As Stuart types Even a battery that starts the car fine can be low enough to replicate this condition, on my 2002 car (built late 2001) the same condition would be there if I had the car on idle with the heated screen and lights on. As Stuart says a battery conditioner helps but not if your away from home (seen several GEMS cars have this problem at weekend gatherings), the ultimate solution is to move the battery to the rear and git a larger capacity battery and the problem is gone forever.
BR Colin On 20 May 2012 18:18, stuartdenham <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
