Austarion

hey guys,

was driving home last night at about 11pm and was doing 70-80kph in 5th gear and then out of know where the car revs drop too 0. then i tap the accelerator and they jump back to normal.

this happened about 2 more times on the trip home, i also changed to 4th gear too see if it happened again and it did. its like the whole engine looses power, but all the lights and stereo etc.... all continue too run why this happens.

any help would be apprechiated.

regards Ryan

Could be just an earth or power wire for the taco isn't getting full contact. Check the plugs in the back of the instrument cluster and check the cables in the engine bay for the taco trigger wire. I think it might be on the coil not positive though

no its actually happening too the engine you can feel it "shutter" as too speak, its not just the tacho dropping out.

This is the problem,its a efi fault,as i have experienced this with my cordia.Check that your efi componants are secure and not loose,look at terminals, plugs.

This is my experience-after having same symptoms as yours,long time ago,i located fault to my e101.Basically what happed was the heat dissipating gel inside the e101 was coming out of the housing and going were the plug is,Thus disturbing contact.

thanks roger,
i thought it may of been something to do with the throttle position sensor cables cause one has came loose before and it has idled badly due to it

could be bad fuel pump (blades break and get sucked up, shutting of fuel flow) or dry joints in ecu! Maybe :?

thanks also silo ill check the car out this arvo when it cools down a little its like 35 degrees outside right now.

check all the connections i could and nothing seemed foul i started the car and then gave the connections a wriggle and a pull too try see if any where loose/etc....

i may have to check the fuel pump out!

anyone got any tips on getting the fuel pump out without getting petrol everywhere?

Sounds like the 1st signs of ignitor failure.

any way to check that out cookie?

iXNAY wrote:any way to check that out cookie?

Try another one.

My old Starion did the same thing. Would occassionally cut out. Then it got more common over time until one day it just wouldn't start.

Intermittent problems like this are horrible to diagnose. I can only guess what your problem is but just add it to all the other suggestions you've got here. Enjoy! :)

I took out my fuel tank to replace the pump :x , But that was in a scorpion turbo! yet to take one out of a starion, i guess its the same deal!

anyone got a spare ignitor? :P

silo wrote:I took out my fuel tank to replace the pump :x , But that was in a scorpion turbo! yet to take one out of a starion, i guess its the same deal!

didnt happen to be an orange one that was bought from bunbury did it :D

Mine was suffering similar issues a while back, slight power loss, followed by a jerk and RPM drop, but then would fire back up just as quickly as it came! Got worse over a week or so (more frequent occurences)! So... changed the spark plugs, spark leads, cleaned dizzy cap and I haven't had a problem since! Not sure if this is the same issue as yours but worth a try! BTW, my spark plugs were stuffed, I have an internal oil leak just about everywhere! My car use more oil then petrol! Lucky the oil is cheaper these days... :D