Car felt like it was going to cut out ..

CymruPolo · Post by **CymruPolo** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:17 pm

I was at a junction to get to the main road from where I live on the way to work on Friday morning. I was abit late and first 2 buses went by, I looked to my right and I could see a car coming with another car pulling a horse box and a lorry behind that so I thought "b*llocks to it" and pulled out quickly.

It wasn't dangerous, but under normal circumstances (i.e no rush to get anywhere) I would have waited. After pulling out the car suddenly felt very juddery and I noticed the exhaust emission warning light was on. I was convinced the car was about to cut out. Then a mile or so down the road everything returned to normal. No juddering and the warning light was off.

Very strange I thought. Any thoughts on what could have happened?

Bepe · Post by **Bepe** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:03 pm

s**t petrol probably mate

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:38 pm

I had these symptoms right after driving through a flood and getting water pretty much everywhere.....

Its possible that u have a kakked up thorttle body?

Or the ECU was just having a little grumble....

I wouldnt wory unless it does it again!

CymruPolo · Post by **CymruPolo** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:22 pm

It has happened once before a few months ago, but under different circumstances. I was going from a 30mph to 60mph zone and as I put my foot down I went over a bump and the "symptoms" described in the first post happened.

Do you think I should try cleaning the throttle body? Or just leave it for now?

@ Bepe: I use V Power so it better have not been that

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:50 pm

If you haven't given the TB a good clean recently, I'd do it regardless of whether it fixes the problem or not, it makes a world of difference!

CymruPolo · Post by **CymruPolo** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:04 pm

Really? In what way?

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:35 pm

The car runs smoother and will lose any jitterness you get at idle

tegwin · Post by **tegwin** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:56 pm

If it happens when accelrating hard, or going over a bump it could be a dodgy connection somewhere...

When you clean the throttle body make sure you check all the cable connectors....

Might even be worth popping them off one at a time and spraying in a contact cleaner designed for electrical connectors (Halfords sell it)

CymruPolo · Post by **CymruPolo** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:01 pm

tegwin wrote:If it happens when accelrating hard, or going over a bump it could be a dodgy connection somewhere...

When you clean the throttle body make sure you check all the cable connectors....

Might even be worth popping them off one at a time and spraying in a contact cleaner designed for electrical connectors (Halfords sell it)

What do you mean with "check the cable connectors"?

Sorry I'm not very techincal at all