Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Xplicit 2.0]

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

[Abiton]

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).

[Xplicit 2.0]

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 )

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?

[3.2 manual]

reply with your findings on the points here as it will give a clue to more reasons.

[Xplicit 2.0]

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