Kind of)

Love these A8s as a self confessed Audi fan boi. Need to get one, one day.

I stood by it

I want to use the opportunity and announce my interest should you find yourself in the same situation!