Re: Potential problem?

[Eric Sheley <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:54 AM 12/13/1999 +1300, Steve Colebrooke wrote:
 >I've  had  my  Sprint for eight months now, covered some 5,000 kms and
 >love it. Haven't have any problems apart from the well publicised fuel
 >gauge  issues  and having the engine cut out three times when dropping
 >from second to first in very tight corners. Most disconcerting!

Steve, I know you said that you had the problem once from a standing start, 
but has it happened at any other time ?

I had a similar stalling problem on the 509, but it was not restricted to 
cornering - it would happen usually as I was downshifting for a light or 
corner. It was not too bad until I did it one night with wet roads - when I 
popped out the clutch it just locked the back wheel and I started a really 
nice sideways slide. The guy behind me had to swerve back out in traffic to 
avoid T boning me .......

They tried a number of things but came down to two items for the fix. The 
first was to up the idle percentage slightly - this reduced the frequency 
of the problem, but did not eliminate it. The second was to adjust the CO 
after testing with a gas analyzer - after doing this, the problem never 
reappeared. I'm not sure if this would take care of your problem or not, 
but it would be a good place to start. (and as both of these will require 
the programming tool, a trip to the dealer would be required.)

- - Eric


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