I was curious to know whether there is something up in my engine department after my engine experienced a funny 5 minutes.
So after a faultless drive , I parked up at the beach for several hour in the hot sun, returned to car and she drove perfectly for about 10 minutes until l reached a dual carriage way where I attempted to give it some beans.......on putting my foot down I could feel a very slight hesitation and it seemed like even with my foot flat down somewhere I'd lost 100bhp, very much feeling a lack of power and the car felt it was struggling to build up its revs, or putting it another way.....I'd describe the car feeling like it was driving on glue and holding back on me. Being far from home I continued to drive the rest of the journey with a gentle right foot and she performed fine as I wasn't asking for full power. Now as my fuel gauge was showing just 80 miles left in the tank l then filled up with fuel and drove gently back home. Later in the evening when the engine had cooled l took her out for a local blast to reevaluate the situation to find everything power wise back to normal?? Could the problem have been either low fuel in the tank causing fuel cavitation or vaporisation agrivatted by being parked in the sun for hours or maybe a sticking Disa Valve again agrivatted by high ambient temperatures?? The vanos solenoids have recently been replaced ( peirboug fitted) so I think they shouldn't be an issue.
What's your thoughts guys?
So after a faultless drive , I parked up at the beach for several hour in the hot sun, returned to car and she drove perfectly for about 10 minutes until l reached a dual carriage way where I attempted to give it some beans.......on putting my foot down I could feel a very slight hesitation and it seemed like even with my foot flat down somewhere I'd lost 100bhp, very much feeling a lack of power and the car felt it was struggling to build up its revs, or putting it another way.....I'd describe the car feeling like it was driving on glue and holding back on me. Being far from home I continued to drive the rest of the journey with a gentle right foot and she performed fine as I wasn't asking for full power. Now as my fuel gauge was showing just 80 miles left in the tank l then filled up with fuel and drove gently back home. Later in the evening when the engine had cooled l took her out for a local blast to reevaluate the situation to find everything power wise back to normal?? Could the problem have been either low fuel in the tank causing fuel cavitation or vaporisation agrivatted by being parked in the sun for hours or maybe a sticking Disa Valve again agrivatted by high ambient temperatures?? The vanos solenoids have recently been replaced ( peirboug fitted) so I think they shouldn't be an issue.
What's your thoughts guys?
