Engine Stalls on Full Lock

[Siban]

The engine om my 2.5L keeps stalling when I've got the steering on full lock (normally trying to manoeuvre out of the drive which gives my jealous neighbour no end of amusement)

Suspect this has something to do with the power steering. Anyway else had same problem?

[joust]

Nope.

At a rough guess you have "air" entering the system on the idle circuit - it means that there isn't enough power to keep things happy on full load.

I've had idetical issues with my Ur Quattro (2.2l turbo), and the same issue but with different results (basically my engine wouldn't idle properly for a few weeks) on the M12 so to me that sounds like a potential cause.

Either wait until the next service (Mole V seem to find the odd induction air leak on mine it seems around every 12000, don't seem to charge me anything to fix them though!!!!...) or pop into your local friendly service centre and they will be able to "plug in" and find out what's wrong.

J

[GreenV8S]

Do you have PAS then? Often with PAS you will hear the engine labouring slightly as it reaches full lock, as if the PAS is straining to force the steering further than it will go and putting a significant amount of load on the engine in the process. Could this be enough to stall a cold engine in your case?

[BliarOut]

My Boxster does it all the time on full lock. Just press the right hand pedal a bit further down and the problem goes away