"Catman" > wrote in message
...
> 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!

Patient: "Doctor, I want a second opinion"
Doctor: "OK, you're ugly too".

>> so I'll squirt it with WD40 when I'm next in the shed and see what
>> happens!
>
> Get some proper contact cleaner.

Do halfords also sell spare time? My kids just absorb all the time round
here!