Hi - I also had this strange experience.
I was travelling between chennai and Trichy on the GST Road on Friday. Absolutely no issues travelling at 110 -120 kph, as and when the traffic permitted.
Now at one stage i encounter some stop and go conditions. The car refuses to move on the 1st or 2nd gear. It literally shudders and the check light and other lights come on, albeit for a few seconds. But when i slip the clutch and increase the RPM above 2k, it moves and then goes on comfortably on the higher gears. There is a jerk the moment i take off my foot from the accelerator on any gear, whereas this had not happened before. This happened after 2 ~ 3 hrs of driving on the Highway and I managed to reach trichy, in one piece.
On my return, we left early (see nowadays chennai's become very hot with the mercury touching 42 deg C) to reach early. Absolutely no hassles till the time we reached chennai, the mercury shooting up. Now the car started acting up in the start and go conditions.
But for this, the overall experience was good.
I was just about to start a new thread on this, when i found this thread.
My questions:
1. Is this because of Bad fuel quality. This car is fuelled at a prominent BP fuel station in chennai and on my return had fuelled up at Reliance.
2. Any additives available to clear the Injector / FIP.
3. I thought the car (ECU) was acting up due to the high temp. And have always wondered why they had the ECU in the engine cabin, whereas it should be inside the dash with a provision for keeping it cool, similar to lots of electronic stuff.
Any suggestions / opinions ?
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Just hope Value For Money doesn't turn Value For Mechanic
Pugram