hi all. didn't want to clutter the forum with an additional thread on something similar so begging indulgence.
so I have the CEL on when i pick up the car, run it a few days, then the car goes half limp after a few days (i.e. cannot rev >3k rpm), and full limp the very next day (i.e. cannot go >10kmh). i send it to the shop and my mech runs the SD2/3 and gets this reading:
["LH OXYGEN SENSOR EFFICIENCY > P1172" error lights up red.]
i then remove the TB and Throttle Pedal Pot to David Askew for a refurb (the gbp330 one). david said he would just refurb the TB and check the Throttle Pedal Pot for me.
a week later, i get them back, have them refitted but the CEL light is still on. the second SD2/3 diagnostic reads:
[the errors that come up:"1 DBW POTENTIOMETER""2 DBW POTENTIOMETER""ACCELERATOR POTENTIOMETER 1"]
at this point, the car still goes half limp when its run, and my mech decides to bypass the socket and add new earth to the wiring harness. car seems to run well after this.
but two days after getting it back, i am stopped at a traffic light at the base of a hill. take off when the lights change, but then the car goes full limp, and so i slide to the side to stop. i do a reset (car in N, ignition in MAR, step on pedal for 5 secs, release, and restart engine), and i am off again.
what pray tell would the problem be?
i've asked David Askew, who's equally stumped and asked that i plug in a simple OBD2 reader to reset the readings (but can't as mine is a pre-2000).
never stressed as much since the ex-wife. help, someone...