Engine light flickering - drive to workshop

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Dec 25, 2009 | 02:07 AM

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Engine light flickering - drive to workshop

Ok this is positively weird. Car was in garage for a week. Up to this point no problems smooth sailing. It was very cold we had -15 degrees Celsius for a few days. So I left it asleep. It has now warmed up to +10C. Yesterday I started the car and drove off. I didn’t go beyond 3K rpm. All fine, then once warmed up I went beyond 3K and car started to cut in and cut out like it has hit the rev limiter with sort of frrrr sound to go with it. I firstly thought it’s a PSM (aggressively kicking in as roads were slippery) as it was similar in perception but it was definitely happening on the engine side and there was no PSM light coming on. Then OH-NO, engine light came on flickering with a message drive car to workshop at once. I’ve cut the ignition whilst driving restarted and light went off. So, I thought it must be a sensor of sort. I stopped, disconnected the battery and reconnected after 10 seconds. Started the car, drove over 3K and wooshhh turbos kicked in all back to normal. WTF? Any ideas? Drove car today again, all fine.