In my car ( carina at 192) I feel like torque is not delivered when needed. In a road with inclination upward I feel the car is less torque and raising more than it should be ( i.e. it raises around 2 - 2.5k) and changes to a gear which is also seems less power.
I checked how to test whether the gears are shifted properly and did following test based on my car manual.
1) get a voltmeter connected to TT (+ve) and E(-ve) in diag socket.
2) get the reading while I am driving.
3) The voltage values at different gear positions are in attached pic below.
4) Problem is when I drive I only (even in flat or inclined roads) get 0v, 2.1v, 4.1v and 6.1v. I could not obtain higher value than 6.1v since I did not test it in a highway.
5) For an example at gear upshift 0v -> 2.1v -> 4.1v -> 6.1v.
6) My problem is, as per below table I should get some voltage near 1v as well since its the second gear. This value is hardly given when I drive very slowly ( <10kmph). But Other times I am not getting the second gear.
Is it normal? Cant the car get shifted to second gear if i need more torque in a hill ?
PS - the letter B in the picture is for letter V. (Volts).
...and just like that from having parking space issues a few month's back I'm car-less.
The cost of renting something for a month or two (even more - personal imports have been quite messy of late) made me wonder if it actually makes sense to buy a quickly disposable car and get rid of it in a couple of months - but it seems the 'popular' models aren't moving. A few messages to sellers (registered owners) on marketplace resulted in them sending me daily price reduction updates.
Sleepless nights have begun. I'm twisting between SL320 and SL500. Should I just pay additional 2000 euros more and go for the SL500 and go broke or settle with a SL320?
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Dear Experts with my all the respect,
In my car ( carina at 192) I feel like torque is not delivered when needed. In a road with inclination upward I feel the car is less torque and raising more than it should be ( i.e. it raises around 2 - 2.5k) and changes to a gear which is also seems less power.
I checked how to test whether the gears are shifted properly and did following test based on my car manual.
1) get a voltmeter connected to TT (+ve) and E(-ve) in diag socket.
2) get the reading while I am driving.
3) The voltage values at different gear positions are in attached pic below.
4) Problem is when I drive I only (even in flat or inclined roads) get 0v, 2.1v, 4.1v and 6.1v. I could not obtain higher value than 6.1v since I did not test it in a highway.
5) For an example at gear upshift 0v -> 2.1v -> 4.1v -> 6.1v.
6) My problem is, as per below table I should get some voltage near 1v as well since its the second gear. This value is hardly given when I drive very slowly ( <10kmph). But Other times I am not getting the second gear.
Is it normal? Cant the car get shifted to second gear if i need more torque in a hill ?
PS - the letter B in the picture is for letter V. (Volts).
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