can it's failure cause an intermittent fault like mine?
"Godfrey Wilkes" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Brian" <brianlecnospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 23, 2:11 pm, "lenny" <le...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> 1.6 HDi 2004 307sw
>>
>> I can't believe this bloody car. I have only had it a couple of months,
>> it
>> is the most I have ever spent on a car and I have already had more
>> problems
>> than 20 years of driving crap old cars has produced.
>>
>> Today's problem is (I will ignore the fact that the radiator fan
switches
>> on
>> and will not turn off again until the battery has been run flat on
every
>> journey. That is another post in a minute), The car seems to run fine
>> when I
>> am going through the gears and speeding up but I have noticed that when
I
>> am
>> cruising along in 5th at about 2000 revs the car will start to shudder
a
>> lot. So bad in fact it is similar to only running on 2 pots in a petrol
>> car.
>> When I put my foot down again it seems to go OK. There are no problems
>> when
>> slowing down either. It seems to only be when going at a steady speed.
At
>> other speeds it also seems to be going along fine and suddenly loose a
>> little power. It is quite noticeable to me the driver but probably not
to
>> the passengers. It doesn't then pick the power up again, I then have to
>> make
>> a slight depression on the pedal to maintain the same power.
>>
>> The second power problem that I have mentioned has been like that from
>> the
>> start. The first but main problem, the juddering, I have only noticed
>> recently. About the same time that I noticed this I have had an anti
>> pollution fault appear and the engine warning light come on. It stayed
on
>> for 2 days but has now turned off and hasn't appeared for over a week
>> even
>> when the power problems occur.
>>
>> What could this be? Has anybody else had the same problem and solved
it?
>> How? Could the lambarda sensor cause this problem and is it likely to
be
>> that?
>> Cheers
>
> You won't have a Lambda sensor on a diesel.
>
> The HDi does have a Lambda sensor. Failure can cause the dreaded
> antipollution fault.
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