On 18/05/2011 10:19, GT wrote:
> "Bert > wrote in message
> b.home.nl...
>> Well, newsgroups are a thing of the 20th century, of course so are my
>> cars. I check here at least once a week but even the guys with 156 topic
>> are gone it seems.
>
> I'm still here with my 2002 156 JTS and its various eccentricities, I just
> don't worry about them any more!
>
> Its latest one is a cough: its fine if I accellerator hard or gently, but
> medium accelleration and it splutters, coughs and beep-beep-beep- 'Motor
> Control Failure Go To Dealer'. I just back off for a moment (less than a
> second), until the cough has finished then accellerate hard instead and its
> fine. Someone (Catman?) said its probably the throttle sensor on the pedal,

I agree with him!

> so I'll squirt it with WD40 when I'm next in the shed and see what happens!
>

Get some proper contact cleaner.



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