Ali Skinner
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Does anyone have any thoughts/ideas or experience of the followin g problem I have with my 55 reg doblo 1.9 JTD engine.
On occasions when there is a wind chill, when I start the vehicle or when I'm running in the first ten miles or so the accelerator can jam wide open. This is disconcerting to say the least and on the road can be potentially serious. I'm told by my garage nothing shows up on the diagnostics and they have tried to re-create the problem but to no avail. I can almost predict when it will happen (cold wind, car in exposed position) and have successfully re-created it in my driveway twice, once blowing all the gravel away around the exhaust before switching off so as not to blow things up.
At other times it has happened at a junction (3) and at spped on the city bypass (3). Normally lifting the 'dead' pedal and blipping it works but the only other recourse is to switch off which is not so easy when moving in traffic.
I'm told by the garage they have asked around and can find no other reports of this problem - hence my approach to a wider audience for any similar experiences, reports or suggestions.
Thanks for reading this
Ali Skinner
On occasions when there is a wind chill, when I start the vehicle or when I'm running in the first ten miles or so the accelerator can jam wide open. This is disconcerting to say the least and on the road can be potentially serious. I'm told by my garage nothing shows up on the diagnostics and they have tried to re-create the problem but to no avail. I can almost predict when it will happen (cold wind, car in exposed position) and have successfully re-created it in my driveway twice, once blowing all the gravel away around the exhaust before switching off so as not to blow things up.
At other times it has happened at a junction (3) and at spped on the city bypass (3). Normally lifting the 'dead' pedal and blipping it works but the only other recourse is to switch off which is not so easy when moving in traffic.
I'm told by the garage they have asked around and can find no other reports of this problem - hence my approach to a wider audience for any similar experiences, reports or suggestions.
Thanks for reading this
Ali Skinner