My car has developed a distressing problem which I am desperate to
resolve. At very irregular intervals, not correlated to engine revs or
any other factor I can identify, the engine "glitches" i.e. suddenly
loses power. These glitches last only a small fraction of a second,
and the engine always recovers fully. Apart from this, the car is
driving very well, with good power and fuel economy. All temperatures
are normal, and no lights come on the dashboard at any time. I
recently had the airflow meter replaced, and also the ignition
amplifier, to no effect. I am afraid to drive the car over any
distance now as I worry that the engine will cut out completely and
not recover. 

Has anyone else experienced this problem with this engine, and if so,
did they ever manage to get to the cause of the problem?
-- 

Multithreaded.

multithreaded dot uk1 at virgin dot net.

I have had a similar problem,  eventually it died completely after 
'glitching' for a few weeks.

It was the fuel pump !

Steve


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> My car has developed a distressing problem which I am desperate to
> resolve. At very irregular intervals, not correlated to engine revs or
> any other factor I can identify, the engine "glitches" i.e. suddenly
> loses power. These glitches last only a small fraction of a second,
> and the engine always recovers fully. Apart from this, the car is
> driving very well, with good power and fuel economy. All temperatures
> are normal, and no lights come on the dashboard at any time. I
> recently had the airflow meter replaced, and also the ignition
> amplifier, to no effect. I am afraid to drive the car over any
> distance now as I worry that the engine will cut out completely and
> not recover.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this problem with this engine, and if so,
> did they ever manage to get to the cause of the problem?
> -- 
>
> Multithreaded.
>
> multithreaded dot uk1 at virgin dot net. 

On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 11:12:29 GMT, "nwlondonuk" 
wrote:


>I have had a similar problem,  eventually it died completely after 
>'glitching' for a few weeks.
>
>It was the fuel pump !
>
>Steve


Ah! My sister said it could be that, but a garage totally disagreed.
Thank you for such a speedy response, Steve. Did you get the pump
replaced? What car were you driving?

Has anyone else had this problem, and did it turn out to be something
else?

-- 

Multithreaded.

multithreaded dot uk1 at virgin dot net.