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Club G40 => General Car Chat => Topic started by: tdh-syorks on August 05, 2008, 05:10:43 PM

Title: Losing Power
Post by: tdh-syorks on August 05, 2008, 05:10:43 PM
My g40 has recently started losing power, while driving at a constant speed of 60mph the power sometimes starts to dip and you can feel the car starting to pull back (not on all occasions). also whilst the car is ticking over when i start it in a morning when i slightly touch the accelerator even if its been ticking over for 5-10 mins the engine nearly stalls before correcting itself. i havn't a clue what it is but i'd think it was electrical. any ideas?
cheers Tom
Title: Re: Losing Power
Post by: hayesey on August 05, 2008, 05:34:06 PM
check the ignition timing.  That struggling to rev from idle problem can often be incorrect timing.

but there's also lots of other things it could be too.  check out the engine diagnostic guide in the faq section:

http://www.polog40.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=214
Title: Re: Re: Losing Power
Post by: PeteG40 on August 05, 2008, 06:11:49 PM
could be anything ignition wise, poor battery, alternators, dizzy cap/leads/plugs etc