Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 03:49:01 GMT From: "hale" <halenopsam.com> Subject: Re: 9000 2.3. INTERMITTENT Hesitation & Loss of Power
I had that problem on a 1990 9000CD. I was told by the mechnic that the DI had to be changed and was but the actual cause was the cracked casing of a spark plug or coil (I can't remember which now). "Lineone" <adriannopsamone.org> wrote in message news:coBt8.8611$tZ1.2487258nopsam2-win.server.ntlworld.com... > 1992 9000 CS 2.3-16i (non-turbo) > I've posted before about my engine's hesitation and loss of power, and had > various suggestions including the following: > > 1: The rubber nipple and vacuum vent on top of the valve cover. > 2: Sticky "adaptive idle control valve". > 3: The DI. > > Well the problem still persists, though I now know it to be INTERMITTENT. It > disappeared then came back under the following conditions: > > Hesitation disappeared - After about 1 week of no usage (car stood on > driveway) > Hesitation returned - About 250 miles into a long journey. > > As the hesitation returned, so the fuel consumption went up. I was seeing > 40+ mpg (on the instrument panel), which then dropped back to about 36 mpg. > I know the calibration to be way out, so these figures should be revised > down by about 4 mpg. > > So can anyone shed any light on this hesitation now we know it's > INTERMITTENT? > > Adrian > > BTW: I was lucky to survive my long journey. On the motorway (freeway), a > very large lorry flipped not too far in front of me, landed on its side, > took out the central barrier and ended up two-thirds in the fast lane of the > other carriageway spilling a small river of diesel all over the place. > Traffic density was high, but amazingly only one other vehicle, a car on my > carriage way, appeared to be slightly damaged. If I'd been closer ..... > well, not even the mighty 9000 could survive that sort of treatment. No idea > what caused it - I wasn't quite close enough to see. Heard later on the news > that the lorry driver did not survive. > >
