Today my 1.6 Vti threw a wobbly while trying to start.
I started the engine with the clutch depressed, and the RPM was wobbling between about 650-750, so I gave it some revs to try wake it up, and it went up to about 1500 then dropped to 500, shaking a lot, and stalled.
This happened 3 times before I got fed up and started it with about 25% throttle too. Worth noting by this point the temp sensor was already about halfway to normal operating temp. Once started, I kept the rpm around 3000 (which made manouvering out of a parallel parking spot difficult!) until I got out round the corner and onto a main road, where it was then happy at 700ish idle.
I've had spark plugs replaced under 10k miles ago, and it's been on V-Power for a few months - just gone back to normal 95 octane on Sunday, but still Shell as that was the nearest station when I needed to fill up.
Another point is that for maybe a month or two, on a cold start, the rpm just sits at 700-800, not around 1200 like I would expect. I'd dismissed this as being down to the warmer weather but it may be related.
It's already going to the garage next monday for all the other issues, so if this persists then that'll get added to the list. This is more and more spelling the end of this car
I started the engine with the clutch depressed, and the RPM was wobbling between about 650-750, so I gave it some revs to try wake it up, and it went up to about 1500 then dropped to 500, shaking a lot, and stalled.
This happened 3 times before I got fed up and started it with about 25% throttle too. Worth noting by this point the temp sensor was already about halfway to normal operating temp. Once started, I kept the rpm around 3000 (which made manouvering out of a parallel parking spot difficult!) until I got out round the corner and onto a main road, where it was then happy at 700ish idle.
I've had spark plugs replaced under 10k miles ago, and it's been on V-Power for a few months - just gone back to normal 95 octane on Sunday, but still Shell as that was the nearest station when I needed to fill up.
Another point is that for maybe a month or two, on a cold start, the rpm just sits at 700-800, not around 1200 like I would expect. I'd dismissed this as being down to the warmer weather but it may be related.
It's already going to the garage next monday for all the other issues, so if this persists then that'll get added to the list. This is more and more spelling the end of this car

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