PumiethePuma
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Hi all,
Sadly I had a bit of a moment with some surprise flood water on Friday, it was hidden around a corner or else I would have wimped out and just turned around but it caught me off guard...cats don't like water after all! The engine stalled, lots of steam, got it going again and went for a drive to dry it out. It would feel as if I was hitting the brake during acceleration, so I drove until that went away, as it 'dried out' it would only do this at higher and higher revs, so kept driving until this went away entirely. Sat and Sunday morning it was all fine and dandy, I thought all was well with my beloved puma.
Sadly my return trip home on Sunday gave me lumpy throttle, high idle, lack of power (if you accelerate say over 2500rpm or with a heavier foot it'd feel as if you've hit the limiter) and kangarooing all over the place. managed to get it home. Sprayed some electric bits with wd40, took Throttle Position Sensor on and off, as last time my Puma had throttle problems it was that seemed to be this issue (revs very high at idle, seemed to want to accelerate of its own accord... new part and eco reset seemed to fix it).
This morning same thing, serious lack of power and you could hear the exhaust blipping where something isn't right with the throttle. Yellow engine warning light came on.
Im not really mechanically gifted so just a bit of a play today, took air filter out felt little damp so will change tomorrow, tried disconnecting battery with no real joy. However since then its not idle high, but low now. Glugging and stalling.Engine lights off but thats not making me happy. :?
Seems now to sound a lot like a ICV problem others have had. idles between 500-800 rather lumpy, stalls if you give it a rev. Lacking any carb cleaner I took it off this evening and 'inspected' it, and replaced it. Will give it a clean and see if that helps along with a dry air filter!
The car seemed completely fine after it had dried out and sat and sunday morning was running perfectly, I was a little late for something Sunday so the Puma had a bit of chance to stretch its legs (nothing silly wasn't spending the 30mins on the redline! Honest Officer...) , wondering if that would have caused any thing to circulate when I got back in it 5 hours later?
Any advice would be great, will try more diagnostics for dummies tomorrow!
Thanks in advance. Its a 2001 1.7 no modifications apart from some sticky Yoko AD08r tires.
Sadly I had a bit of a moment with some surprise flood water on Friday, it was hidden around a corner or else I would have wimped out and just turned around but it caught me off guard...cats don't like water after all! The engine stalled, lots of steam, got it going again and went for a drive to dry it out. It would feel as if I was hitting the brake during acceleration, so I drove until that went away, as it 'dried out' it would only do this at higher and higher revs, so kept driving until this went away entirely. Sat and Sunday morning it was all fine and dandy, I thought all was well with my beloved puma.
Sadly my return trip home on Sunday gave me lumpy throttle, high idle, lack of power (if you accelerate say over 2500rpm or with a heavier foot it'd feel as if you've hit the limiter) and kangarooing all over the place. managed to get it home. Sprayed some electric bits with wd40, took Throttle Position Sensor on and off, as last time my Puma had throttle problems it was that seemed to be this issue (revs very high at idle, seemed to want to accelerate of its own accord... new part and eco reset seemed to fix it).
This morning same thing, serious lack of power and you could hear the exhaust blipping where something isn't right with the throttle. Yellow engine warning light came on.
Im not really mechanically gifted so just a bit of a play today, took air filter out felt little damp so will change tomorrow, tried disconnecting battery with no real joy. However since then its not idle high, but low now. Glugging and stalling.Engine lights off but thats not making me happy. :?
Seems now to sound a lot like a ICV problem others have had. idles between 500-800 rather lumpy, stalls if you give it a rev. Lacking any carb cleaner I took it off this evening and 'inspected' it, and replaced it. Will give it a clean and see if that helps along with a dry air filter!
The car seemed completely fine after it had dried out and sat and sunday morning was running perfectly, I was a little late for something Sunday so the Puma had a bit of chance to stretch its legs (nothing silly wasn't spending the 30mins on the redline! Honest Officer...) , wondering if that would have caused any thing to circulate when I got back in it 5 hours later?
Any advice would be great, will try more diagnostics for dummies tomorrow!
Thanks in advance. Its a 2001 1.7 no modifications apart from some sticky Yoko AD08r tires.