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Seems I have an issue my my iDtec. Bugger!
A few weeks ago I was on my way to Screwfix and as I cam through a 30mph bit of town I felt a tiny stutter then the car went in to limp mode. Igntion off and on and it restarted and drove as normal, but EML stayed on. Next day light had gone, so put it down to a brain fart but ordered a bluetooth OBD2 reader just in case. Plugged in and the stored fault was P0087. As was well for a week, ~250miles of motorway driving (usually late for work so purposeful acceleration and cruise around 75-80) but then one evening coming through a restricted section of motorway behind a lorry at 40mph it threw the fault again. It let me continue driving to the next junction, plugged in, same code which cleared and off I went again. Amongst all that I also have a slightly sticky rear caliper only noticed through increased fuel consumption, the next tank I decided to have an eco conscious tankful so drove in to work at 60 and the same home. That was on Friday, 4 days ago, and unfortunately I didn't make it home without the pesky code again. I was doing 55-60 down a hill behind a lorry about to leave the motorway and EML light came on and I lost all power. Engine died completely leaving me stopped on the side of the slip way. Ignition off and restart and it was away again with full power and normal performance. I'd read in various places that this can be caused by a dirty fuel filter, which I had changed when I serviced the car last March, but thought maybe I'd had a dodgy dose somewhere. I had a spare in the garage from skipping changing it one service so changed it Friday night. Took the car out for a 20 minute drive last night to take my parents home and car performed as it should. I tried slow driving, low gear high revs hard acceleration, high gear low revs hard acceleration and everything in between and it seemed fine. Went fine to work this morning but raised its ugly head again this evening doing 50 on a slight down hill. Balls!
So pattern seems to be lowish revs, low/lowish speed and no/little load. So pretty much the times when its using the absolute minimum amount of fuel, which would sort of go against a block filter/pipe because under high load, high consumption its fine. I couldn't see any obvious leaks anywhere. The biggest fear would be the pump itself $$$$! The OBD reader gives a reading of ~4600psi at idle jumping right up as revs rise and stays up high while driving and under load. Unfortunately I haven't logged or been watching when it goes in to fault so don't know what it drops down to, but on the face of it the pump and sensors seem fine. The only other thing would be an injector occasionally sticking open or the metering valve doing the same.
Anyone had the same symptoms and fixed it themselves? I'm pretty good mechanically and do all my own servicing on bikes and cars, and also work in a boat dealer and am usually good at fault finding on petrol engines, but a high pressure diesel pump is usually something I'd keep away from. There is a garage close to my work that are a Bosch diesel center and we've had the occasional diesel injector tested/fixed there, so my last resort is to ring them tomorrow and take it there, but thought I'd check here first incase someone else has had the same and a £120 DIY swapped metering valve did the trick.
Oh and I'm sorry if my first post for god knows how long is a begging post, but other than a dodgy driveshaft last year, my car has been good as gold and as the ever trusted family workhouse has been left un fiddled with just does it's job. My KTM enduro bike on the other hand usually needs something doing so I'm a bit more active on that forum, and I can usually help someone there if I've experience the same problem, but up until now my Accord has given me no cause to go delving in to its inner workings!
I'll ring the garage tomorrow sometime and see when they can have a look at it, but to be safe I'll leave the Accord at home and take my other car, not really the time of year I'd want to be pulling my MX5 out of its hibernation though, but at least I should be safe from frosty mornings and gritting lorrys for the next week or so!
Seems I have an issue my my iDtec. Bugger!
A few weeks ago I was on my way to Screwfix and as I cam through a 30mph bit of town I felt a tiny stutter then the car went in to limp mode. Igntion off and on and it restarted and drove as normal, but EML stayed on. Next day light had gone, so put it down to a brain fart but ordered a bluetooth OBD2 reader just in case. Plugged in and the stored fault was P0087. As was well for a week, ~250miles of motorway driving (usually late for work so purposeful acceleration and cruise around 75-80) but then one evening coming through a restricted section of motorway behind a lorry at 40mph it threw the fault again. It let me continue driving to the next junction, plugged in, same code which cleared and off I went again. Amongst all that I also have a slightly sticky rear caliper only noticed through increased fuel consumption, the next tank I decided to have an eco conscious tankful so drove in to work at 60 and the same home. That was on Friday, 4 days ago, and unfortunately I didn't make it home without the pesky code again. I was doing 55-60 down a hill behind a lorry about to leave the motorway and EML light came on and I lost all power. Engine died completely leaving me stopped on the side of the slip way. Ignition off and restart and it was away again with full power and normal performance. I'd read in various places that this can be caused by a dirty fuel filter, which I had changed when I serviced the car last March, but thought maybe I'd had a dodgy dose somewhere. I had a spare in the garage from skipping changing it one service so changed it Friday night. Took the car out for a 20 minute drive last night to take my parents home and car performed as it should. I tried slow driving, low gear high revs hard acceleration, high gear low revs hard acceleration and everything in between and it seemed fine. Went fine to work this morning but raised its ugly head again this evening doing 50 on a slight down hill. Balls!
So pattern seems to be lowish revs, low/lowish speed and no/little load. So pretty much the times when its using the absolute minimum amount of fuel, which would sort of go against a block filter/pipe because under high load, high consumption its fine. I couldn't see any obvious leaks anywhere. The biggest fear would be the pump itself $$$$! The OBD reader gives a reading of ~4600psi at idle jumping right up as revs rise and stays up high while driving and under load. Unfortunately I haven't logged or been watching when it goes in to fault so don't know what it drops down to, but on the face of it the pump and sensors seem fine. The only other thing would be an injector occasionally sticking open or the metering valve doing the same.
Anyone had the same symptoms and fixed it themselves? I'm pretty good mechanically and do all my own servicing on bikes and cars, and also work in a boat dealer and am usually good at fault finding on petrol engines, but a high pressure diesel pump is usually something I'd keep away from. There is a garage close to my work that are a Bosch diesel center and we've had the occasional diesel injector tested/fixed there, so my last resort is to ring them tomorrow and take it there, but thought I'd check here first incase someone else has had the same and a £120 DIY swapped metering valve did the trick.
Oh and I'm sorry if my first post for god knows how long is a begging post, but other than a dodgy driveshaft last year, my car has been good as gold and as the ever trusted family workhouse has been left un fiddled with just does it's job. My KTM enduro bike on the other hand usually needs something doing so I'm a bit more active on that forum, and I can usually help someone there if I've experience the same problem, but up until now my Accord has given me no cause to go delving in to its inner workings!
I'll ring the garage tomorrow sometime and see when they can have a look at it, but to be safe I'll leave the Accord at home and take my other car, not really the time of year I'd want to be pulling my MX5 out of its hibernation though, but at least I should be safe from frosty mornings and gritting lorrys for the next week or so!
