Rover 400 car starts to lose power after about 10mins
Variant: 1.4
Model Year: 1996
Categories:
Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss
After driving 10 minutes it starts to lose power and it is really sluggish i find my self having to change down gears ie where i would drive in 4th gear i have to change down to 2nd to keep at a decent speed, once ive stopped there is a stong smell of burning plastic. Its not the exhaust because that has been recently replaced as well as the cooling pump.
Posted: Nov 17, 2008 (16 years ago)
Strong burning smells usually indicate an over heating engine or some kind of fluid being spilled over a hot component of the engine, have you checked all your levels?
Posted Nov 24, 2008 (16 years ago)
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