wazza675
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I'll try and keep this short!!
The car is an '08 VE sportswagon with 165k
The family went away for a short holiday to Bright Victoria this week. This missus filled the car late last week with BP ultimate (our normal choice but it's price dependent) when the price was cheap prior to the school holidays. I also did an oil and filter change the day before we left. The car ran beautifully on the way up there - it's about 5hrs with a small detour we had to make to drop the dog off at some friends. We also did a run up to Mt Buffalo and a few short trips around town. We left at lunch time today and I put $50 of regular BP in it (@ $1.50/l), loaded everyone up and headed home. After about 50km, it felt like the car was starting to lightly surge. I was running cruise control but there was no change in speed and the revs seemed constant so I assumed that it must have been surface changes or my imagination. After about 100km the missus asked whether the car was surging so I knew it wasn't me!! It continued in a similar fashion without getting noticeably worse until about Broadford (approx 300km) when the warning bells started - The CHECK ENGINE alarm, followed by the TRACTION CONTROL OFF alarm and REDUCED POWER/SAFETY mode. I pulled over and called my father-in-law who is our mechanic. The temp gauge was normal, water and oil were all fine. He said there was nothing that could be done on the side of the road and continue on. Every 30 or so Km the warning bells would sound again. About 30Km from home (after getting the dog and with the missus driving), the surging got worse, especially above 100 km/hr. We soldiered on.. until about 5km from home the safety mode flashed again and the car lost almost all power. There was nothing we could really do with 2 young kids and the dog so we limped home at about 30-40km/hr.
We're getting the car towed to the mechanic's tomorrow after I take out the kiddie seats and put them in the old VT.
Does this sound like **** fuel?
Could it be electric?
Any other suggestions?
The car is an '08 VE sportswagon with 165k
The family went away for a short holiday to Bright Victoria this week. This missus filled the car late last week with BP ultimate (our normal choice but it's price dependent) when the price was cheap prior to the school holidays. I also did an oil and filter change the day before we left. The car ran beautifully on the way up there - it's about 5hrs with a small detour we had to make to drop the dog off at some friends. We also did a run up to Mt Buffalo and a few short trips around town. We left at lunch time today and I put $50 of regular BP in it (@ $1.50/l), loaded everyone up and headed home. After about 50km, it felt like the car was starting to lightly surge. I was running cruise control but there was no change in speed and the revs seemed constant so I assumed that it must have been surface changes or my imagination. After about 100km the missus asked whether the car was surging so I knew it wasn't me!! It continued in a similar fashion without getting noticeably worse until about Broadford (approx 300km) when the warning bells started - The CHECK ENGINE alarm, followed by the TRACTION CONTROL OFF alarm and REDUCED POWER/SAFETY mode. I pulled over and called my father-in-law who is our mechanic. The temp gauge was normal, water and oil were all fine. He said there was nothing that could be done on the side of the road and continue on. Every 30 or so Km the warning bells would sound again. About 30Km from home (after getting the dog and with the missus driving), the surging got worse, especially above 100 km/hr. We soldiered on.. until about 5km from home the safety mode flashed again and the car lost almost all power. There was nothing we could really do with 2 young kids and the dog so we limped home at about 30-40km/hr.
We're getting the car towed to the mechanic's tomorrow after I take out the kiddie seats and put them in the old VT.
Does this sound like **** fuel?
Could it be electric?
Any other suggestions?
otherwise hopefully goods news from mechanics.