St-st-st-stutter

Sp00n · 18 Jan 2007 at 10:50

My car seems to have developed an interesting little stutter recently, it only seems to happen when its cold but when i attempt to accelerate in 2nd/3rd, it kind of makes an attempt at accelerating then it feels like i've taken my foot off the accelerator then all of a sudden it'll kick in but it does this a few times until the revs pick up then it seems ok until i then change up a gear.

So it seems to only happen low down in the rev range and when its cold. The spark plugs and oil has been changed within the last 3 months.

This is a bit beyond me so any advice is always welcome

Also somebody suggested i get the HT leads changed?

/edit Its a mk3 golf 1.4i 1993 (L)

pinkaardvark · 18 Jan 2007 at 10:59

HT leads are just the spark plugs leads, ie pull em off and stick new ones on, not very complicated.

Sp00n · 18 Jan 2007 at 11:01

Sorry i meant the problem in its entirety is a bit beyond me, the HT leads won't be a problem to fit

Dup · 18 Jan 2007 at 11:08

My 206 does this too.

I think it's just a small cold engine thing. Also my lights tend to dip as it chugs back to life. I've also just had all the oil sparks etc changed and the Alternator was replaced and uprated a year ago.

It's just one of those winter things I think.

happytechie · 18 Jan 2007 at 11:21

I'd still take a look at the HT leads, a good spray of WD 40 around the plugs and dissy will help push the water out of the way as well.

Sp00n · 18 Jan 2007 at 11:24

I'll have to pop up to halfrauds and get some HT's then, hopefully that will sort it, if not i'll just have to hope it doesnt get any worse!

Cheers for the help peeps.

drunken fool · 18 Jan 2007 at 11:26

same happens to my impreza. is fine once it has warmed up though :confused:

Sp00n · 18 Jan 2007 at 11:27

How bad is it for those that have the same problem? Mine almost kicks me forward in the seat as the acceleration drops so suddenly =/

Dup · 18 Jan 2007 at 11:30

Yes, that's what mine does. It's a killer when pulling out onto a main road and im worried of getting into the habit of not actually coming to a complete stop just in case it happens.

sigma · 18 Jan 2007 at 11:32

My car was doing similar stuff before the ignition module packed in.

happytechie · 18 Jan 2007 at 13:49

drunken fool said:
same happens to my impreza. is fine once it has warmed up though

and the heat has dried the connections out. My MG does exacvtly the same thing, I need to replace the HT leads again but some idiot mounted the distribution block thing down the back of the engine with less that 1.5 inches of clearance from the back bulkhead

PITA to change the leads.

My bet is that blast of WD will make the issue go away in the short term...

Paul

Rich1988 · 18 Jan 2007 at 14:00

I had this identical problem, fixed it by getting new leads spark plugs dizzy cap and rotor arm, all was well after that