Car running like a dog
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The VTS must have heard me talking about getting a new car 
I went out for a little while tonight up to my grandparents about 3 miles away. The car ran like a dog - misfiring when it wants to - damn near cut out completely when i tried to accelerate up a hill!
I haven't had much else to do tonight so I immediately cleaned my throttle body to see if that would do anything - I'm led to believe it will be an ignition problem though so will check the plugs tomorrow.
When I had my scooter I could check the plugs to get an indication on what is wrong, is this the same with a 4t car?
I had this problem for a few weeks but it only did it when cold, tonight it did it when the engine and oil were upto temp also
Cars definitely have feelings!

I went out for a little while tonight up to my grandparents about 3 miles away. The car ran like a dog - misfiring when it wants to - damn near cut out completely when i tried to accelerate up a hill!
I haven't had much else to do tonight so I immediately cleaned my throttle body to see if that would do anything - I'm led to believe it will be an ignition problem though so will check the plugs tomorrow.
When I had my scooter I could check the plugs to get an indication on what is wrong, is this the same with a 4t car?
I had this problem for a few weeks but it only did it when cold, tonight it did it when the engine and oil were upto temp also

Cars definitely have feelings!
Still got a slight problem. Tried to get into the plugs just before the sun went away but couldn't get in with my tools, need to buy some more since my old man snapped my old plug tool!
Coilpack seemed in very good condition - will check my receipts to see if its been recent as it looked new
Coilpack seemed in very good condition - will check my receipts to see if its been recent as it looked new
Bit of an update.
The car doesn't want to rev past 2k sometimes when you start the engine for the first <1minute of engine running.
This happens if the car is warm or cold, did it yesterday coming out of tescos whilest the engine was warm.
So there must be something that runs on startup, that either doesn't need to run or is running incorrectly.
My first though was some kind of cold starter? But why would it do it whilest cold if it was running rich :S
Danny
The car doesn't want to rev past 2k sometimes when you start the engine for the first <1minute of engine running.
This happens if the car is warm or cold, did it yesterday coming out of tescos whilest the engine was warm.
So there must be something that runs on startup, that either doesn't need to run or is running incorrectly.
My first though was some kind of cold starter? But why would it do it whilest cold if it was running rich :S
Danny
DannyVTS said:
Bit of an update.
The car doesn't want to rev past 2k sometimes when you start the engine for the first <1minute of engine running.
This happens if the car is warm or cold, did it yesterday coming out of tescos whilest the engine was warm.
So there must be something that runs on startup, that either doesn't need to run or is running incorrectly.
My first though was some kind of cold starter? But why would it do it whilest cold if it was running rich :S
Danny
Back to the MAF again then I think. I know there's a soft reset you can do on Alfa Romeos to cure this, which involves turning the ignition on without starting the engine so that all the dash lights are on, leaving it like that for a minute and then starting the engine without returning the key backwards. If there's a citroen owners club forum, they might be able to advise.The car doesn't want to rev past 2k sometimes when you start the engine for the first <1minute of engine running.
This happens if the car is warm or cold, did it yesterday coming out of tescos whilest the engine was warm.
So there must be something that runs on startup, that either doesn't need to run or is running incorrectly.
My first though was some kind of cold starter? But why would it do it whilest cold if it was running rich :S
Danny
alfa pint said:
Back to the MAF again then I think. I know there's a soft reset you can do on Alfa Romeos to cure this, which involves turning the ignition on without starting the engine so that all the dash lights are on, leaving it like that for a minute and then starting the engine without returning the key backwards. If there's a citroen owners club forum, they might be able to advise.
Unfortuantely the only forum I'm on for the Citroens is Saxperience, which as the name would suggest is usually full of mongs hence why I ask on here.I'm pretty sure there wont be a soft reset, although I disconnected my battery for about 3 days a week or two ago and the problem persists.
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