Terrano broke down!!!

[AlexD333]

Right, so me n the missus have been doing some laning. Water bumper high on an occasion. Continued laning for ages, left and joined the m4

Cruising about 80-90.... Kph obviously

Incredibly heavy rain whilst driving, all of a sudden terrano started to drop power. Pulled in to hard shoulder foot flat to floor, no juddering or anything just revs dropping ect..

When w came to a stop the engine was idling sweet as a nut, put accelerator to floor and it would immediately climb to 1750rpm (again firing on all 4)

So we called rac (And rick )

Just before the rac man arrived we turned her back on to check and hey presto she was revving freely again.

Much earlier in the day the only thing we had done was put some injector cleaner in, and had some heavy rain on the m4

I did check any pipes I could see as did the rac dude.

He also plugged in and no codes are present (also no engine light on during whole process)

We drove home and all is fine

[Peasgood1]

Throttle sensor fault imo.

[AlexD333]

Originally Posted by Peasgood1

Throttle sensor fault imo.

No engine management light?

[Peasgood1]

Had the same symptoms once on my Mav but while it was stationary. No EML showing.
Never did it again

[AlexD333]

Originally Posted by Peasgood1

Had the same symptoms once on my Mav but while it was stationary. No EML showing.
Never did it again

Ahh interesting. Perhaps this could be it.

[clivvy]

I agree, but could it also be a slightly dodgy earth perhaps? the earth for the pedal is one of the two small wires on the block by the dip stick...

[Banshee]

Mine always seems to be very juddery in heavy rain, jump out turn my snorkel head round and all is well lol

I know this doesn't help you but thought I'd point this out

[R1cho]

after watching the ford vid alex you hit that water a bit fast some of the water could have gone in the air intake and made the maf wet, could be wrong its just a thought

[solarman216]

on phone you did not say you had been through water quite likely you soaked the paper air filter, the mist that it would then make would do what you say and no light, leaving it off in the hot/warm engine bay most likely evaporated or drained the water, Rick

[AlexD333]

Originally Posted by solarman216

on phone you did not say you had been through water quite likely you soaked the paper air filter, the mist that it would then make would do what you say and no light, leaving it off in the hot/warm engine bay most likely evaporated or drained the water, Rick

The water wade was a good hour before the m4 journey, that's why I didn't mention

[Lazy-Ferret]

the two times mine has done what you describe, it was the flexible pipes to the intercooler.... I had forgotten to do the jubilee clips up properly. Ironically, it ran for a few days before it decided to get me.

[AlexD333]

Originally Posted by Lazy-Ferret

the two times mine has done what you describe, it was the flexible pipes to the intercooler.... I had forgotten to do the jubilee clips up properly. Ironically, it ran for a few days before it decided to get me.

The inter cooler is only held on by two short stubby hoses right?

[R1cho]

2 hoses and 4 bolts

[Lazy-Ferret]

Originally Posted by R1cho

2 hoses and 4 bolts

as he says, 4 bolts physically hold it in place, and 2 stocky hoses connect it to the manifold and turbo.

Nissan fit some awful wire pipe clips, which seem to allow the pipe to leak sometimes, so I changed mine for the proper Jubilee clips x 4.

[AlexD333]

Originally Posted by Lazy-Ferret

as he says, 4 bolts physically hold it in place, and 2 stocky hoses connect it to the manifold and turbo.

Nissan fit some awful wire pipe clips, which seem to allow the pipe to leak sometimes, so I changed mine for the proper Jubilee clips x 4.

Hmm, well these were the ones rick suggest i check today, I had a look and all seems solid, couldn't check for leaks though. May check when I fire her up tomorrow from cold. I should expect a blowing right?