Maggie, firstly Hi & welcome
No idle could be lots of things, is the battery a bit low? It might be worth letting it run for a while, with lights & heater off & see if it is OK when warmed through.
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| Author: | Maggie [ Fri Nov 12, 2010 11:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Why wont my Boxster move?????? |
Please help me - I have a 2005 Boxster s - which I have loved for two years but suddenly we are not getting on so well!! Last night I went to park my car - it started fine but as soon as I took my foot off the accelerator it stalled - it was weird because before the stall the lights flickered a couple of times and it seemed to be revving itself slightly. Any way I left it I thought maybe this morning it may want to go somewhere (like the shops!!) but its done the same, for a couple of days the exhaust has been smoking on start up to. Ive just had all the coil packs replaced, new suspension, tyres and break discs -so you can see Im loving my car but would like it to drive I cant even get it to the garage. Another weird thing very wet weather recently and my ABS and PBS light flashed fault the other day which has happened once before a while back also when it was wet, after driving back stopping for fuel and restarting these went off. Any ideas before I track my mechanic down??? Thanks in anticipation |
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| Author: | tr7v8 [ Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Why wont my Boxster move?????? |
Maggie, firstly Hi & welcome No idle could be lots of things, is the battery a bit low? It might be worth letting it run for a while, with lights & heater off & see if it is OK when warmed through. |
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| Author: | Maggie [ Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Why wont my Boxster move?????? |
Thanks Jim for your quick response - It wont run without assistance I will go try now and leave my foot on the accelerator till it warms up a little and see if it will at least run it would be a start - its lack of power reminds me of when one of the coils went but the car did still run then, although not very fast!! |
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| Author: | Maggie [ Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Why wont my Boxster move?????? |
Right that warm up thing didnt work - i kept it ticking for maybe a couple of minutes but it seemed to be over compensating my revving by revving itself some more - it seemed to be shaking a little - I turned it again when it stalled as soon as I took the gas off and it did the same - then I guess Ive flooded it as it didnt want to start. Unusual though is that when I initially put my key in it flashes up ignition key not removed which Ive never seen before - this is a new key Ive had about a month ??? |
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| Author: | Maggie [ Sun Nov 14, 2010 8:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Why wont my Boxster move?????? |
Update for anyone who may experience a similar problem - the mechanics found no electrical faults and is pretty sure I may have water in my fuel - hopefully sorted tomorrow. 
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