cuts out under 15 mph/ ..advice needed

[paulsmith]

hi all, i picked up my cerb the other day,{v8} 4.2 98. fantastic very different to the Chimaera. the car is going in austec tomorrow to have afew things i want done, louder exhaust,,etc etc,anything you could tell me to get the ultimate sound?
although there is one problem at low revs or going very slow it cuts out, more than 20 miles an hour no problem and sounds fine. Although will be looked at tomorrow any ideas what this might be ?...batterys fine...and it always starts straight away if it does cut out just does not like going slow. when idle, its ok.thanks for advice

[trooperiziz]

Drive faster...

[spants]

is there an idle control valve on these things = just fixed my shopping trolley (Vectra) this morning with similar problem.

(take off bits, carb cleaner, reassemble: 30mins)

[gary judd]

Hi Paul

see you bought a cerb good luck with it.

As for the cutting out try the easiest first unplug the ecu and leave for half hour. this will reset and stopped it doing the same on mine or it could be the the airflow meter I think and cost about £280 or you might need to have it remapped at austec £700

Gary Judd

[darreni]

gary judd said:

Hi Paul see you bought a cerb good luck with it. As for the cutting out try the easiest first unplug the ecu and leave for half hour. this will reset and stopped it doing the same on mine or it could be the the airflow meter I think and cost about £280 or you might need to have it remapped at austec £700 Gary Judd

Unplugging the ecu won't reset it, you will need the software.
Also, there is no air flow meter on a cerb, (at least not the V8).

[gary judd]

darreni said:

gary judd said: Hi Paul see you bought a cerb good luck with it. As for the cutting out try the easiest first unplug the ecu and leave for half hour. this will reset and stopped it doing the same on mine or it could be the the airflow meter I think and cost about £280 or you might need to have it remapped at austec £700 Gary Judd Unplugging the ecu won't reset it, you will need the software. Also, there is no air flow meter on a cerb, (at least not the V8).

well it worked on mine when I unplugged it and thats what richard smith of penninsula told me I think he should know.As I said I think it was the airflow meter or something like that.

Gary Judd

[paulsmith]

thanks all..gives me ideas what to expect, its so strange she s fine and good sound over 20,....it did nt do it before i had the car checked, i just wonder if they knocked something..

also Gary how did u get your exhaust so loud with all the pops/bangs,,,surely its more than a simple sports exhaust?

[gary judd]

exhuast is from penninsula and is just standard sports exhuast.

Gary

[SXS]

Maybe she could do with a tune-up down at Austec.

Or an emerald ecu upgrade with tune-up available from Trackcar (joolz).

I mention the emerald because all who have gone down the emerald route seem to have better running cars...

[NJW 77]

Nuttin wrong with the way my car is running (at the moment!)

[SXS]

NJW 77 said:

Nuttin wrong with the way my car is running (at the moment!)

not everyones lucky enough to have a SPECIAL car! So is it running perfectly now?

[NJW 77]

It is mate

Have tried to get together with Charlie at SRR twice this week, but with no luck yet, but I am trying

[NJW 77]

As for the SPECIAL car, Im not getting into a pishing contest with the Phoenix, I bow down to that MoFo

LoL

[paulsmith]

also how much difference does de-cat sports exhaust actually make to the standard..is is worth doing,..

[gazzab]

paulsmith said:

also how much difference does de-cat sports exhaust actually make to the standard..is is worth doing,..

It is actually more likely to a) ruin your hearing and b) to reduce the power of your car.

[njw 77]

gazzab said:

paulsmith said: also how much difference does de-cat sports exhaust actually make to the standard..is is worth doing,.. It is actually more likely to a) ruin your hearing and b) to reduce the power of your car.

I wondered why my ears where bleeding