Loss of power driving up hill

vijay19, Jan 9, 11:37pm
Could someone please advise the problem of losing power while driving up a hill in a diahatsu sirion 2008 hatchback car?

bjmh, Jan 9, 11:40pm
possibly a blocked fuel filter,probably not a hard one to change

franc123, Jan 9, 11:42pm
Yep the engine was too small from new. Get something more powerful.

jmma, Jan 9, 11:50pm
Probably the caravan you have hooked up to your towbar Lol (o:

dinx, Jan 10, 12:00am
I know someone who had that issue in an Astra I think. Was very hard to diagnose even with computer, needed specialist machine for more accurate diagnostics. From memory it was something like some kind or sensor or obscure fault causing a problem. Wasn't an expensive part but a lot of man hours pinpointing it.

andrewcg53, Jan 10, 12:45am
I have seen a hatchback towing a 3 tone boat didn't take long for the cops to turn up and take it off the road and the driver couldn't see what the problem was.

noswalg, Jan 10, 1:07am
What was the problem? I prefer 2 tone myself but would happily have 3 tone for interior, not sure why the cops were playing fashion police!

andrewcg53, Jan 10, 1:10am
LOL yes I forgot the other N

m16d, Jan 10, 2:28am

franc123, Jan 10, 10:52am
You have to wonder about some people all right. I remember going into a hire centre many years ago to book a fairly sizeable furniture trailer, after being asked when I wanted it the very next thing I was asked was, What it being towed with? A Falcon ute, why? was the reply, followed by, OK that's fine, its just we get people showing up with Civics and Familias to pick them up.

ceebee2, Jan 11, 12:57am
Manual or automatic and do any warning lamps illuminate when it is doing it?

jason18, Jan 11, 12:59am
You sure its just not slow.

r.g.nixon, Jan 11, 1:10am
Try reversing up the hill. The lower gear ratio should keep you at a constant, albeit steady pace!

kokako14, Jan 11, 1:28am
Cant have been you I was following last weekend, when they got to the hill with a passing lane, it took off and no one got past it.

elect70, Feb 17, 10:28am
I hired 1 in nov manual ,to go to highlands 101from Q town ok to buz around town but on open road needs gear changes frequently on any sort of hill .