Engine Misfiring?
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:04 am
Hi all,
Yet another thing has gone wrong with my car. Honestly I reckon I have been fed a real bummer with it. Anyway, onwards.
I was driving my car to work last night, and when I went under 10 MPH, then coolant light came on. I ignored it as the temp was fine, and I was only 5 mins away from work. So, I got to work, the car was fine, locked her up and did my 10 hour shift.
When I got back in the car, the engine idled at 1400RPM as opposed to 8-900 which it normally does, and was really really 'jerky' it almost felt like I had a two stroke under the hood.
Anything below 3000 revs forced the car to jerk, which in traffic isn't nice. I pretty much had to throttle up to 3000 revs and slip the clutch, due to the fact it was pouring with rain, the slip soon became a dump, which aint exactly safe.
I've left the car at home at the moment, just so as I don't toast it anymore.
Anyone got any ideas what it could be?
Honestly, I'm thinking of scrapping the damn thing, and buying something new, which is a shame because it's a pretty clean car. When it works....
Yet another thing has gone wrong with my car. Honestly I reckon I have been fed a real bummer with it. Anyway, onwards.
I was driving my car to work last night, and when I went under 10 MPH, then coolant light came on. I ignored it as the temp was fine, and I was only 5 mins away from work. So, I got to work, the car was fine, locked her up and did my 10 hour shift.
When I got back in the car, the engine idled at 1400RPM as opposed to 8-900 which it normally does, and was really really 'jerky' it almost felt like I had a two stroke under the hood.
Anything below 3000 revs forced the car to jerk, which in traffic isn't nice. I pretty much had to throttle up to 3000 revs and slip the clutch, due to the fact it was pouring with rain, the slip soon became a dump, which aint exactly safe.
I've left the car at home at the moment, just so as I don't toast it anymore.
Anyone got any ideas what it could be?
Honestly, I'm thinking of scrapping the damn thing, and buying something new, which is a shame because it's a pretty clean car. When it works....