2000 Astra Power loss & poor idle

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Stu <nospam (AT) thanks (DOT) com> wrote in
news:1168040759_2293 (AT) sp6iad (DOT) superfeed.net:

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Let us know how the S70 is going after fitment.

Tim..

Seemed OK today. IME, you never quite get full performance straight
after wiping the ECU settings. But I haven't had the chance to check
it properly due to the traffic. I'm working Saturday and will be on
the road at 5.30 so I should get the chance to open it up properly
then.

I'm sure it's a damn site better than running without one, which is
what I've done for the past week. Virtually no boost (wastegate
solenoid open permanently) and complete fuel cut-off when closing the
throttle, hence a feather touch on the accelerator has been required
to maintain smooth progress. These issues aside, it actually did a
pretty good job of fuelling the engine, to say it was having to guess
at the air quantity.

After this morning, I would say that the performance is normal and

satisfactory, although the boost isn't kicking in quite as savagely as
it has done at times in the past. It may be due to placebo effect, but I
tend to find that the cars performance alters subtly according to the
manner in which it is driven. Lately the driving pattern has been town
driving with a few minutes of motorway cruising in-between, so a
countryside blast may be required to get the wick turned up fully.

Put it this way, a very short (<5s) burst of acceleration in Sheffield
early this morning was all that it took to prompt an embarassing ticking
off from a lurking member of H M Constabulary, who also rang the car reg
in to check my insurance & identity. Fortunately, he was not a traffic
guy, just a friendly bobby with the common sense attitude to policing
that much of our law enforcement personnel is sadly lacking, hence I
wasn't penalised in any way.

Hope that satisfies your curiosity, Tim. Thanks for all your help with
sorting the problem, mate :-)

Stu

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2000 Astra Power loss & poor idle

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Re: 2000 Astra Power loss & poor idle - 01-06-2007 , 10:47 AM