Hello All,
I have an intermitant fault with my '96 V6 2.5 petrol.
It has in the past,(some 5 or 6 weeks ago), lost power for a short time and went into a kind of limp mode. This cleared after a minute or so and was ok for a couple of weeks. Then it did it again for a few seconds when my wife was driving, the engine light,(the engine shape with lightning flash), came on and is also intermitant. I was driving it today when the car stalled/cut-out, on a busy roundabout. I coasted to a halt and after a few tries, the car started again and seemed to be fine. I wouldn't like this to happen to my wife with the kids in the car though, and its her that uses the car everyday.
I have been out to the car and done the excellent paperclip test and found faults; 49:Batt voltage high, and 73: Mass air flow sensor voltage low, as well as the usual 31 as the car was not running.
I am assuming its not the 49 code, as 5/6 weeks or so ago, I had to get a jump start after running my lights for too long putting up a tent. The battery seems to be ok since with no subsequent problems, however come to think of it, the first time the car had the fault was the journey home from the camping weekend.Not sure if the problems are linked or co-insidence
Any ideas? havn't as yet checked the battery voltage, I will be doing as soon as I get home tomorrow, but as we have not had any issues with it, I am,(rightly or wrongly), assuming its ok?
Thank you for reading!