Revs fell below 1000 then car cut out!

[jus_tin]

Just this morning was sat in traffic, got a little bored so rev'd the engine a little, then when i took my foot off the accelerator and the revs dropped the indicator fell below 1000 and my car cut out. sometimes when i idle, it sits just below the 1000 and sounds like its struggling! Any idea guys???

[MattyJ]

My car does this! But mine is miss firing aswell. Mine cut out on me this morning aswell, was waiting for a mate to come out his house, was sat on idle, then it jsut cut out. But started back up fine, been warey to shut it off or let it idle now :( Bastard french wank.

[mr_mason]

Mine use to do this now and again.

The problem I had was that the air flow into the engine when idle was poor.

Firstly, check you air filter (always a good start). Possibly need a clean or a new one.

When you rev and it hits 1000 does the needle bounce a little bit?

Check your pipes that come off the air filter, you could possibly have something blocked.

I had to get some more tubes as one the pipes leading from the air filter had split and something had leaked in causing a blockage. This sorted my problem :y:

Just something for you to try. Hope this helps.

[mallboy]

good advice ^. i had this problem and it was due to a breather pipe that had fallen off

[hellonpluto]

I had that once in traffic. Its a right pain cos unless i gave it revs it just died on me.

Trying to press all three pedals at the same time without crashing in to the car in front is not for \/\/inners!

Gave it blast down the bypass when I'd got through the traffic sorted it out!