I just went down to get some fuel, the car was fine, but on my way home I go to accelerate & all the car would do is rev up & down, & would not go past 30kmph.
The car was fine yesterday & has been for a while now ! So, I don't know where to start. I checked all of my vacuum hoses, inter cooler piping, intake & nothing.
Hey mate, fluid level is fine. However a couple of days a go I started seeing the O/D light flash again, it has not done that in months. I have changed the solenoids once before due to another problem it once had. It didn't flash today, just experienced this non-drivable state.
Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 12:10 pm, by: Adam Lonergan(Alchemistal)
Mine drove fine for years... got me home on a Friday evening. Went to go somewhere on Sunday morning and could hardly get up the hill at the end of my street.
Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 02:38 pm, by: Allan Langford(Allan)
try disconnecting the wires that goto the trans (not the ones that goto the n/start switch (two big black with white trace wires)and then shift it manually with the T-bar.
you should be able to shift it 1st, 2nd, 4th
check the solenoids on the valve body
most of the time its something small like a solenoid that fails and then people try to drive it around in 4th gear cooking the out of the trans and killing it fully!
So I got a chance today after work to spend some time on the car, anyway after disconnecting the TPS, the problem went away. Luckily enough I have a spare one which I will replace it with until I buy new to play it safe.
Okay, so today after work I start the car & it's doing the same thing all over again.. after days of running good, & the idle is sitting on 300rpm, So I disconnect the TPS, problem does go away & the car revs out when revved, but I have no boost or power, even with my foot to the floor. Is that due to the TPS being disconnected ?
Driving me absolutely insane.
Could my stock BOV be in need of replacing ? I cannot check my Cat either for blockages, as it's all welded together, no flanges.
If I get a chance tonight I'd like to check the exhaust for any leaks, also give the leak test with a cap with a hole in it under the hood, & replace the TPS with a spare used one I have..