Hpi Hesitation And Notchy Operation On Door Mirror

[Stasi]

Good morning everyone,

 

Having recently bought my C5 I am working around a couple of minor irritations on the car; I realise that compared with some on here my problems are miniscule;

 

Firstly, the car has an occasional hesitation when picking up from low speeds, which clears when one gives the car a little bit of throttle, it usually happens when you've been in slow moving traffic for a while; it almost 'clears its throat' and then it's fine until the same conditions occur. We did a 200 mile round trip yesterday and on the open road went like a bird!

The car has had a new EGR valve, the CVT pulley was changed when the timing belt was done 10,000 miles ago as was a full service, so I am wondering what the first few things that I should check are.

 

Secondly, the mirror on the drivers side unfolds in a series of jerks accompanied by clicks, and I was wondering if this was curable or likely to get worse until the mirror stops opening/closing, I am guessing that a pair of gears are not meshing properly and hope that someone here can tell me where the mechanism is and how to access it!

 

Thanks

 

Stasi

[Randombloke]

Firstly, the car has an occasional hesitation when picking up from low speeds, which clears when one gives the car a little bit of throttle, it usually happens when you've been in slow moving traffic for a while; it almost 'clears its throat' and then it's fine until the same conditions occur.

 

Air mass flow sensor?

[Stasi]

Thanks Randombloke,

 

is it worth trying to clean the MAF sensor with carb. cleaner, or similar; I had a Skoda Oktavia that refused to idle at intervals and a squirt of carb.cleaner was pretty effective; I would guess that the sensor is a similar unit on most cars these days, any reason not to try it?

 

Thanks

Stasi

[DaveHerns]

Thanks Randombloke,

 

is it worth trying to clean the MAF sensor with carb. cleaner, or similar; I had a Skoda Oktavia that refused to idle at intervals and a squirt of carb.cleaner was pretty effective; I would guess that the sensor is a similar unit on most cars these days, any reason not to try it?

 

Thanks

Stasi

I had problems with my door mirror and first tried squirting WD40 through all opeinings in the casing and later blowing all dirt out of the gap between the mirror and the mounting with an airline . Not saying it's cured but it's been OK for months

[Stasi]

I had problems with my door mirror and first tried squirting WD40 through all opeinings in the casing and later blowing all dirt out of the gap between the mirror and the mounting with an airline . Not saying it's cured but it's been OK for months

 

Thanks Dave,

 

I'll give this a try, there doesn't seem to be any access to the motor and gears that fold the mirrors but there is a handy hole in the casing that is hidden when the mirror is unfolded, it looks a suitable candidate for a squirt of WD40, and I will also sqirt some at the gap where the mirror pivots....

 

Stasi