Rob S
Tuesday 5th May 2009, 21:35
As some would have read, I bought a RICA 304 from HLM earlier in the year, and it was literally like a different car after fitting it.
My car has a 50k old engine, and has a full service history, so should be in fairly good condition.
The car is always warmed up and down before the turbo is used fully, and the engine never runs with any warning or fault lights.
It ran perfectly for the first month or so, when I had a strange "occurance" half way up to Lowestoft.
I was mid way through a tank of V Power, had been cruising at about 80 mph for about 45 minutes, we I pulled off onto the minor roads as I neared my destination. All dash readouts were normal, but i noticed the boost suddenly had reverted to reacting like the normal map, although the car still pulled smoothly, and it's MPG seemed normal on the trip computer. After a weekend worth of stop start, and open road driving, I checked all the hoses, and could find nothing wrong at all.
Resigning myself to having to go through each hose at a time, I drove the car without any fault lights/codes for a couple of days. (Did about 80 miles or so)
Then four days later, half way home, on the same tank of fuel (Just mention it in case it's relevant) the boost came back on board (up to the end of the white) and I've had a weeks happy driving.
Bugger me, if today, after an hours blat up to Colchester, when again, half way through a tank of Tesco 99, the bloody thing does it again!
Only just goes into the white on the boost gauge, still smooth, can't hear anything untoward, no faults etc, just the map has seemingly reverted to normal.
I've taken the ECU out, left it ten minutes, re-initialised the ECU, but to no avail.
Please don't read this as Anti-HLM, and I am also not inciting any "rant" or "I told you so" posts, but has anyone either experienced this?
I don't see it can be a hose, as it would nt be working one minute and then not the next surely?
I have emailed HLM, and will hopefuly get a steer, but I'm running out of the few ideas I had.....
Answers on a a postcard too............confused of Essex.
My car has a 50k old engine, and has a full service history, so should be in fairly good condition.
The car is always warmed up and down before the turbo is used fully, and the engine never runs with any warning or fault lights.
It ran perfectly for the first month or so, when I had a strange "occurance" half way up to Lowestoft.
I was mid way through a tank of V Power, had been cruising at about 80 mph for about 45 minutes, we I pulled off onto the minor roads as I neared my destination. All dash readouts were normal, but i noticed the boost suddenly had reverted to reacting like the normal map, although the car still pulled smoothly, and it's MPG seemed normal on the trip computer. After a weekend worth of stop start, and open road driving, I checked all the hoses, and could find nothing wrong at all.
Resigning myself to having to go through each hose at a time, I drove the car without any fault lights/codes for a couple of days. (Did about 80 miles or so)
Then four days later, half way home, on the same tank of fuel (Just mention it in case it's relevant) the boost came back on board (up to the end of the white) and I've had a weeks happy driving.
Bugger me, if today, after an hours blat up to Colchester, when again, half way through a tank of Tesco 99, the bloody thing does it again!
Only just goes into the white on the boost gauge, still smooth, can't hear anything untoward, no faults etc, just the map has seemingly reverted to normal.
I've taken the ECU out, left it ten minutes, re-initialised the ECU, but to no avail.
Please don't read this as Anti-HLM, and I am also not inciting any "rant" or "I told you so" posts, but has anyone either experienced this?
I don't see it can be a hose, as it would nt be working one minute and then not the next surely?
I have emailed HLM, and will hopefuly get a steer, but I'm running out of the few ideas I had.....
Answers on a a postcard too............confused of Essex.