Juddering in first gear + engine light on

[Gjm91]

I tried some more 'premium' petrols for a few fills but it didn't make a difference. Fuel isn't the cause of the problem I'm certain of that.

These cars are also prone to oil leaking from valve cover gasket and vacuum pump seals. You will notice oil on the left hand side of the engine in the little silver tray and on the bottom back of the engine block, respectively. Neither are expensive to fix really. The vacuum pump will also drip oil onto the exhaust and you'll smell it so that's also a sign it needs doing.

I don't know much about this 'engine restore' stuff. He said it's american and cuts emmisions significantly, amongst other things. I looked it up online earlier and it's £29 from eBay. I'll keep you posted as haven't actually tried it yet but he swears by it.

Hi Kowsmou-did you try the engine restore stuff.- I have a 2.0 l and had the emission light come on recently - it came on just at the end of a long run but had been doing lots of stop start driving just prior to that . AA came out and it was the cat efficiency code - AA cleared codes and said to run some fuel cleaner through the system but did say as these cars get older they are prone to throwing up these codes when there isn't actually an awful lot wrong . I put a bottle of cataclean in the tank and not seen the light come on but only done about 50 miles since putting the cleaner in . would be interested to see if the engine restore stuff has made any difference.

cheers

 

[kowsmou]

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