Help if you please
Now here is a curiosity. Following on from a previous post about a random misfire that I thought was caused by a fill of Tesco 99 fuel on holiday when no VP was available, I have been running Vpower and it happened again. Both times (but not always - annoyingly) at motorway speeds under heaviest acceleration, get to about 5000 rpm and the whole thing just cuts for a fraction of a second, instantly returns to normal, and if pushed again cuts for a quarter of a second, recovers - by which time I have backed off. All settles down as boost drops and on one occasion, running was a bit uneven for a second or two.
Prior to all this, I have recently replaced the old hard and disintegrating hoses round the air flow sensor, with Volvo "cut your own" hose. WOndered if there is a periodic collapsing hose issue - since the pipes replaced were of the formed variety, rather than the bend it yourself type. The coil is Bosch and less than 2 years old, the plugs have been changed since the first occurence, It doesn't usually happen.
I am wondering if the BOV (Forge) is causing an intermittent pressure bypass? It has only been on a couple of months (and I have come across this issue on this forum before). Living in suburbia, it is a pain in the 'arris because I can't test the thing without driving quite a few miles out. May remove the BOV for a bit and see if it improves. It did not start happening until several weeks after I had changed the hoses either.
The RIP remains unfitted, and I can't fit it until I have sussed this one - otherwise it will add to the possibilities.
COuld go down the replace the ignition gear route - it does feel like a momentary electrical cut out, it isn't a persistent misfire on one or a couple of cylinders, the power just cuts and returns. Not an ignition barrel issue either.
It is absolutely related to boost levels (only have an ordinary gauge) but happens when the needle is across to the end of the white line (but only sometimes).
Frustrating.
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