Weird symptoms tonight .

[Jamie84]

Symptoms seem to have disappeared but would like to run this by the more clued up folk in case its anything I should worry about.

Driving home tonight from a rather tasty dinner , the car was behaving a little odd.

When I was accelerating on the M/way I was getting small blip , from the exhaust note , almost like a loud burble/pop I get on overrun , and a very small loss of power/drive momentarily , a small stutter if you like . This was happening each time I stepped back on the gas after coasting .

The car was also properly warmed up ( around 15mins and 86deg.) yet It was redlining at 5500rpm. 5 mins later redlining a little further up at say 6000 , then 6500. After a 10 min stop at supermarket , restart and seems fine

More concerned about the stutter to be honest this isnt a misfire is it ?

No MIL light showing either

Anything to worry about ? Thanks in advance.

[Edin430]

Sounds like small misfires mate...

Have you checked oil levels etc?

System may have just got bogged down and the re-start was enough to clear it.

Worth getting the ECU read as sometimes faults can show without a MIL light (so i've heard).

[Andy G]

check oil level pronto - 5k rpm limit, is normally indicative of safety mode, and can be caused by a few things.

Either way, if your oil level is fine, then probably want to get it plugged in to a diagnostic machine and get it checked out.

[meatball]

Last I heard, your service was overdue......did you get it sorted?

[Jamie84]

Service is overdue by around 400miles , will call Ali today and get it booked in ASAP. Will also get oil checked this morning .

Hopfully Ali isnt to busy and can get me in soon , I should have sorted this a while ago but had so much going on with this house.

Looking to get the Air con sorted aswell while its in I suspect its cracked pipes and perhaps 4 new A048s for summer. Dry weather seems to be coming

Thanks , I'll look into this today , hopefully nothing to serious.

[Jamie84]

Booked into Ali's 4th march

edit : Just checked the oil , around half inch below the "low" mark

Will top up today . Cheers .

[kenny]

edit : Just checked the oil , around half inch below the "low" mark .

Mine has done what you describe on a couple of occasions, stop/start fixes it, just the ECU getting confused.

[meatball]

Yota engines don't usually use any oil. I'd get that checked at the same time.

[Jamie84]

No signs of oil loss anywhere , topped up today anyway Ali can have look on 4th.

[Shug]

If it's not leaking it, it's burning it.

Not normally a problem, unless it's excessive TBH (when was the last time you checked it?) but as Meaty says, the Yotas tend not to use oil.

[kenny]

the Yotas tend not to use oil.

I have found (also happened on my CTR) that it uses almost no oil but once it drops to around 1/4 below Max on the dipstick it can start losing quite a lot. More technical minded amoung us might have an answer as to why?

[meatball]

The spark plug seals may be worth checking?

[Jamie84]

I'm not really concerned to be about the oil loss , I think the last time I checked it was the last time it was serviced .

So prob around 9k miles ago

[s29ttc]

I find myself checking my oil levels once a week or if I am not using it much as over the winter every time I take it out. I am lead to believe there is about 1 litre between max and min and it only takes a second to check. Better safe than sorry. I got a spare 5 litre of oil when I had it serviced and just keep it for any necessary top ups.

I think its a good habit to get into for the 2 mins it takes to check the dip stick and have a quick look at all your levels

[Jamie84]

1.5 litre between max-min on yota .

going to Ali's for some TLC next week