Bryan Williams
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Motors playing up again.
Driving the fiesta today, everything OK, then I hear a knock or pop like sound, engine started running lumpy, engine warning light flickered.
Was only doing 30 through town, slowed down stopped when I could.
Oil ok, water ok, nothing dripping, leaking etc nothing running out of the exhaust..
I had filled the petrol tank up couple of days ago and used about a quarter.
Fired it up again,still parked up, held the revs at 3000, no hiccups, tried to think what else I had done different today, realised I had the aircon on for the first time this year.
Turned it on, the revs started to fluctuate up and down, turned it off settled back to 3000. As I had to get somewhere I set off again. Aircon off, it was ok until under load, given throttle it juddered, I had to back off and increase speed slowly, it would reach speed ok but only if coaxed gently it sat happily at whatever speed it was at, but accelerate and it started juddering.
Did a Google, aircon seems to be a likely culprit, any thoughts?
It also did a couple of pop type backfires now and then
Cheers.
Driving the fiesta today, everything OK, then I hear a knock or pop like sound, engine started running lumpy, engine warning light flickered.
Was only doing 30 through town, slowed down stopped when I could.
Oil ok, water ok, nothing dripping, leaking etc nothing running out of the exhaust..
I had filled the petrol tank up couple of days ago and used about a quarter.
Fired it up again,still parked up, held the revs at 3000, no hiccups, tried to think what else I had done different today, realised I had the aircon on for the first time this year.
Turned it on, the revs started to fluctuate up and down, turned it off settled back to 3000. As I had to get somewhere I set off again. Aircon off, it was ok until under load, given throttle it juddered, I had to back off and increase speed slowly, it would reach speed ok but only if coaxed gently it sat happily at whatever speed it was at, but accelerate and it started juddering.
Did a Google, aircon seems to be a likely culprit, any thoughts?
It also did a couple of pop type backfires now and then
Cheers.