lovenoodles
07-06-2014, 11:44 PM
Hi, suggestions on what could be wrong / how to fix would be greatly appreciated. Car is a Euro 2006 Auto (mileage 95k km). Today's events,
10 AM - First cold start. All normal all good. 5mins into the trip, when turning at an intersection (i.e. slowed down, on low rev), the car abruptly came to a complete stop. The engine had stopped. Restarted the engine - car did start OK, no warning lights observed on LCD.
11 AM - Took car out. 15min into the trip, again at an intersection (so again low rev), car (engine) came to complete stop. Started engine back up with success, again no warning lights, car not limping.
12 PM - spoke to mechanic and suspect alternator fault. Changed to brand new alternator. Went for a drive. 10 mins into trip, again at intersection with low rev, car engine came to complete stop. Mechanic advised battery looked ok, but did advise idle for 1hr to charge, which I did.
1 PM - 10 mins into drive, same abrupt stop on low rev. On restart attempt, car shaked and couldn't start. Re-tried, car started ok. Another 10 mins drive later, same low rev abrupt engine stop. On restart, "check oil" light flicked on LCD. On subsequent restart, the "check engine" light came on the LCD. Since then, the "check engine" light has remained on the LCD, regardless of how many times i start the car.
I'm confused as to if alternator is at fault. I'm guessing it wasn't, and the problem is somewhere else - but what ? So far the consistent symptom is "car (engine) comes to complete stop when lowering rev". I did let the engine idle for 1hr to charge battery, during this entire 1hr engine didnt stop.
Now the "check engine" light is always on the LCD. My next step is obviously to get the mechanic to read the error code....
Also worth mentioning, the last thing i did yesterday was put full tank of 98 octane Shell petrol (paranoid bad petrol??).
Confused. Any thoughts ?
10 AM - First cold start. All normal all good. 5mins into the trip, when turning at an intersection (i.e. slowed down, on low rev), the car abruptly came to a complete stop. The engine had stopped. Restarted the engine - car did start OK, no warning lights observed on LCD.
11 AM - Took car out. 15min into the trip, again at an intersection (so again low rev), car (engine) came to complete stop. Started engine back up with success, again no warning lights, car not limping.
12 PM - spoke to mechanic and suspect alternator fault. Changed to brand new alternator. Went for a drive. 10 mins into trip, again at intersection with low rev, car engine came to complete stop. Mechanic advised battery looked ok, but did advise idle for 1hr to charge, which I did.
1 PM - 10 mins into drive, same abrupt stop on low rev. On restart attempt, car shaked and couldn't start. Re-tried, car started ok. Another 10 mins drive later, same low rev abrupt engine stop. On restart, "check oil" light flicked on LCD. On subsequent restart, the "check engine" light came on the LCD. Since then, the "check engine" light has remained on the LCD, regardless of how many times i start the car.
I'm confused as to if alternator is at fault. I'm guessing it wasn't, and the problem is somewhere else - but what ? So far the consistent symptom is "car (engine) comes to complete stop when lowering rev". I did let the engine idle for 1hr to charge battery, during this entire 1hr engine didnt stop.
Now the "check engine" light is always on the LCD. My next step is obviously to get the mechanic to read the error code....
Also worth mentioning, the last thing i did yesterday was put full tank of 98 octane Shell petrol (paranoid bad petrol??).
Confused. Any thoughts ?