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Clio stuttering on acceleration
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Mark Hewitt
Oct 7, 2004, 3:39:56 PM10/7/04
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Went out with my girlfriend in her car last night and she told me that as of
that afternoon she had been having problems under acceleration. She has a
Y-Reg 1.2 Renault Clio. Bascially some of the time when she accelerates the
car 'stutters', it appears to happen at all speeds and all gears and is the
same wether the engine is warm or starting from cold. When driving home last
night it got much worse and was so bad that she had to stop on the hard
shoulder as she didn't have enough power to get up the motorway sliproad!
She did manage to get it home eventually by driving slowly being followed by
another car.
that afternoon she had been having problems under acceleration. She has a
Y-Reg 1.2 Renault Clio. Bascially some of the time when she accelerates the
car 'stutters', it appears to happen at all speeds and all gears and is the
same wether the engine is warm or starting from cold. When driving home last
night it got much worse and was so bad that she had to stop on the hard
shoulder as she didn't have enough power to get up the motorway sliproad!
She did manage to get it home eventually by driving slowly being followed by
another car.
We checked to see if we could hear something wrong with the exhaust but it
all sounded normal and idled just fine and it starts fine. There is plenty
fuel in the tank and can't see anything obvious wrong.
She is taking it to a garage on Saturday morning but is there anything
obvious that it could be that she could at least mention to the mechanic
when she takes it in?
Cheers
Conor
Oct 7, 2004, 4:45:15 PM10/7/04
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In article <ck462c$gp8$1...@ucsnew1.ncl.ac.uk>, Mark Hewitt says...Used to be a sign of shagged sparkplugs from lack of servicing but
recently it happened to my brothers car and it turned out to be a
blocked fuel filter.
recently it happened to my brothers car and it turned out to be a
blocked fuel filter.
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Conor
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Tim (Remove NOSPAM.
Oct 7, 2004, 4:49:48 PM10/7/04
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"Mark Hewitt" <ma...@markhewittDotCoDotUk.spammers.will.die> wrote in message
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Coil pack problem- becoming quite common on Renaults now- see the dealer -
the new ones are modifyed.
If she noticed any flickering of the dash gauges, especially the rev counter
then this is definately the problem.
Tim..
Mark Hewitt
Oct 13, 2004, 11:08:52 AM10/13/04
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" Tim (Remove NOSPAM." <the....@NOSPAMbtinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Coil pack problem- becoming quite common on Renaults now- see the dealer -
> the new ones are modifyed.
>
> If she noticed any flickering of the dash gauges, especially the rev
> counter
> then this is definately the problem.
>
You were right, it was the coil pack. Got a replacement part fitted and it's
all fine now!
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