So, bear with me as a bit of a weird one and not sure whether these symptoms related!
van went in for service mid dec and they did the adblue update.
Noticed since then it regens ALOT more than it used too, and I do short journeys so the flipping fan seems to always be running.
Couple of weeks back had the flashing coil light, but no loss of power. Suspected that under a 1/4 of tank and wanted to do regen, so filled up with Vpower as normal.
couple of days after that and coming up to a junction, put foot on clutch to go down through the gears and roll up to a stop, and the revs started to increase on their own. Not a little bit, but reaching 4K.
Foot on the brake brought them back down. for the rest of the way home, exactly the same scenario, revving on its own every time clutch pushed in, but revs would drop to normal as soon as brake pedal pushed.
Turned off. Turned on again and haven’t had problem since. Weird.
yesterday coil light flashing again. No loss of power. Fuel gauge under a quarter.
today, coil light flashes earlier in the day. After restart disappears no loss of power.
Later today, go to pull out from junction, no power, engine doesn’t sound right, won’t rev over 1500rpm with clutch in, barely enough torque to pull to van forward on the flat. No warning lights.
Happens 3 or 4 times during the afternoon. Take it up the garage (just about make it) with it limping at random intervals (still no dash lights). More expensive diesel. On way home, still doing same thing, one moment running and pulling fine, the next just limping back to 1500rpm and no torque.
reverse onto drive. Take foot off brake. Notice brake light still on. Turn off ignition, back on again and brake light off. Try a couple of times, seems fine then stays on. Turn off ign, turn on, brake light still on.
Repeat. And again. Some times brake light off, sometimes on, sometimes a few pushes on pedal and stays on. Sometimes a fair number of pushes, then stays on.
Look for switch on pedal. Seems they moved switch to under reservoir now! Pulled plug on switch and light won’t go off, push back on and does.
soooo....
could my weird running behaviour be linked to a dodgy brake switch? Would the ecu think that I’m braking and kill the power to the engine?
Anyone else had a dodgy brake switch?
van went in for service mid dec and they did the adblue update.
Noticed since then it regens ALOT more than it used too, and I do short journeys so the flipping fan seems to always be running.
Couple of weeks back had the flashing coil light, but no loss of power. Suspected that under a 1/4 of tank and wanted to do regen, so filled up with Vpower as normal.
couple of days after that and coming up to a junction, put foot on clutch to go down through the gears and roll up to a stop, and the revs started to increase on their own. Not a little bit, but reaching 4K.
Foot on the brake brought them back down. for the rest of the way home, exactly the same scenario, revving on its own every time clutch pushed in, but revs would drop to normal as soon as brake pedal pushed.
Turned off. Turned on again and haven’t had problem since. Weird.
yesterday coil light flashing again. No loss of power. Fuel gauge under a quarter.
today, coil light flashes earlier in the day. After restart disappears no loss of power.
Later today, go to pull out from junction, no power, engine doesn’t sound right, won’t rev over 1500rpm with clutch in, barely enough torque to pull to van forward on the flat. No warning lights.
Happens 3 or 4 times during the afternoon. Take it up the garage (just about make it) with it limping at random intervals (still no dash lights). More expensive diesel. On way home, still doing same thing, one moment running and pulling fine, the next just limping back to 1500rpm and no torque.
reverse onto drive. Take foot off brake. Notice brake light still on. Turn off ignition, back on again and brake light off. Try a couple of times, seems fine then stays on. Turn off ign, turn on, brake light still on.
Repeat. And again. Some times brake light off, sometimes on, sometimes a few pushes on pedal and stays on. Sometimes a fair number of pushes, then stays on.
Look for switch on pedal. Seems they moved switch to under reservoir now! Pulled plug on switch and light won’t go off, push back on and does.
soooo....
could my weird running behaviour be linked to a dodgy brake switch? Would the ecu think that I’m braking and kill the power to the engine?
Anyone else had a dodgy brake switch?
