Misfiring - Saxperience

djleo · 20th May 2009, 19:16

Hi all. Thanks for allowing me to enter here and post my query which has done my head in since October

!

I have a 95 VSX, my first Citroen and love it. However, it started juddering in October. I changed the plugs first but didn't help. It got worse and worse until I took it to my garage. They changed the air filter and cleaned the injectors. The smooth drive lasted 1 day and then back to the juddering! I took it back and was told it was the coil pack, so they put a new one on........3 weeks and £180 later it's doing the same thing.

This sounds similar (http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=231574) but mine is constant.

I see people advising the map and lambada sensors. What the heck are these?

Can you help???? Pleeeeeeeese

Yours

Man in need!

BobC^m · 20th May 2009, 19:39

Is your engine warning light on?

Could be one of a long list of things:

-Clogged fuel filter
-Failing injector(s)
-Top dead centre sensor
-Manifold Absolute Pressure (MAP) sensor - this measures the pressure in your inlet manifold and tells the ECU when the engine is under load so it can adjust timing and fuel mixture; could be a leak in the inlet manifold area / vacuum.
-Lambda / Oxygen sensor - measures the amount of oxygen in the exhaust gases. They can get clogged and incorrectly tell the ECU to enrich the mixture.
-Coolant temperature sensor; see: http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=195050
-Slipping clutch friction plate

Cheers

jinx · 20th May 2009, 19:43

Good list there to check. Has it been on diagnostics?

djleo · 21st May 2009, 19:30

Thanks for the pointers guys - much appreciated.

It's not been on diagnostics. I don't know of any garages in Oldham where they have them? I called one today as somebody gave me the number but they don't have a Citroen one.....

I can smell a strong scent of fuel sometimes but not all the time. It had it's MOT 2 weeks ago and needed a new cat as the emmisions were well out.

Does anybody know a garage in Oldham where they have a diagnostics for Citroen?

The problem is the car's only worth about £500 running correctly and I've already thrown £350 at it in the last 5 weeks with the coil pack, cat and MOT. When do I cut my losses!

Aaaah, the joys of being skint!