Unsure Of the Problem But its a PAIN!

1. RossRog Frequent Poster Joined: Mar 2010 North Shropshire/North Wales Posts: 605

   #1 7th April 2010, 09:50

   Right had the problem a while!
   
   been to garages to ask advise but it does not make sense
   
   the car will stutter louse all power when it does this if you pop the clutch in it cuts out all together...you can bump start it again doing this ...when ideling it drops to 500 an the back to 1k like a pulse up an down.....
   
   this morning it would struggle to start it would fire but not idel so i thought (ICV) you would have to holsd the revs at 2k when it warms up it will idel fine.... so i then drove off same cutting out problem
   
   now i used to have to let the car cool down i was told it might be overheating fuel pump so was going to get one leave it about an hour car drives fine again...
   
   but it started doing it from cold today i really have no clue on the problem...the car will drive around fine for days then randowmly start it does not seem to be Wet/dry conditions effect it more
   
   Please Help!!!
2. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #2 7th April 2010, 10:57

   Although my car is a vtr i`ve had exact same problems the 1st thing i`d do is replace the fuel filter(it might be blocked)the thing that fixed my car was buying a 2nd hand coil pack off ebay.
   
   Steve.
3. RossRog Frequent Poster Joined: Mar 2010 North Shropshire/North Wales Posts: 605

   #3 7th April 2010, 11:44

   cheers mate i have thought about that just do not want to go buy one when it might not be that...they aint too cheap either but i guess it would make sense to start there...will look into it cheers mate
4. RossRog Frequent Poster Joined: Mar 2010 North Shropshire/North Wales Posts: 605

   #4 7th April 2010, 16:32

   anyother ideas?
5. matty_h Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Sawbridgeworth , Hertfordshire Posts: 302 Mk1 possi blue vtr (sold) Mk2 Jewish gold vtr

   #5 7th April 2010, 16:45

   Could be map sensor mine was idle very strange and cut out while driving mainly when slowing down when clutch engaged and would loose power i changed coil pack and icv still did it so got diagnostic done and was map sensor so wished i'd got it checked first lol try changing map sensor 5 min job
6. RossRog Frequent Poster Joined: Mar 2010 North Shropshire/North Wales Posts: 605

   #6 8th April 2010, 10:01

   ahh expensive way round.....look for a part you can bet its 100quid lol
   
   better try find it as unsure where its located
7. matty_h Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Sawbridgeworth , Hertfordshire Posts: 302 Mk1 possi blue vtr (sold) Mk2 Jewish gold vtr

   #7 8th April 2010, 19:27

   you know that lol , its the 1 inbetween icv and throttle body
8. Dom_G Newbie Joined: Apr 2010 hertfordshire Posts: 24

   #8 8th April 2010, 20:51

   map sensor will sort it
9. RossRog Frequent Poster Joined: Mar 2010 North Shropshire/North Wales Posts: 605

   #9 12th April 2010, 16:15

   cheers chaps back from ists with the drive to get it sorted cheers !