Engine Fault Lamp On And Will Not Accelerate

[Guest shirleydrive]

Driving along quite happily when engine started to stutter. Noticed engine fault lamp on. This happened about an hour ago.Luckily very near home. Managed to drive the car home. Engine would not accelerate. seriously lacking power.

Be grateful of any ideas of where to look.Thanks,

Mike

[paul.h]

Fuel injector failure is common, particularly after rain which can get through the bonnet holes for the wiper washer jets and drip onto the injectors. Happened to our car and then engine light came on and very poor running. There are posts on this. Ignition coil failure is another one.

[Guest shirleydrive]

Thanks Paul,

You could be right - it was raining at the time. Will check tomorrow in daylight. Would this be a case of just drying ejectors off. Will plug OBD reader in and see what codes that throws up. Many thanks,

Mike

[paul.h]

The injector had to be replaced, I think a coil burns out. There are 2 holes at the side of them where water gets in. Afterwards I put some silicone sealant in them (advice from on this forum) and also under the washer jets. The washer piping under the bonnet can also leak at the joints so I replaced this with rubber piping and moved the location of the joint to the remaining plastic pipe away from above the injectors.

[Guest shirleydrive]

Plugged in OBD scanner today. This revealed codes P0108 (MAP sensor) and P0113 (air-intake temperature sensor) - both high reading. Could'nt see the connection between the two codes until I realised that the MAP sensor has the AIT sensor built into it.

MAP sensor reading (Vacuum) has a direct impact on the amount of fuel that is fed to the injectors - hence my problem with lack of power.

Removed and cleaned the sensor then refitted. Car then ran fine but codes came back intermittently. Will purchase new sensor next week - hopefully that will fix the problem.Hope this helps someone.

Mike