Iceberg PH1 172
Hi all, having spent the last hour or so reading this subsection, I've decided to post a help request.
2002 Ph2 172
171k
Lights on dash are currently. Serv, and toxic fume light (decat related?)
Airbag light. ( doubt this is related to my issue
)
Recent parts.
New TDC (blue plug)
New 4 X NGK plugs
New 4 X Plug leads
Mods
K&N panel in original air box
Decat (both lambda plugged in)
Cat back
Symptoms
On start.
Idle starts high at 2K rpm, drops to 1200 or so after a few seconds. Drops further after a minute to slightly lower usually.
Engage first, pull off, sometimes it will move off as normal, sometimes it will severely hesitate.
I literally have to stamp stamp stamp the accelerator to get enough revs to pull off ( usually about 3k at this point from the angry stamping. )
Once I've got the car moving I can only use a very tiny amount of throttle (5 to 10% roughly, before it begins to drop power and bog down/jerk.
It's got steadily worse over the last month.
It was driving ok, with a slight hesitation around 2k when driving at town speed. Pushing a touch harder on pedal seemed to correct it at this point.
Driving at town speed now results in me having to shift down a gear when it starts to struggle, to raise the revs another 500rpm etc and gain more engine control back.
It's basically bloody dangerous to drive.
It Will decide to s**t its pants when leaving a junction etc and leave me stranded for 5 seconds or more in the middle of the road.
Has anyone experienced the same on their ownership.?
I should also add, this isn't a cold engine type thing, it happens when car is upto temperarure.
Other times I've noticed a lack of power at motorway speed. Slow gain in rpm. Almost feels like the engines gone 'heavy', like suddenly the crank has been replaced with something 10 times it's weight
Very strange explanation I'm.sure but the most accurate way to describe that particular issue at motorway speed.
2002 Ph2 172
171k
Lights on dash are currently. Serv, and toxic fume light (decat related?)
Airbag light. ( doubt this is related to my issue
)Recent parts.
New TDC (blue plug)
New 4 X NGK plugs
New 4 X Plug leads
Mods
K&N panel in original air box
Decat (both lambda plugged in)
Cat back
Symptoms
On start.
Idle starts high at 2K rpm, drops to 1200 or so after a few seconds. Drops further after a minute to slightly lower usually.
Engage first, pull off, sometimes it will move off as normal, sometimes it will severely hesitate.
I literally have to stamp stamp stamp the accelerator to get enough revs to pull off ( usually about 3k at this point from the angry stamping. )
Once I've got the car moving I can only use a very tiny amount of throttle (5 to 10% roughly, before it begins to drop power and bog down/jerk.
It's got steadily worse over the last month.
It was driving ok, with a slight hesitation around 2k when driving at town speed. Pushing a touch harder on pedal seemed to correct it at this point.
Driving at town speed now results in me having to shift down a gear when it starts to struggle, to raise the revs another 500rpm etc and gain more engine control back.
It's basically bloody dangerous to drive.
It Will decide to s**t its pants when leaving a junction etc and leave me stranded for 5 seconds or more in the middle of the road.
Has anyone experienced the same on their ownership.?
I should also add, this isn't a cold engine type thing, it happens when car is upto temperarure.
Other times I've noticed a lack of power at motorway speed. Slow gain in rpm. Almost feels like the engines gone 'heavy', like suddenly the crank has been replaced with something 10 times it's weight
Very strange explanation I'm.sure but the most accurate way to describe that particular issue at motorway speed.
