aussie53 wrote:Been meaning to post this for a while but when I had my first free service done at 1,500, I complained about the engine holding revs whle changing gears (esp 1->2 and 2->3). The job sheet back from the dealer says, and I quote: "This is a characteristic of this vehicle. No faults found. This characteristic is known as DASHPOT" Dashpot? WTF? After discussing with a service technician, he says it is to overcome turbo lag.
Compare this to my 2008 PJ Ranger cab chassis with 105,000 kms manual, no engine holding revs issues, no turbo lag, lovely smooth car-like gear changes - altogether far less agricultural than a 2014 MY15 which should be far more advanced. Thank god they're cheap, the only reason to get one imo.
GLX58 wrote:aussie53 wrote:Been meaning to post this for a while but when I had my first free service done at 1,500, I complained about the engine holding revs whle changing gears (esp 1->2 and 2->3). The job sheet back from the dealer says, and I quote: "This is a characteristic of this vehicle. No faults found. This characteristic is known as DASHPOT" Dashpot? WTF? After discussing with a service technician, he says it is to overcome turbo lag.
Compare this to my 2008 PJ Ranger cab chassis with 105,000 kms manual, no engine holding revs issues, no turbo lag, lovely smooth car-like gear changes - altogether far less agricultural than a 2014 MY15 which should be far more advanced. Thank god they're cheap, the only reason to get one imo.
Yep, that's the same response all seem to be getting. Don't think Dashpot' was mentioned before tho. Note that myself and some others have noticed calming of the flaring after about 6k kms or after fitting the EGR mod.
Kinda harsh assessment dude? while I agree they are certainly behind others in terms of refinement (had a PK ranger before, way better engine, way worse in other areas) frankly, did you not test drive one before you dropped 30k+? Being 10-15k cheaper (and far from 10-15k worse) is a pretty good reason I agree...
On a side note of interest with this issue: a (new) Suzuki grand vitara was recently added to the garage. It's now got just over 2k kms on it, was driving it the other day (GF drives it primarily) and noticed something funny... You guessed it. It flares the throttle between gear changes! In terms of the amount of revs, I would say it was even actually worse than the triton. It also does it more on downchanges than the triton seems to. Most obvious above 70kmh. It is actually less noticeable than the tri tho as the engine is quieter. It is also a NA petrol motor.
Cowboy Dave wrote:Have you fitted the EGR/Resistor mod at all? The reason I ask is that some have reported that this issue (which has been described as 'flaring' before) seems much less of a problem with the EGR mod fitted. No one seems to know why yet but there were a couple (maybe even half a dozen or so) of blokes who reported similar outcomes so maybe it's a goer. Would be easiest if you knew someone with one you could borrow to test if you haven't already gone that way.
WiilyB wrote:Had my Triton in for scheduled service and they also did the 'overheating service campaign' updates.
Drove out and immediately noticed the same throttle problems that you are all having. Was told that they reflashed the ECU to 'protect the drivetrain'.
So what's going on?
aussie53 wrote:Been meaning to post this for a while but when I had my first free service done at 1,500, I complained about the engine holding revs whle changing gears (esp 1->2 and 2->3). The job sheet back from the dealer says, and I quote: "This is a characteristic of this vehicle. No faults found. This characteristic is known as DASHPOT" Dashpot? WTF? After discussing with a service technician, he says it is to overcome turbo lag.
Cowboy Dave wrote:Please report back if you solve the vibration thing, there are a few of us who have that particular mystery symptom.
Turtlewa wrote:Anyone notice lag in throttle in the auto lag in taking off hard from stop like worse turbo lag after the reflash im noticing it after 2 weeks of driving it
Cowboy Dave wrote:Thanks mate. I was able to rule out tyres and rims by swapping them. Also new suspension all round made no difference - and given that meant suspension guys moving everything around in theory loose bolts on control arms etc shouldn't be feasible. New diffs with lockers both ends too. Had quite a few alignments, wheel balances and so on, still no difference. So for me I got things kind of narrowed down by ruling most of the obvious stuff out. But that leaves things like driveshafts or axles and bearings maybe? Which gets a bit harder.
My dealer here asked me see if I still had the problem in gears other than 5th - I did. Not sure what that means to be honest.
Anyway fingers crossed your bloke susses it out.
Froggy wrote:Dunno why this thread has 17 pages. It's not annoying at all. It's what the engine is designed to do for many logical reasons. If you can't drive a manual, buy an auto like all the other soccer mum's.
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