Date: 9 Sep 2003 03:35:34 -0700 From: tbnopsamuk.freeserve.co.uk (Trevor Barry) Subject: Re: Direct Ignition Failure
David Taylor <djtaylornopsamoot.com> wrote in message news:<MPG.19c2dd77d1b34b72989b1bnopsam.cis.dfn.de>... > > Yep, about £130 in the UK - but I figure that it will go soon and anything > > is better than breaking down, being towed to a dealer and paying their > > prices. > > Hi Trevor, amazing where people pop up isn't it?! :) > It certainly is! > I thought I was going to be on the back of a breakdown last friday when > I'd just joined the M1 south of Alfreton to lose power. > > Turned out it was just the intake hose to the throttle body, electronics > did funny stuff, had it been a simpler car, i'd just have had lots of > induction roar instead of the engine management deciding to shut down > the rest of the engine for me. Great when you're in lane 3 and there's > lorries up the inside. > Ouch! Does this mean that you have ditched your Volvo and bought a 'real' car? > (off topic, you not joining us for the PKI thing with Brian?) > I'll be there - just printing off the manual as I type. > David. Trevor