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My Clio is playing up when idle - it will drop revs, nearly cutting out but then it revs back up and just keeps doing this until I turn the engine off. When I restart it's fine again for some times a...
I've a Golf MK3 1994. When car is warmed up the engine struggles when the revs drop down. There's a popping sound from the carb? On open roads the car is fine. Just in and around town it plays about....
I've recently purchased a Renault Megane convertible for my wife and in one week it's been at the mechanics more often then not! Had 2 out of the 4 spark plug sensors replaced and also have a problem with...
When I start up the car the idle speed is high, around about 1300 rpm. Also, when I go around a corner in 2nd gear if I slightly press the brake the car wants to speed up.
What is your opinion on buying second-hand petrol turbocharged cars? My current car is a Skoda Octavia vRS (2001, 106,000 miles) and when stopping at a service station etc.,on a motorway journey I always...
My car complete turns off when I step off the accelerator. In short it does not idle, it runs only when I keep my foot on the accelerator pedal - once I take my foot off the accelerator it turns off. It...
I have a W-plate Vectra Estate and recently the rev meter is spiking intermittantly to 7000 revs even though the engine is ticking over fine. Also the l.c.d. panel to the stereo has gone blank and the...
My Mondeo used to idle at just under 1,000rpm on the rev counter. Now, when I start it up, it goes up to 2,500 for a few seconds, then comes down to just under 2,000rpm. When driving, when I come to a...
The idling revs on our newly acquired Qashqai are quite high and this is disconcerting when trying to creep out of our concealed entrance - is this normal or can it be adjusted?
My Tigra, which I've had about two weeks, has developed a fault. It drives fine, it starts fine, and it runs great until it's warm enough for the air injector pump to cut out. Then the engine becomes lumpy...
 

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