Hello there,
I have been having a problem on and off with my 1999 Rover 420 GSDi for a month or so now. The problem is that every now and then the Engine Management / Fault light comes on and the vehicle has pretty much no power.
It started about a month ago when it was first fired up in the morning, it would come on and go off quite a few times on my way to work, but by the time I get to the motorway (3 miles / about 10 minutes) it would be off and fine.
After a good search through the posts on this site I came to the conclusion that it could well be the MAF sensor. So I took this out, it was a bit oily so I gave it a squirt with some carb cleaner. I thought this had sorted it until this morning when it happened again, but this time it came on and off a few times but didn't sort itself out by the time I was on the M5 and it would only do about 75mph.
It has occured to me that I may not have actually done any good in the first place when I cleaned the sensor. It happened to coincide with the time the weather improved a bit and it got warmer. However this morning it is bloody cold and its bucketing down.
Has anyone got any ideas on this one??
Thanks in advance.
Joe
I have been having a problem on and off with my 1999 Rover 420 GSDi for a month or so now. The problem is that every now and then the Engine Management / Fault light comes on and the vehicle has pretty much no power.
It started about a month ago when it was first fired up in the morning, it would come on and go off quite a few times on my way to work, but by the time I get to the motorway (3 miles / about 10 minutes) it would be off and fine.
After a good search through the posts on this site I came to the conclusion that it could well be the MAF sensor. So I took this out, it was a bit oily so I gave it a squirt with some carb cleaner. I thought this had sorted it until this morning when it happened again, but this time it came on and off a few times but didn't sort itself out by the time I was on the M5 and it would only do about 75mph.
It has occured to me that I may not have actually done any good in the first place when I cleaned the sensor. It happened to coincide with the time the weather improved a bit and it got warmer. However this morning it is bloody cold and its bucketing down.
Has anyone got any ideas on this one??
Thanks in advance.
Joe