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jus bin out in me car and when put the phone down its got to 4000 revs and wudnt go any higher , anyone had this problem ???????
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kie-1200sxi-shed wrote:jus bin out in me car and when put the phone down
must be a heavy phone lol, i assume u ment to say put you FOOT down.
did your engine managment light come on when it got to 4000rpm?
wer you climbing a steep hill?
bit more information about what was happening at the time!
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lol yer 'foot' god knows y put phone. nope wernt climbing a hill this was just on a normal flat road . and nope engine light didnt come on.also car cut out 3 times on me this morning :S dnt have a cluewats appening.
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id reccomend gettin it on a diagnostic machine, even tho your engine light dosnt come on still might be saving a fault.
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sounds tome like it needs a service :lol: clean air filter,check plugs and leads,could be the fuel filter,oil change ect,the basics then go from there 8) check that then let us know how its running! :D
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Octane2097 wrote:id reccomend gettin it on a diagnostic machine, even tho your engine light dosnt come on still might be saving a fault.

almost forgot why take it to a diagnostic's machine when you can do it your self with a paper clip? think ill have to post a guild on it if its not already on here? 8)
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reason i dont advise the paperclip test is i get loads of PMs daying they have problems doin it and readin the fault code,
plus it dosnt work on all corsa's but yea could try it

and your more than welcome writing a guide to it il add it to the guides section :)
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yeah thats true mate,it is abit confussing at first :lol: but ill try my best to explain with pics! ill write one up tommorow with all the flash codes ect
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yeah give it a good service new oil, oil filter, plugs, air filter, fuel filter, and a good check over m8
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finaly off. hopefully gunna get it all dne tday :D
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check all the usual things,
make sure your airfilter isnt clogged, check the oil, check the plugs let us know :)
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