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Hi all,
My car is having a problem over the last 3 weeks. At times, it struggles to start. Not just cold start, but at any time. I have a habit of turning the engine off at long signals. But at random, it needs 2-3 cranks to start. The engine judders and either dies, or roars to life. This is even after driving the whole day. Also another problem, but maybe related to the existing problem, the car jerks once or twice at low RPM, especially when starting off, or just when shifting from 1st to 2nd gear, or from 2nd to 3rd gear. This also occurs at random and the car often stalls as soon as taking off from stationary. This is very annoying especially at signals when the traffic starts to move and the car just stalls right in the middle, blocking everyone behind me. The acceleration in all the gears is laboured too and not smooth at all.
MASS checked and cleaned the throttle body the first time when I showed and it seemed to be smooth for a while but in the couple of days the problem returned. Second time, got the sparkplugs gaps checked and cleaned. The sparkplugs are new. Again the problem seemed solved, but returned in a couple of days. The SA at the MASS suggested to take out the fuel tank and the fuel lines to check for any blockage.
The timing belt was changed to a new one just about 200kms ago. I haven't given the car to the MASS as yet, but in addition to checking the fuel tank and the fuel lines as suggested by the SA, is there any thing else to check for?
Thanks much!
P
EDIT: The car is a 2003 Type II with about 69500 kms on the odo.
My car is having a problem over the last 3 weeks. At times, it struggles to start. Not just cold start, but at any time. I have a habit of turning the engine off at long signals. But at random, it needs 2-3 cranks to start. The engine judders and either dies, or roars to life. This is even after driving the whole day. Also another problem, but maybe related to the existing problem, the car jerks once or twice at low RPM, especially when starting off, or just when shifting from 1st to 2nd gear, or from 2nd to 3rd gear. This also occurs at random and the car often stalls as soon as taking off from stationary. This is very annoying especially at signals when the traffic starts to move and the car just stalls right in the middle, blocking everyone behind me. The acceleration in all the gears is laboured too and not smooth at all.
MASS checked and cleaned the throttle body the first time when I showed and it seemed to be smooth for a while but in the couple of days the problem returned. Second time, got the sparkplugs gaps checked and cleaned. The sparkplugs are new. Again the problem seemed solved, but returned in a couple of days. The SA at the MASS suggested to take out the fuel tank and the fuel lines to check for any blockage.
The timing belt was changed to a new one just about 200kms ago. I haven't given the car to the MASS as yet, but in addition to checking the fuel tank and the fuel lines as suggested by the SA, is there any thing else to check for?
Thanks much!
P
EDIT: The car is a 2003 Type II with about 69500 kms on the odo.
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