Hi,
Vehicle is a 2003 (52 plate) Trafic SL27, with 1.9DCI engine.
I had an issue some time ago which I reported back on here; my Trafic was "stuttering" during acceleration - almost feeling like you were accelerating, then not, then accelerating, then not etc etc. Ended up taking it down to a friends house, we took out the air flow meter, cleaned it with contact cleaner and put it back. This resolved the problem, and the engine has worked fine for some time since.
Recently, I started to notice a slight lag at 2500 rpm when accelerating it just seemed to slightly hesitate at that point. Barely noticable, but I had a feeling it might have been again related to the air flow meter. It was nowhere near as bad as it was originally.
Anyway, was heading home from Bognor Regis on Saturday night and was about 160 miles from home with a loaded van. Driving up the M3 I started to notice quite a severe loss in power, and hesitating acceleration whilst heading uphill. At first we thought it might be something to do with the hideous headwind, but it was far too regular. Took the exit from the M3 onto the A34 and had to stop at lights. Noticed then when pulling away that the van was only revving to 2000rpm. Suddenly, it kicked back in and we were on our way again, but still lacking in power.
At that point, I decide to call the RAC, as I figure I dont want to do any damage by driving it with this issue. A man comes out, removes the air flow meter and it appears to be broken - but it was the bit that looks like a disc with legs, which I believe to be the air temp sensor???? So we get recovered back, which took forever, and the man is sure the air flow meter is to fault.
So yesterday, I buy a new air flow meter and replace myself, and since then it has been behaving strangely; It seems to drive great, and there is no hesitation when accelerating up through 2500 rpm and beyond. (When I first connected the new one, it had BIG issues accelerating beyond around 2000-2500rpm - big hesitation. But that seemed to get better with time). The most bizarre thing, which seems to be very consistent, is that when driving the vehicle, I can rev anywhere up to 4000rpm, BUT whenever I come to a stop, park and rev it, it seems limited to 3000rpm. A stop and start rectifies this, but why is it going into limp home mode when it has just been driving Ok?
Does the ECU detect when the vehicle is moving and adjust accordingly?
Does the fact I have put in a new meter mean that I have to reset the ECU to learn the new one, in case it has slightly different values to the original?
Is it likely to be something else?
Also, just out of interest, how many miles are people getting out of a Trafic? Mine is currently at 193850 and when working normally drives very well. Is this issue an impending turbo failiure? Do the turbos go on Trafics?
Any light anyone can shed on any of this would be much appreciated,
Cheers.
Simon
Vehicle is a 2003 (52 plate) Trafic SL27, with 1.9DCI engine.
I had an issue some time ago which I reported back on here; my Trafic was "stuttering" during acceleration - almost feeling like you were accelerating, then not, then accelerating, then not etc etc. Ended up taking it down to a friends house, we took out the air flow meter, cleaned it with contact cleaner and put it back. This resolved the problem, and the engine has worked fine for some time since.
Recently, I started to notice a slight lag at 2500 rpm when accelerating it just seemed to slightly hesitate at that point. Barely noticable, but I had a feeling it might have been again related to the air flow meter. It was nowhere near as bad as it was originally.
Anyway, was heading home from Bognor Regis on Saturday night and was about 160 miles from home with a loaded van. Driving up the M3 I started to notice quite a severe loss in power, and hesitating acceleration whilst heading uphill. At first we thought it might be something to do with the hideous headwind, but it was far too regular. Took the exit from the M3 onto the A34 and had to stop at lights. Noticed then when pulling away that the van was only revving to 2000rpm. Suddenly, it kicked back in and we were on our way again, but still lacking in power.
At that point, I decide to call the RAC, as I figure I dont want to do any damage by driving it with this issue. A man comes out, removes the air flow meter and it appears to be broken - but it was the bit that looks like a disc with legs, which I believe to be the air temp sensor???? So we get recovered back, which took forever, and the man is sure the air flow meter is to fault.
So yesterday, I buy a new air flow meter and replace myself, and since then it has been behaving strangely; It seems to drive great, and there is no hesitation when accelerating up through 2500 rpm and beyond. (When I first connected the new one, it had BIG issues accelerating beyond around 2000-2500rpm - big hesitation. But that seemed to get better with time). The most bizarre thing, which seems to be very consistent, is that when driving the vehicle, I can rev anywhere up to 4000rpm, BUT whenever I come to a stop, park and rev it, it seems limited to 3000rpm. A stop and start rectifies this, but why is it going into limp home mode when it has just been driving Ok?
Does the ECU detect when the vehicle is moving and adjust accordingly?
Does the fact I have put in a new meter mean that I have to reset the ECU to learn the new one, in case it has slightly different values to the original?
Is it likely to be something else?
Also, just out of interest, how many miles are people getting out of a Trafic? Mine is currently at 193850 and when working normally drives very well. Is this issue an impending turbo failiure? Do the turbos go on Trafics?
Any light anyone can shed on any of this would be much appreciated,
Cheers.
Simon