- Feb 24, 2013
- 13,090
- 101,516
- Funster No
- 24,833
- MH
- Hymer S800
- Exp
- not long enough
I do have a habit of panicking without cause on many occasions, but every now and again I am right
This time I fear the worst
For a while now we have had odd issues with the engine management on our Mercedes MH going into 'limp' mode, or so I thought at least, massively reduced power for no obvious reasons, even with Bev driving, so not just me
Pull over stop engine, key out and in again all OK, often for 100's of miles, today had to stop 6 times in 80 miles, the last time, close to home at least, 2 times coming up hill to our house it didn't reset, so limp mode up hill = 15mph, = Mr Unpopular by the top of the hill
My real concern is that immediately after one of the stop to reset incidents we had an awful metallic crunch from somewhere under my feet, but reassured by then driving 40 odd miles with no issues or noises
I am now home and booked into workshop tomorrow, but not sure if we will make the 10 mile journey, in some ways the worst case scenario is no obvious fault in morning, nothing on diagnostics (typical for me when taking a fault to a garage) then we set off for Bristol on Friday and partially block the M1 in rush hour
This time I fear the worst
For a while now we have had odd issues with the engine management on our Mercedes MH going into 'limp' mode, or so I thought at least, massively reduced power for no obvious reasons, even with Bev driving, so not just me
Pull over stop engine, key out and in again all OK, often for 100's of miles, today had to stop 6 times in 80 miles, the last time, close to home at least, 2 times coming up hill to our house it didn't reset, so limp mode up hill = 15mph, = Mr Unpopular by the top of the hill
My real concern is that immediately after one of the stop to reset incidents we had an awful metallic crunch from somewhere under my feet, but reassured by then driving 40 odd miles with no issues or noises
I am now home and booked into workshop tomorrow, but not sure if we will make the 10 mile journey, in some ways the worst case scenario is no obvious fault in morning, nothing on diagnostics (typical for me when taking a fault to a garage) then we set off for Bristol on Friday and partially block the M1 in rush hour