1.3 Felicia - Loss of power on m-way inclines?

Any ideas?

'96 felly estate (non-MPi), low on miles, runs sweet as anything until it warms up and gets under heavy load.

Normal town driving is fine, just, on motorway if I get to an incline, keeping the foot still or pressing down a little to tackle the incline, the car will suddenly "choke" as if either the fuel mixture is way off (my gut feeling hence the term choke) or the ignition is off.

This will happen on average motorway inclines, at whatever speed around 70

However....

If I go at the hill with my foot slightly moving up and down (even so little as you'd not really notice any accel/decel from doing so) it will fly up at 70 or even 80+, no complaints (in fact doing this, the speed usually creeps up)

No such issues driving up hills in an urban environment, only on the motorway or I have noticed it on long sustained climbs such as Snake Pass, again, just "waggling" my right foot keeps it happy.

Fuel starvation maybe, try a filter change??

Partially blocked catalytic converter would give those symptoms.

Aha! Yes, could well be. Thinking about it, I've occasionally smelled a little "niff" but not the really bad one normally associated with cats so never really thought too much about it.

Could be I've been looking at fuel/air in rather than gases out, would explain why I've been scratching my head

Might pay to see a doc.......



















Only joking!