Sounds like the throttle potentiometer, run the onboard self
diagnostics and see what comes up.
Craig


"JW" > wrote in message >...
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Have a problem which I think may be related to fuel starvation and wondered
> if anyone else has had experience of a similar nature.
>
> Occasionally over the last few weeks I have been getting occasional loss of
> power for a few seconds only at a time. It may occur perhaps once every
> couple of days. At first I thought it was dirty fuel.
>
> The problem appears to occur after some brisk acceleration when the power
> has been lifted off and then reapplied firmly.
>
> Today the car came to a complete halt and would not restart for sometime.
>
> Any ideas? Not quite sure where to start looking.
>
> Many thanks - Jeff.
>
>
> 164 Super 3.0 V6 24v