VXR8 went Bang, loss of power, then okay... whats going on?
VXR8 went Bang, loss of power, then okay... whats going on?
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Wolfracer

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2,074 posts

229 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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Mrs Wolfracer was driving, so can't add anything to the description.
She said she heard a bang, then the car wouldn't accelerate. At the next junction it cleared itself and she set off as normal.

When she told me I thought she had bust the diff, but that doesn't appear to be the case. It drives absolutely fine now.

Any ideas?

R8OMG

176 posts

153 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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Wolfracer said:
Mrs Wolfracer was driving, so can't add anything to the description.
She said she heard a bang, then the car wouldn't accelerate. At the next junction it cleared itself and she set off as normal.

When she told me I thought she had bust the diff, but that doesn't appear to be the case. It drives absolutely fine now.

Any ideas?
My guess is that she was at the lights, didn't engage first gear properly, it pops out of gear with a bang when the lights go green, she tries to accelerate but she's revving in neutral biggrin

mik_ok

1,580 posts

264 months

Thursday 14th May 2015
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Damn - R8OMG beat me to it.

SOULCREW

293 posts

200 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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glad its not just me whos done that then biggrin

R8VXF

6,794 posts

138 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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SOULCREW said:
glad its not just me whos done that then biggrin
+1 hehe

Dave3166

1,846 posts

149 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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R8VXF said:
+1 hehe
Me tobiggrinhehe

Wolfracer

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2,074 posts

229 months

Friday 15th May 2015
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Even Mrs W can't miss a gear on an AUTO! ;-)

She was travelling along a road at the time... out the blue, nothing on the road that she could see.

Could it be an O2 sensor momentary failure/over fuel, caused the detonation then ecu pulled back?