I have been stalking for a while here, trying to find the solution to whatever our RAV decided to do, yet found very much nothing, not even in in-site search function.
Please don't crucify me, but I have had not got the codes, as code readers can get expensive and current situation is not exactly friendly for random visits to some workshop.
So I have been going by symptoms.
The car is 2006 2.2 D-Cat 177 Hp tuned up to 205-ish. It worked fine all the time until now, and despite extensive service done to the car, it still remains in this odd state.
This has been going on for a month about now.
The car usually starts fine, though it can be caught idling at 1100 sometimes, and sometimes the CEL, VSC, and AWD pop up immediately, though not all the time.
All is fine as long as the engine is cold, the car drives fine, responds on throttle, everything. Then after you drive it for a while, say 10-12 minutes, the engine warms up, and suddenly, the CEL;VSC;AWD beep up, the car loses all power, and goes into what we call the easy limp mode.
The car does not limit itself to certain speed, you can get to 90 Km/H (albeit, slowly as..), instead it will not rev over 2000, no matter how you floor it, all support systems turn off.
And it does not respond to the throttle well.
First, clueless, we cleaned the MAF sensor, bought the car new battery (that was tied in to old one being dead and car not starting at all), bought a new air filter, basic maintenance.
Checked for any leaks, made inspection of glow plugs, cables, seals. Nothing
Then these forums pointed us to the SCV valve, which by symptoms looked like it could be it. However, we cleaned it, and it did not even seem to be electrically dead.
So now we are stumped. Any ideas? I fear it might be the ECU or Thermostat, one expensive, latter "not fun" to replace.
Please don't crucify me, but I have had not got the codes, as code readers can get expensive and current situation is not exactly friendly for random visits to some workshop.
So I have been going by symptoms.
The car is 2006 2.2 D-Cat 177 Hp tuned up to 205-ish. It worked fine all the time until now, and despite extensive service done to the car, it still remains in this odd state.
This has been going on for a month about now.
The car usually starts fine, though it can be caught idling at 1100 sometimes, and sometimes the CEL, VSC, and AWD pop up immediately, though not all the time.
All is fine as long as the engine is cold, the car drives fine, responds on throttle, everything. Then after you drive it for a while, say 10-12 minutes, the engine warms up, and suddenly, the CEL;VSC;AWD beep up, the car loses all power, and goes into what we call the easy limp mode.
The car does not limit itself to certain speed, you can get to 90 Km/H (albeit, slowly as..), instead it will not rev over 2000, no matter how you floor it, all support systems turn off.
And it does not respond to the throttle well.
First, clueless, we cleaned the MAF sensor, bought the car new battery (that was tied in to old one being dead and car not starting at all), bought a new air filter, basic maintenance.
Checked for any leaks, made inspection of glow plugs, cables, seals. Nothing
Then these forums pointed us to the SCV valve, which by symptoms looked like it could be it. However, we cleaned it, and it did not even seem to be electrically dead.
So now we are stumped. Any ideas? I fear it might be the ECU or Thermostat, one expensive, latter "not fun" to replace.
