juddering

[kipper]

how much did they cost then? at least chainging them u know theyre new and wont split either.... hopefully.

[red6n2]

step dad is a man of all trades and had loads of pipe around from when he was a mechanic... i dont suppose its expensive maybe £5 a meter wouldnt need more than that tho... even thats loads make sure you get the right width though mine was too small and was sat with a blow torch, washing liquid an vaselline trying to get it on.... please spare all inuendo's lol

[kipper]

cool so looks like saturday i'll be spending most of the day on my car. might see about taking the pipes of and seeing how clean they are. could prob clean them with a metal rod and cloth wrapped around the end or something like that.

[red6n2]

yeah another way to see if they need cleaning without taking them off is if you can see a clear smoke coming from the pipes after a longish journey it would come most likely form the left of your engine cover near the top left about 3 inches from the top of the cover...

[red6n2]

does that even make sense ???... im tired lol

[kingsleysaywell]

im going to do this

[kipper]

well today i cleaned the throttle body. totally removed it from the car and cleaned it. then put it back on and sprayed some carb cleaner inside the throttle body when my mate was reving the engine dunno if i used enough tho. then took it for a drive and it seems smoother so hopefully thats sorted the problem. when i drove tho it do the juddering thing once but that might of been me leaving it in second gear when i was about to go over a speed bump and dont think i had my foot ont he accelerator. havnt checked the breather pipes tho but hopefully they'll be ok.

only thing i can do now is leave it a couple of days and see if the juddering changes or not.

[alexperkins]

fuel filter and ht leads next

[kipper]

wheres the fuel filter? i assume when u say ht leads theyre the spark plug leads? if so they got changed about 2 or 3 weeks ago and the sparks got changed last sunday.

[alexperkins]

Fuel filter is located behind the fuel tank

See here for a guide:

http://www.uk-polos.net/view ... er#p273077

[kipper]

wat affect would this have then?

[alexperkins]

juddering lol poor acceleration, poor economy, lack of power, stalling. endless problems

[kipper]

excellent so possibly a or the solution. how do u know when ur water pump is gonna go?

[alexperkins]

indeed mate.

youll hear a screeching, the engine will start running hot, coolant will boil and the head gasket will fail.

[kipper]

oh great so nothing to serious then?