cvanxr Member 502 Member For: 22y 1m 22d Location: Country NSW Posted 11/12/06 12:28 AM Share Posted 11/12/06 12:28 AM Hi all,Been a long time since I was here. Hoping for some help. Over the last 3 months my BAMkii XR6T 6spd manual has been shutting down for no reason. Seems to be whenever I travel anywhere over 100km's & the temperature is over 25degree's.Usually it is when I'm cruising on a highway in 6th gear. I loose all power, (not limp mode) & have to quickly find a spot to pull over. The engine idles, but if I push the accelerator lots of shuddering & eventually stalls. It has happened 6 times now & is today back at the dealers with them scratching their heads.They told me at first it had over rev errors on the cpu. To which I replied bulldust. Next couple of times in they told me they couldn't find any error codes. Then last time they told me they found a faulty temp gauge on the back of the head & replaced it. "Should be all fine now" they say each time they give it back to me. When it happens if I leave it to cool down for 5 to 10 min it then travels along with no prob for 5 or 10km with no prob then does it again. It's like its overheating, but the temp gauge isn't showing anything. I have had it towed to the dealers to be told by them nothing wrong :yuck2: It has 47,000km on it & is about 20months old.Any idea's anyone? I did a bit of a search but couldn't find anything. Oh & sorry if I put this in the wrong spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skooby Donating Members 398 Member For: 18y 7m 15d Location: Phillip Island Posted 11/12/06 06:52 AM Share Posted 11/12/06 06:52 AM After it shuts down can you restart it straight away?I had a similiar problem with my old VK. It turned out to be a loose solenoid cap causing the starter motor and surrounds to overheat. It wouldn't show on the temp guage either but pouring cold water directly onto the starter motor enabled me to start it again (I don't recommend you try this but it was a crapodore and I didn't care much for it ). It only had a couple of mil movement in both directions but apparently it shouldn't move at all.It's probably unrelated but I thought I would throw my unskilled skills at you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvanxr Member 502 Member For: 22y 1m 22d Location: Country NSW Posted 12/12/06 12:02 AM Author Share Posted 12/12/06 12:02 AM (edited) It's probably unrelated but I thought I would throw my unskilled skills at you ←Thanks Skooby There is no problem starting the car after it happens, but unless left to cool off a bit it will idle, but no power & as soon as the accelerator is used it will get pretty shaky etc. etc. Who knows. Latest yesterday arvo was they were going through every connection in the engine bay to rule them out. They were also cooling & heating the pcm? (They said this bit was the only thing they can't look at as Ford doesn't let them?) to see if they could make the car do it for them. Edited 12/12/06 12:03 AM by cvanxr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR06T Silver Donating Members 4,146 Member For: 19y 6m 10d Gender: Male Posted 12/12/06 12:04 AM Share Posted 12/12/06 12:04 AM I remember xxxr6t I think it was having the same problem.. cant find the thread or remember the solution but hopefully he will see the thread and post up his expierences.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boost69 Donating Members 737 Member For: 19y 7m 14d Posted 12/12/06 12:33 AM Share Posted 12/12/06 12:33 AM It could still be your throttle position sensor from experience ive had mine changed a couple of times, as I have had the stalling and missfire problem on gradual acceleration on highway conditions.In some instances a reflashing might fix the problem also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradoxx Colossal Member Member 5,049 Member For: 20y 4m 9d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 13/12/06 01:26 AM Share Posted 13/12/06 01:26 AM If it dies in the arse when you hit the throttle then it's definitely the TPS. There's two parts to this, the pedal sensor and the throttle body servo and sensor... maybe they replaced the wrong one? It should show error codes though, esp if it dies.Can you MAKE it happen? Like do you know exactly when it will happen before it does? Cos if you can replicate it for them they may be able to diagnose it easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvanxr Member 502 Member For: 22y 1m 22d Location: Country NSW Posted 14/12/06 03:49 AM Author Share Posted 14/12/06 03:49 AM No that's the biggest problem. It is totally random & gives no warning when it happens. One minute just cruising along (cruise control off or on doesn't matter) next thing no power & you only notice by the tacho meter dropping revs.I have it back now & this is part of what the dealer emailed me ".....After two days of very intensive diagnosis and in consultation with the Ford motor Company we believe we have followed every instruction by them to trace every connection in the wiring loom and there was faults found that Ford believe could be causing the unit to fail. Unfortunately it is a trial and error situation, Ford do not believe the concern to be a CPU (computer management module)...."I now have my fingers crossed & will wait to see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dare Member 7 Member For: 19y 10m 26d Location: Country WA Posted 11/02/07 01:30 PM Share Posted 11/02/07 01:30 PM Had my car in at Ford last week - having the same problem. Motor randomly cutting out on long trips and hot days (sharp loss of torque, quick drop in rpm and stalling with a shudder). The temp gauge wasn't moving off normal operating but when it stalled the light and chime for 'engine oil overheating' would come on. Thought it would have something to do with the warning, but was told this is just a linked warning.After much head scratching, the problem turned out to be corrosion in the connection for the knock sensor (came up as an erorr on the diagnostic). It was giving false readings and leaning it out too much (also came up as errors). Now is all good - heaps more power, smooth acceleration, which I haven't had for some time.Pity they didn't fix the sh#t second diff, the horn, the cruise control and the annoying drumming in the back end ???(that I've had for 50,000km and they can't find why). Can't have everything I guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR06T Silver Donating Members 4,146 Member For: 19y 6m 10d Gender: Male Posted 12/02/07 12:09 AM Share Posted 12/02/07 12:09 AM Had my car in at Ford last week - having the same problem. Motor randomly cutting out on long trips and hot days (sharp loss of torque, quick drop in rpm and stalling with a shudder). The temp gauge wasn't moving off normal operating but when it stalled the light and chime for 'engine oil overheating' would come on. Thought it would have something to do with the warning, but was told this is just a linked warning.After much head scratching, the problem turned out to be corrosion in the connection for the knock sensor (came up as an erorr on the diagnostic). It was giving false readings and leaning it out too much (also came up as errors). Now is all good - heaps more power, smooth acceleration, which I haven't had for some time.Pity they didn't fix the sh#t second diff, the horn, the cruise control and the annoying drumming in the back end ???(that I've had for 50,000km and they can't find why). Can't have everything I guess!←sounds like their hanging for your warranty to run out!!best of luck with all that. leaning it out to the point of stalling sounds like a big problem!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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