Hello - I hope someone will be able to give me some advice.
I have 2003 C4s - 80,000 miles. It has been regularly serviced by Main Dealer, and since by Indy. No real issues until just after last service (coincidence??).
Basically the car still drives and performs well until you use hard acceleration. By this I mean normal driving, hitting around 4300 RPM changes the gear up, and all goes well.
However under Hard Acceleration whereby revving goes to around 6000 RPM before change up, a variable problem has arisen.
Sometimes the CEL comes, mostly it does not.
Sometimes, the CEL comes on, and stays on. Sometimes it goes off again.
Sometimes it comes on, stays on, and in the morning it is off again.
When the indy reads the codes when the CEL is on we get P0336 and p1266
When the CEL has been on, and goes off again, there are no codes stalled.
The behaviour of the car at the point the CEL comes on is interesting. It feels like you hit a rev limiter. The RPM need stops, and feels like no fuel is coming through. If i back off, then normal driving resumes. If i dont back off then the CEL is tripped and a loss of power to limp home mode is enabled. This is cured by turning off and on again. The CEL remains, and driving is still fine. Taking it back up to hard acceleration was fine with no issues or misfires or rev limitation, In every other way the drive is sound (low revs, town driving, normal motorways) no misfires.
So over a period of 8 weeks we have:
replaced coils and plugs
replaced crankshaft position sensor
replaced throttle position sensor
had service and oil change.
So now the ideas being presented to me:
1. Variocam Solenoid Actuators (engine out job)
2. Not really sure.
3. All wiring harness to be replaced.
4. P1266 being reported occaisionally by people driving at altitude - i was not...only 100m above sea level!
I would be pleased to hear any thoughts/ideas/suggestions.
Many thanks
Jason
ps - first time asking! - be gentle.
I have 2003 C4s - 80,000 miles. It has been regularly serviced by Main Dealer, and since by Indy. No real issues until just after last service (coincidence??).
Basically the car still drives and performs well until you use hard acceleration. By this I mean normal driving, hitting around 4300 RPM changes the gear up, and all goes well.
However under Hard Acceleration whereby revving goes to around 6000 RPM before change up, a variable problem has arisen.
Sometimes the CEL comes, mostly it does not.
Sometimes, the CEL comes on, and stays on. Sometimes it goes off again.
Sometimes it comes on, stays on, and in the morning it is off again.
When the indy reads the codes when the CEL is on we get P0336 and p1266
When the CEL has been on, and goes off again, there are no codes stalled.
The behaviour of the car at the point the CEL comes on is interesting. It feels like you hit a rev limiter. The RPM need stops, and feels like no fuel is coming through. If i back off, then normal driving resumes. If i dont back off then the CEL is tripped and a loss of power to limp home mode is enabled. This is cured by turning off and on again. The CEL remains, and driving is still fine. Taking it back up to hard acceleration was fine with no issues or misfires or rev limitation, In every other way the drive is sound (low revs, town driving, normal motorways) no misfires.
So over a period of 8 weeks we have:
replaced coils and plugs
replaced crankshaft position sensor
replaced throttle position sensor
had service and oil change.
So now the ideas being presented to me:
1. Variocam Solenoid Actuators (engine out job)
2. Not really sure.
3. All wiring harness to be replaced.
4. P1266 being reported occaisionally by people driving at altitude - i was not...only 100m above sea level!
I would be pleased to hear any thoughts/ideas/suggestions.
Many thanks
Jason
ps - first time asking! - be gentle.