Masser 3200 misbehaving

[_Deejay_]

It seems for whatever reason, my 3200 took exception to getting wet in the office car park today and started playing up; it was fine for the first few mins of the journey, then felt massively down on power above 3k revs. I believe the turbo's weren't spooling up (due to the power and lack of the usual turbo whine).

The car has done this once previously in similar circumstances. The fix was to turn off the engine then start it again. Could anyone hazard a guess at what it could be? The car has recently had a new crank and lambda sensor but this certainly feels electrical/sensor related.

thanks all!

[maser sod]

Your motor went into limp mode. Did the 'check engine' light come on?

[_Deejay_]

maser sod said:

Your motor went into limp mode. Did the 'check engine' light come on?

nope, no lights whatsoever.

[wicked1]

Very hard to diagnose the fault on the net, one quick question, in fact two questions, firstly do you notice the engine management light come one when first starting the car and secondly, what is the fuel elevel on your car????

[_DeeJay_]

wicked1 said:

Very hard to diagnose the fault on the net, one quick question, in fact two questions, firstly do you notice the engine management light come one when first starting the car and secondly, what is the fuel elevel on your car????

Sorry for the delay.

1) Yes, the light does illuminate before I start the engine, but not after
2) Fuel levels have been pretty high - never run it at less than a quarter tank.

It's not done it since, and has been running better than ever. However, it's also not rained since either and been hot/sunny. I'm beginning to suspect sensor errors due to water ingress; when it's happened it's always been at the start of a journey and either after an overnight stop or after it's been raining.