P38A Is this an omen to something......

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cornishboater

cornishboater

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While driving to the supermarket this morning I had an occurrence that I have never had before. The old girl was running fine first of all and then I got to the Sainsburys round about and on a hard right going around it the engine just dropped revs and started hunting (rev/no rev) as soon as I got onto the entry road it was back to normal. I drove home without any other problems. Any clues as to what this may have been or if it is a precursor to something?? (4.6 GEMS) There were no faults shown or flagged.
I hope you have had a great Christmas, 2025 is nearly upon us so happy New Year
 
cornishboater said:
While driving to the supermarket this morning I had an occurrence that I have never had before. The old girl was running fine first of all and then I got to the Sainsburys round about and on a hard right going around it the engine just dropped revs and started hunting (rev/no rev) as soon as I got onto the entry road it was back to normal. I drove home without any other problems. Any clues as to what this may have been or if it is a precursor to something?? (4.6 GEMS) There were no faults shown or flagged.
I hope you have had a great Christmas, 2025 is nearly upon us so happy New Year
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Must have sensed the fuel prices are up🤭
 
brianp38dse said:
How much fuel in the tank, i would be thinking low fuel or lift pump.
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That was my first thought as that is what it felt like, I had a half tank showing though. I have filled it up again now just to see if it solves it. I was actually thinking that the gauge had been sat on half a tank for a while but when I fuelled it the gauge went to full and it did actually take what would have have been a half tanks worth of petrol. Hopefully some crap got dislodged and has cleared.................
 
I am just thinking to myself..... If the fuel gauge was faulty and the tank was much lower that I had thought where would the fault be occurring? As the gauge registered when I filled up I kind of dismissed it but as I mentioned it did actually seem to show slightly above 1/2 for a long time
 
cornishboater said:
I am just thinking to myself..... If the fuel gauge was faulty and the tank was much lower that I had thought where would the fault be occurring? As the gauge registered when I filled up I kind of dismissed it but as I mentioned it did actually seem to show slightly above 1/2 for a long time
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Could be sticky if you've not gone above 1/2 for a while ...
 
cornishboater said:
I am just thinking to myself..... If the fuel gauge was faulty and the tank was much lower that I had thought where would the fault be occurring? As the gauge registered when I filled up I kind of dismissed it but as I mentioned it did actually seem to show slightly above 1/2 for a long time
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as others have said, I would go with the pump and/or pick up pipe being the most likely cause. Check the pump flow at the filter with care as it's petrol.
 
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