Car Bogging upon acceleration

1. Charlie241 Newbie Joined: May 2012 Posts: 3

   #1 21st May 2012, 20:03

   my saxo vts has started bogging down upon low speed acceleration? usually bogs then resumes as normal but a few times it has cut the car out and straight back on, resulting in the speedo and rev counter sticking
   im thinking either the coil pack is packing it in, or distributor? or dreading head gasket leak and coolent is stopping spark, but no overheating so am confident it is not that? help someone before i start buying new stuff. but there is no accelleration problems once your past 30?!
2. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #2 21st May 2012, 20:52

   1st off saxo`s don`t have a distributor,when did you last service it?
3. Charlie241 Newbie Joined: May 2012 Posts: 3

   #3 21st May 2012, 22:43

   couldnt say, its a donor engine and it has a cambelt change recently but not sure on the filters? why do you think it could be a clogged up fuel filter? but wouldnt that result in a constant bogging out?
4. D4MJT Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2009 Morpeth Posts: 2539 BMW 116d Regional Toner Sales Edition

   #4 21st May 2012, 23:14

   Take the map sensor off the inlet manifold and give it a clean with some wd40
   And a cotton bud mate. It takes 5 minutes and I reckon you'll be amazed at the difference. I reckon it'll be that.
5. Charlie241 Newbie Joined: May 2012 Posts: 3

   #5 21st May 2012, 23:29

   nice idea il give it a clean tomorrow, what would you suggest if that doesnt fix it
6. JAGVTS Frequent Poster Joined: Jul 2009 Hampshire Posts: 761 Astra VXR S2 indigo rallye

   #6 22nd May 2012, 10:50

   Coilpack, does it sound like its missfiring at all?
7. D4MJT Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2009 Morpeth Posts: 2539 BMW 116d Regional Toner Sales Edition

   #7 22nd May 2012, 10:51

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Charlie241 nice idea il give it a clean tomorrow, what would you suggest if that doesnt fix it

   If it doesn't fix it, although I imagine it'll make a huge difference, change the coil pack. That'd be my next port of call. Both of mine were failed, and I saw a big improvement after changing each.
8. Ginga-jamie Infrequent Poster Joined: May 2012 Aylesford, Kent Posts: 231 2001 Posi Blue Furio 2000 Wicked Red VTS

   #8 24th May 2012, 16:23

   I've had this problem on my car and turns out my head is knackered. I bought new air filter, fuel filter, spark plugs, knocked the cat out, coil pack and still had the problem. So I would recommend you do a sniff test first because this will tell you if it's the head before you go spending ��
9. Ginga-jamie Infrequent Poster Joined: May 2012 Aylesford, Kent Posts: 231 2001 Posi Blue Furio 2000 Wicked Red VTS

   #9 24th May 2012, 16:24

   Also the car didn't overheat but I did notice the coolant was disappearing