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Farley Ward
Tinkerer
Queensland
Soarer TT

Posts: 11
Reg: 12-2006

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Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 11:07 am, by:  Farley Ward (Famousfarley) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

My 91 TT Soarer has been playing up. It started about a month ago, I was driving when all of a sudden it felt like I had no accelaration, the car was still idling normally, the accelerator pedal just had nothing, as hard as I pushed it just wouldnt go anywhere, kept rolling, idling... But then it would suddenly just go back to normal, accelerator worked again. It did this on and off for the entire trip. I stopped the car and didnt drive it again for a day or two. Then the next time I drove it, it was totally normal and stayed that way for a couple of weeks. Then the same thing occurred on and off on another trip... then went back to normal for over a week, and it has just started happening again but now it is constant. I actually thought it may have been fuel related so I replaced the fuel filter, but now Im thinking that was silly because it is still idling fine.. The old filter was clean and the new one made no difference to the problem. I have had similar but not exactly the same problem on another soarer I owned and I found the map sensor and the fuel ecu to be a problem in those instances. This time it isnt either of those things, I have checked. Im about to go try the tps. I took it to get the diagnostics checked and when they plugged it into the plug under the bonnet, everything comes up fine. He put it into the plug inside the car and it wouldnt read it at all. The mechanic says its electrical but there is no auto electrician in my town and its a 20 min drive to the closest one so I cannot drive the car that far. I may need to call someone out but I have had so much trouble with mechanics etc and soarers (most just have no idea), I dont really want to spend money unless I have to, Ive wasted alot on hopeless mechanics over the years of owning soarers and more often than not I have fixed the problems myself. I have a whole cars worth of other soarer parts in the shed, I can swap and change things, Id just like some advice if anyone has any. Im stuck!
Adrian McGuire
DieHard
Queensland
Soarer Single T

Posts: 678
Reg: 12-2010

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Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 11:31 am, by:  Adrian McGuire (Adro) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

if it revs to about 2500rmp then stops and goes back to idle and keeps doing it, it generally means its going into limp mod to stop the motor destroying itself. when its in limp mode to the diagnostics test and look for errors on the dash.
Michael Svoboda
Tinkerer
Qld
Soarer 1jz gte

Posts: 61
Reg: 12-2011

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Monday, April 30, 2012 - 08:11 am, by:  Michael Svoboda  (Mick1jz) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I had this problem I changed the ecu and all was fine and has been ever since
Matt Newman
DieHard
QLD
soarer tt

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Reg: 11-2007

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Monday, April 30, 2012 - 11:28 am, by:  Matt Newman (Soarersrock) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

just a wild stab in the dark but is your accelerator cable tight?

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