Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Xplicit 2.0 on 16 August 2009, 17:55:52
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Ok, i have a bit of a concern for my car now. once i have been driving for an extended period of time, the car will every now and then (normally when i have stopped for any reason) will go well below idle or even just cut out.
Also, after the extended driving period, when i come to pull away from traffic lights/junctions etc the car shudders until i completely take my foot off the clutch... im hoping none of this is serious as i really cant afford to do anything to fix at this time in my life.
Any help greatly received,
cheers,
Sean
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For the cutting out, have a read of Grumpy's excellent guide here:
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1194007453
Also do a paperclip test to look for stored fault codes as described here:
http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1189022687
The juddering could be a few things; high-load misfire, fubarred engine mount, drivetrain/clutch prob.
Any oil in the sparkplug wells? A plug that's tracking over? (Look for black lines down the length of the outer ceramic insulator).
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thnx, will look into all of these tomorrow with the old man (as much as i like to think i know about engines, i dont :P)
EDIT: with regards to the juddering, i forgot to mention that it seems to only happen if its hot (as in the engine) which is why i said about it only happening after an extended drive. dunno if that makes a difference
Second EDIT: O and would it still be the engine mount if i say that it feels as if its coming from the rear of the car?
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reply with your findings on the points here as it will give a clue to more reasons.
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ok will do... waiting for the weather to make its mind up before i do anything... expect you hav had the rain today as well being as ur probs about 30 mins drive away