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car restricted

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:29 pm
by kie-1200sxi-shed
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 ???????

Re: car restricted

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:34 am
by Octane2097
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!

Re: car restricted

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:15 am
by kie-1200sxi-shed
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.

Re: car restricted

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:35 am
by Octane2097
id reccomend gettin it on a diagnostic machine, even tho your engine light dosnt come on still might be saving a fault.

Re: car restricted

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:11 am
by z3P
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

Re: car restricted

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:15 am
by z3P
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)

Re: car restricted

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:21 pm
by Octane2097
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 :)

Re: car restricted

Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:06 pm
by z3P
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

Re: car restricted

Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:19 pm
by delta_kid
yeah give it a good service new oil, oil filter, plugs, air filter, fuel filter, and a good check over m8

Re: car restricted

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:10 am
by kie-1200sxi-shed
finaly off. hopefully gunna get it all dne tday :D

Re: car restricted

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:24 am
by Octane2097
check all the usual things,
make sure your airfilter isnt clogged, check the oil, check the plugs let us know :)
good luck