Now then guys and gals,
Not sure if anyof you have noticed this at all, but I have been finding some minor short lived problems with my car that are quite annoying.
I think the problems are due to the build up of heat from the warm weather and sitting in nose to tail traffic on my jounrey to and from work.
when I set off to work in the morning, after a few mintues when the engine has warmed up my car is eager to pull and really quite snappy. This is how it is during the day too if I go out on a weekend etc.
but..
when I set off to come home from work after about 2 minutes I am stuck in traffic as I pass through the centre of hull from the east side to the west as I live in a village outside hull. I have noticed that while crawling along in the traffic, if an opening develops or I need to pull off from the lights/roundabout that the car seems overly sluggish and less willing to boost and pull. Once I get out of the traffic onto the open road and onto the country roads it seems to improve and the car goes back to 'normal' with it pulling as usual...
I am assuming this is due to the engine not being able to get any decent cold air to compress in the turbo when it is stuck behind another car belching out hot fumes.. ?? or is it due to something else? ECU controlling boost in line with driving conditions/style.. ??
I am running with a DV007 and K&N Filter. Both seem to improve performance when running in non-traffic situations.. but have noticed over the past few weeks while it has been pretty hot and sunny that the above problem is occuring..
any thoughts? Anyone else noticed it?
Not sure if anyof you have noticed this at all, but I have been finding some minor short lived problems with my car that are quite annoying.
I think the problems are due to the build up of heat from the warm weather and sitting in nose to tail traffic on my jounrey to and from work.
when I set off to work in the morning, after a few mintues when the engine has warmed up my car is eager to pull and really quite snappy. This is how it is during the day too if I go out on a weekend etc.
but..
when I set off to come home from work after about 2 minutes I am stuck in traffic as I pass through the centre of hull from the east side to the west as I live in a village outside hull. I have noticed that while crawling along in the traffic, if an opening develops or I need to pull off from the lights/roundabout that the car seems overly sluggish and less willing to boost and pull. Once I get out of the traffic onto the open road and onto the country roads it seems to improve and the car goes back to 'normal' with it pulling as usual...
I am assuming this is due to the engine not being able to get any decent cold air to compress in the turbo when it is stuck behind another car belching out hot fumes.. ?? or is it due to something else? ECU controlling boost in line with driving conditions/style.. ??
I am running with a DV007 and K&N Filter. Both seem to improve performance when running in non-traffic situations.. but have noticed over the past few weeks while it has been pretty hot and sunny that the above problem is occuring..
any thoughts? Anyone else noticed it?