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Mini Diesel 2008 - Accelerating on it's own? #

Posted by Mike Hicks on November 25, 2013, 11:58 am

Year of Manufacture *: 2008
Engine Size and Code *: ?

Hi

Car as no fault codes, I cannot reciprocate fault but customer complaining of car seeming to pull him along as though accelerating under own steam

Has any body had this?

Mike

Re: Mini Diesel 2008 - Accelerating on it's own?

Posted by Ivor Jones <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/ukautotalk8/info/user=UKAT5262' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 26, 2013, 9:55 am, in reply to "Mini Diesel 2008 - Accelerating on it's own? "
Ivor Jones

Hi Mike
Just a thought but is your customer driving in too high of a gear with low engine speed and experiencing th anti-stall cutting in and bringing the idle speed up. This can be felt on a lot of diesels because of the low speed torque of the engine.
Regards Ivor

Re: Mini Diesel 2008 - Accelerating on it's own?

Posted by paul goswell <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/ukautotalk8/info/user=UKAT5240' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 26, 2013, 2:50 pm, in reply to "Re: Mini Diesel 2008 - Accelerating on it's own? "
Paul Goswell

its not been over filled with oil and running on engine oil ?

Re: Mini Diesel 2008 - Accelerating on it's own?

Posted by mark mcgrath <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/ukautotalk8/info/user=UKAT2806' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on November 26, 2013, 5:06 pm, in reply to "Re: Mini Diesel 2008 - Accelerating on it's own? "
Mark McGrath

Has it got dual mass flywheel

Re: Mini Diesel 2008 - Accelerating on it's own?

Posted by Alan Ganter <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/ukautotalk8/info/user=ukat3444' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on December 10, 2013, 10:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Mini Diesel 2008 - Accelerating on it's own? "
Alan Ganter

9HZ engine has a Dual mass.

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