GTZ Supercharger cut out randomly

[.:O4AGTZ:.]

Well yesterday i had jsut left home probably got about 5km down the road and the car jerked a little and the engine check light had came on. Boost gauge showed supercharger obviously not working and was real jerky and gutless without it. Funny thing is tho, i turned around and went straight home, fired it up a few hours later and it all appeared fine. anyone think of any reasons? maybe something to do with the magnetic clutch on the supercharger maybe? car is due for a service, not overly due but definately due lol. will be doin that hopefully next week

[Lloyd]

Gone into limp mode. Check fault codes and see if there is anything in there. More than likely a fault with something else causing the ECU to go into protection rather than a fault with the supercharger

[.:O4AGTZ:.]

oh ok. problem is that when i started it back up th engine light didnt come on at all and it was running all fine. so can i only check it when it happens?

[themaleman]

try tighten your knocksensor

[.:O4AGTZ:.]

where abouts is the knock sensor located? from what i have herd if that is screwed up it can really do some damage. [/quote]

[rollaholic]

forget about the knock sensor till you've checked the codes

[.:O4AGTZ:.]

it wont throw up any codes until until it hits limp mode again will it? cos if its sitting there now idling up to temperature nothing is wrong it, so i guess i have to wait till it happens again and do it then right?

[gepsk8]

pm if u cant fix, can do it as perky

[KinLoud]

Sounds a bit like a prob I had with my AE101GTZ...
It would sometimes run ok but othertimes jerk and splutter
I ended up replacing the computer - I understand they can have a similar prob to the silvertop computers where the capacitors fail.

It wouldn't show any codes at all when you jumped the diagnostic pins.

Ken
Auck
021 408 863

[Crucible]

Id just bridge terminals and check it anyway, ecu may have stored it?

I have had to replace a couple of AE101 gtz ecus, they do play up!, not saying thats the problem in you're case, may well be a sensor also eh!.

[TRD_ZERO]

I have a similar problem with mine every now and again mostly under load it splutters and jerks around then i just back off the accelerator then put my foot down again and its fine. I checked the codes and the only fault was speed sensor.

[themaleman]

knocksensor is located under the intake, on the gearbox end. my car did what u describe, and was me knocksensor not screwed in probly (was only hand tight)

[Crampy]

I had a problem with my S/C AW11. Ended up being the S/C relay.
Got that sorted and away she went.

[.:O4AGTZ:.]

hmm yea sounds like it could be many things. took it out for a drive again today and nothing bad happened at all. could it just be a once in every ages sort of thing? ill bridge the terminals and see if it throws anything up tho