Hi Lawrence, My Plus 8 was built in Jan 2001 and is a 4.0 ltr gems , so as Stuart said its most likely to be a gems model, I had again similar problems to Stuart when I let the battery volts dropped to a point that the car only just started. The throttle response and hence the speed was very difficult to control. I put the car battery on charge over night and everything sorted itself by the following day.
Regards Mel ________________________________ From: stuartdenham <[email protected]> To: mogtalk2 <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 20 May 2012, 18:18 Subject: RE: [mogtalk2] revving at idle V8? Hi Lawrence I too have the same model and year car and mine is the GEMS engine. I had a similar problem, from quite low revs mine would accelerate quite unpredictably, it made approaching roundabout interesting particularly when you expected the car to decelerate under engine braking and then it would speed up! The wise folk of this forum told me a solution that fixed my problem. Apparently the GEMS units are VERY sensitive to battery voltage. It doesn't like it if the battery is not up to snuff. I solved my problem by making sure its on a battery conditioner all the time its in the garage. Not had a problem with it since then. Touch ash. A simple solution and I hope it helps BR Stuart -----Original Message----- From: LawrenceLowe [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 20 May 2012 15:55 To: mogtalk2 Subject: [mogtalk2] revving at idle V8? Hi folks, Just back from a super Jockmog weekend down in the Scottish Borders around Peebles. Dry at all the times that mattered and sunny all the way back today. Good hotel and a great group of Jockmoggers. Anyway, one of our members has a 2001 +8 that has recently started to stick at around 2000rpm when they take their foot off the throttle. It just sticks there as the idle speed, drive it above 2000rpm and it operates normally until you want the revs to drop and then they don't. As the member lives a long way from any dealer they usually have their Mog serviced by a well respected local independent but seemingly he is stumped. The problem doesn't show up every day but once it does it stays until the car has been rested over a day or two and will then come back, maybe, without notice during a run. Obviously this is dangerous and needs to be fixed. Before they start taking days off work to visit main dealers is there a known issue that can cause this? Cheers, Lawrence ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
