As some of you may know, I have been told that I will be redundant from my job of 15 years on September 30th.
In an effort to keep my spirits up, I have been using my 944 turbo daily to do the school run and other small jobs. Well yesterday, I was forced to go back to the office (62 mile trip) to clear my desk.
The car ran faultlessly for most of the journey that involved the motorway, but after I left the motorway, things changed.
Whilst negotiating some small B roads, the car suddenly lost all power, no warning lights on the dash, just nothing when I pushed the accelerator pedal. The car was still rolling at 50+mph and I let it roll for a while and then tried pushing the accelerator again. After a few tries the car began picking up speed again.
On the way home, I had a repeat of the above but this time after leaving the motorway and trying to negotiate a cross roads. In the distance a skip lorry was approaching and I thought I could beat it across the junction. When i tried to pull away, the car stalled and wouldn't start again. The lights on the dash were as normal when trying to start the car and the turbo pressure gauge was at 1bar. The car would start fine, but then stall instantly. There was a smell of fuel from the car.
I pushed the car backwards out of the way of the skip lorry, but nearly into a ford transit behind
After waiting in a layby for a few minutes, the car fired and everything was normal. The car has performed faultlessly since, but i am frightened that it could let me down again soon, perhaps in a less fortunate location or perhaps with the children on-board.
any ideas what i should check? The car has been serviced recently (late last year) and done less that 2k miles since. I dont think that i have checked the dizzy cap or rotor since i bought the car, so i will check those asap - well on sunday.
Any help appreciated.
In an effort to keep my spirits up, I have been using my 944 turbo daily to do the school run and other small jobs. Well yesterday, I was forced to go back to the office (62 mile trip) to clear my desk.
The car ran faultlessly for most of the journey that involved the motorway, but after I left the motorway, things changed.
Whilst negotiating some small B roads, the car suddenly lost all power, no warning lights on the dash, just nothing when I pushed the accelerator pedal. The car was still rolling at 50+mph and I let it roll for a while and then tried pushing the accelerator again. After a few tries the car began picking up speed again.
On the way home, I had a repeat of the above but this time after leaving the motorway and trying to negotiate a cross roads. In the distance a skip lorry was approaching and I thought I could beat it across the junction. When i tried to pull away, the car stalled and wouldn't start again. The lights on the dash were as normal when trying to start the car and the turbo pressure gauge was at 1bar. The car would start fine, but then stall instantly. There was a smell of fuel from the car.
I pushed the car backwards out of the way of the skip lorry, but nearly into a ford transit behind
After waiting in a layby for a few minutes, the car fired and everything was normal. The car has performed faultlessly since, but i am frightened that it could let me down again soon, perhaps in a less fortunate location or perhaps with the children on-board.
any ideas what i should check? The car has been serviced recently (late last year) and done less that 2k miles since. I dont think that i have checked the dizzy cap or rotor since i bought the car, so i will check those asap - well on sunday.
Any help appreciated.
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