GT wrote:
> \"R C Nesbit" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Gt spoke:
>>> All I can say is that when the oil is low, the car 'picks up' noticably
>>> more
>>> quickly as I pass a certain rev point, it actually feels like a very
>>> gentle
>>> turbo has kicked in sometimes. This is not a new development it has done
>>> this for the past 8 years, since new! It might not be lower oil level
>>> that
>>> is directly causing the change, but it is only noticable when the oil is
>>> low. It is not a performance improvement across all the rev range, just
>>> as I
>>> accellerate past about 2000. I know the engine runs in lean-burn up to
>>> 1500
>>> revs, but there is no noticable change as it moved out of that into
>>> normal
>>> burn. Perhaps this change is set a little higher than intended and that
>>> is
>>> what I'm feeling?
>> I've said this before about my jtd, mine is 'moody', sometimes sluggish,
>> sometimes eager to go. Yours might be the same?
>>
>> Also mine does not seem to use oil, but does use coolant!
>
> Do the diesels normally drink oil? (I mean engine oil, not diesel!)?
> I have never had reason to even open the coolant bottle once in 8 years -
> its never moved. It drinks oil goes in phases.
>
> They really do have personalities and yes - somedays mine is sluggish, other
> days its like a spanked hare. But isn't the MAF a common problem on the
> diesels - and the symptoms are what you just described?
>
> I find the following true also - perhaps linked to my current problem:
>
> If I'm driving along at a steady speed with the revs at say 2000, my foot
> won't be pressing the pedal much. If I floor it, normally the car
> accellerates, but not quickly, but if i press the pedal only a little bit -
> a cm or two - then sometimes it takes off like I just whipped it. When I
> gradually press the pedal and build it up (or down) to the floor, the power
> seems to behave. I have adjusted my driving style to suite over a number of
> years and I no longer give it sudden movements in the accellerator, but it
> still seems odd that I get more power by putting my foot down a little than
> when I stand on the pedal!
>

Possibly coming on cam, or drive by wire throttle.


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