Car Kangaroo Renault

Magic_x_uk · 23 Jun 2007 at 07:45

My car last night developed what can only be described as acting like a kangaroo.

It was as though it was not firing correctly, sort of judering, not smooth at all, in low gears/speed. was ok when it got warm though.

Like a fuel starvation, sort of slow then fast, slow then fast. Very odd

It is a renault laguna "W" reg. possible water on the HT leads ? I am sure I have read about that somewhere and if so. How do i narrow down which one it is ?

dsb · 23 Jun 2007 at 11:20

if its only when cold could be the auto choke.

Beerbaron · 23 Jun 2007 at 11:23

my punto did something similar just before the head gasket went

Mr-White · 23 Jun 2007 at 11:26

my 307 did that when i used dodgy tesco fuel

MW

GreenMint · 23 Jun 2007 at 11:28

My gf's corsa did this, but to this day she never found out why, just stopped doing it, but i remember in slow moving traffic it was a total judderfest.

[TW]Fox · 23 Jun 2007 at 11:35

dsb said:
if its only when cold could be the auto choke.

Do injection engines have an auto choke?

Magic_x_uk · 23 Jun 2007 at 11:44

Think what it is is there is a coil on top of the spark plugs on this engine. SO if they get wet they cause a problem. Just spoken to my mechanic friend and he will sort it out for me in next day or two. Always something.....

Magic_x_uk · 27 Jun 2007 at 08:15

Mechanic has been round, sorting it tomorrow (thursday) turns out it is one of the Injectors!