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Hi I have an old Rover Vitesse, 2.0L DOHC petrol turbo. About 9 months ago, always after driving 10 miles, the car would suddenly start to almost stall ie loss of power, however if I switched the ignition off it would the be ok for about another 5 miles before it would start again. I went to three garages, one said it was the catalytic converter, one the fuel pump, one a problem with the electronics. One guy referred me to a specialist in this type of problem - I was told that the top end gets gunged up and causes severs misfiring / compression problems. I was told to drop the oil, flush out and replace with 5grade oil. I was very surprised when this was done - the problem disappeared. However over this weekend I went up to the lake district - after 60 miles the problem re-occurred. On the way back on the M6/M62 I was having to pull onto the hard shoulder - stop and switch off the ignition for 10secs - drive off (all ok) for about 10 mins, then stop again - a complete nightmare. Any help much appreciated (on the basis that I could probably have expensive items unnecessarily replaced by a garage)

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james willsden
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First thing is to try a new rotor arm.

Next would be the wiring to the crank sensor

next replace the crank sensor

Mrcheerful

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MrCheerful

I used to have a Rover 827SLi that exhibited the same symptoms and I spent more than £800 over about 5 months, replacing all sorts of sensors, ignition parts and other stuff. In the end - if I remember correctly - it was a worn engine mounting that was allowing the engine to move just enough to wear through some wiring harness or other, causing a short-circuit that somehow made the engine cut out.

It's all in the dim and distant past, and my memory isn't what it once was, but it's worth checking for something like that.

John

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John

I've had something similar when the petrol tank wasn't venting. I had to cut the rubber seal on the filler tank in the end to avoid getting too much of a vacuum. The other thing is it could just think it's getting too hot.

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adder1969

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