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Hello everyone.
Got an issue with my ‘new’ old beast, which otherwise is a beacon of excellence. I’ve just finished a 1200 mile trip in her, plenty of time for us to get to know each other. Twice now, she’s lost power on the motorway. Trundling along happily at 70-80mph, around 2500rpms when without warning she struggles to maintain 60. When it happens the engine tone changes and rpms jump to 3000 or more. The first time it happened I’d just overtaken a lorry and then had him right behind me as I struggled to get up a hill! I’m not sure if it’s a transmission problem, or a sensor or something, but I’m guessing. I first wondered if it was to do with me putting the more expensive diesel in it. Then I wondered if the very full tank might be the issue. Today when it happened I pulled over and released the fuel cap, to a satisfying sigh, but continued on and it was the same. Each time I’ve stopped and cut and rested the car for ten minutes and the fault goes away. Today everything seemed pretty hot under there when I did stop although no sign any problems on the gauges. Oil, transmission and coolant levels all fine. I can get it to a garage to check for any errors, but it was serviced before I left so it’s got new engine oil and filters and things. Not sure about the transmission oil, to be honest though. Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions.
Got an issue with my ‘new’ old beast, which otherwise is a beacon of excellence. I’ve just finished a 1200 mile trip in her, plenty of time for us to get to know each other. Twice now, she’s lost power on the motorway. Trundling along happily at 70-80mph, around 2500rpms when without warning she struggles to maintain 60. When it happens the engine tone changes and rpms jump to 3000 or more. The first time it happened I’d just overtaken a lorry and then had him right behind me as I struggled to get up a hill! I’m not sure if it’s a transmission problem, or a sensor or something, but I’m guessing. I first wondered if it was to do with me putting the more expensive diesel in it. Then I wondered if the very full tank might be the issue. Today when it happened I pulled over and released the fuel cap, to a satisfying sigh, but continued on and it was the same. Each time I’ve stopped and cut and rested the car for ten minutes and the fault goes away. Today everything seemed pretty hot under there when I did stop although no sign any problems on the gauges. Oil, transmission and coolant levels all fine. I can get it to a garage to check for any errors, but it was serviced before I left so it’s got new engine oil and filters and things. Not sure about the transmission oil, to be honest though. Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions.