"lenny" <lenny@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> can it's failure cause an intermittent fault like mine?
I don't know as I'm not an expert. There's some info on Lambda sensors
here:
http://www.picotech.com/auto/lambda_sensor.html
>
> "Godfrey Wilkes" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Brian" <brianlecnospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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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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