Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 16:35:47 +0100 From: Senappi <bofhnopsamSPAMrocketmail.com> Subject: Re: 9000 Running Badly
On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 15:42:06 -0000, "Toby Field" <tobynopsamd-1.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: >I own a 93 9000 CSE 2.3T. Every now and then (probably once a week) when I >start the car, it seems to run like it's on only 3 cylinders. Most of the >time I can remedy the situation by turning the engine off, taking the key >out and then putting the key back in, wait for all the check lights to go >out and starting the engine. This doesn't always work first time but it's >really annoying me as I don't know why it does it! My 9000 CD 2.0 does that when the weather is very wet... I think that it has something to do with the distributor cap, but I have yet to recreate the symptoms when my mechanic is present.