newcyboots
New Member
Hi all,
Problems today..
Hippo has been fine for ages - drove 12 miles into town, hippo fine, on the way home i was accelerating through 3rd gear, and it felt like it stopped accelerating for a brief moment.. At first i hought it was in my head, but as i came down a hill off throttle, but still in gear, i seemed to be going a lot faster than usual...
I pressed the clutch in, and the revs shot up form just over 2000, upto 3700, stayed about a second or two, then dropped to about 2500 for a second, then went back UP to 3500, then dropped in stages of about 700rpm at a time til it was idling normally again..
I pulled in, revved it, and all seemed fine.. So i continued the last 5 miles or so home..On the way, it either ran no probem at all, or lumpy, like your just about to run out of fuel... Then, it started accelerating itself if left in gear!!! The engine management light blinked on 3 times, for no more than a second a time..
I got home, cant see anything out of place, so started it again and took it around the block - it seems ok, but now when you press the clutch in to change gear,or whey your inneutral and rev it, it revs up completely normally, but takes AGES, and i mean AGES to drop back down to idle speed..
Ive had no other problemslike unusual knocks, rattles or bangs, and there is no smoke coming out of the back at all??
Any suggestion peeps??
I know its probably wrong to assume this, but as i left town, i noticed that i had just under quarter of a tank, so pulled into sainsubys and stuck £40 of diesel in.. Could i have picked upsome dodgy fuel?? And would it cause these problems???
HELP!
Problems today..
Hippo has been fine for ages - drove 12 miles into town, hippo fine, on the way home i was accelerating through 3rd gear, and it felt like it stopped accelerating for a brief moment.. At first i hought it was in my head, but as i came down a hill off throttle, but still in gear, i seemed to be going a lot faster than usual...
I pressed the clutch in, and the revs shot up form just over 2000, upto 3700, stayed about a second or two, then dropped to about 2500 for a second, then went back UP to 3500, then dropped in stages of about 700rpm at a time til it was idling normally again..
I pulled in, revved it, and all seemed fine.. So i continued the last 5 miles or so home..On the way, it either ran no probem at all, or lumpy, like your just about to run out of fuel... Then, it started accelerating itself if left in gear!!! The engine management light blinked on 3 times, for no more than a second a time..
I got home, cant see anything out of place, so started it again and took it around the block - it seems ok, but now when you press the clutch in to change gear,or whey your inneutral and rev it, it revs up completely normally, but takes AGES, and i mean AGES to drop back down to idle speed..
Ive had no other problemslike unusual knocks, rattles or bangs, and there is no smoke coming out of the back at all??
Any suggestion peeps??
I know its probably wrong to assume this, but as i left town, i noticed that i had just under quarter of a tank, so pulled into sainsubys and stuck £40 of diesel in.. Could i have picked upsome dodgy fuel?? And would it cause these problems???
HELP!
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