ronnieferrie
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when driving the car feels sluggish like running out of petrol at times,any one any ideas what this can be its not long had a service
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Robin
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whats the mileage?
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DaNnY_LaD
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Same fuckin symtems as mine...Im just gonna give it a new heart
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JadeM
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Handbrake on
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ronnieferrie
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54 k on the clock
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Robin
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engine management light coming on?
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JadeM
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quote: Originally posted by ronnieferrie
54 k on the clock
Has it had major service - replaced timing belt etc???
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ronnieferrie
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no engine management light,just feels like it is holding back at times
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ronnieferrie
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yeah just had a new timing belt kit and water pump fitted spark plugs leads filters etc.
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Robin
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more likely to be cat/egr valve
i suppose timing belt may have slipped a bit due to the chocolate tensioner roller thingys
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ronnieferrie
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will try the cat then because it has had an egr valve fitted not long ago
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Robin
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other than that it could be fuel filter/pump
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ronnieferrie
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put a new fuel filter on may be the pump then its nothing major just more enoying than anything
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NovaGTE
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Was it bad before you changed the plugs, could just be a simple case of duff new plugs?
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ronnieferrie
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its always been a bit slugish and felt like it is holding bk.Its prob something stupid
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NovaGTE
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Ah rite, i has a similar prob on my old 106, turned out to be the temp sensor undet the bonnet. Didnt put the engine management light on as hadnt broke, was just giving negative readings therefore flooding the engine, prob a similar sensor problem but finding it is a problem. It took me ages and ££'s just to find out it was a £12 part!!!
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RCoughtrie
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does it get sluggish then clear then comes back ?
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ronnieferrie
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yeah u could says that it comes and goes or will get slugish if sitting at the same speed for a bit
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richysport
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quote: Originally posted by RCoughtrie
does it get sluggish then clear then comes back ?
mine does thaty now an again i just thought it was coz i had a full tank of petty or some thing like that
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RCoughtrie
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could be a million things tbh your pissing into the wind with guesses... get a diagnostics done
Does you management light actually work ?... my old corsa had this and the little bulb had went, in the end it came down to the crank shaft sensor... but it can be quite a few things down to something silly like a fuel filter
jolting when coming off accelerator and sluggish were my symptoms
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ronnieferrie
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i will just have to persevere in the mean time till it goes away or some 1 can fix it lol.
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All Torque
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Mine used to be like that pulling away in second gear at about 5mph, like i was flooding the engine. mine was 1.2 though
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ronnieferrie
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get a diagnostics done. whats this and where can i get it done mate,much does this cost
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Ryan_G1
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Could be the head gaset starting to go, had this with a mates sport and turned out thats whats wrong with it.
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RCoughtrie
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vauxhall do them but they shaft you rotten
a good local garage should have a kit £25 payed for mines
you can do a paper clip test too but tbh it can become tricky if you dont understand or cant count
[Edited on 02-04-2006 by RCoughtrie]
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