lack of power

[benicillin]

... no 1.1 jokes please lol


basically when im pulling away and changing gear there is a sort of dip in the power then all of a sudden it will kick,

sometimes when pulling away it sounds as though the cars going to stall even though im giving it plenty of throttle.

i though it could be spark plugs,

any ideas?

cheers

[jaif2k4]

is that quick loss of power only last for less than a second, then kicks in?

[benicillin]

yeh pretty much mate,

ill change gear...put my foot down...nothing for a second or two, then it'll suddenly kick

[Smiff]

does it kind of shudder? mine was doing this today...

[benicillin]

when pulling away it'll shudder... its quite embaressing, people look at me like i cant drive...

ok so i cant drive that great... but still...

[Smiff]

seriously, mine did something similar to this for a bit. today it went crazy, no power at all...

disconnected the battery, left it for a few hours, and it's right as rain again.

dodgy fuel possibly?

[italianstallionluca]

i get that aswell i think. its like you put your foot down when your at 30 in fifth gear it makes the sorta struggling noise. altho happens to me when i do it in first and i put my foot down it pauses for a second and then goes.

[jaif2k4]

hmm... i kinda get the same thing on mine, it kind of 'chugs' when you put your foot down.... have you tried bringing the clutch up slowly, so that there's not a sudden surge of power?

[benicillin]

yeh i've tried all sorts jai,

cheers smiff ill disconnect it for a bit tomorrow and see how that works,

might run some redex cleaner through it see if that has any effect

[Smiff]

yeah im rather worried i havent solved the issue, just delayed it. look in the thread by me called 'WTF is wrong with my car?' for ideas.

[Wanaron]

Just sumet for you to try, Mine was doing this because I wasnt 17 so the car was like only getting driven 2 twice a week eg Monday and Thursday. My car was doing the same the day I turned 17 the car has been driven nearly every day since. and its never came back.

Local Garage sed its a Block in the exhauts or Air is getting in. Must have been a block cuz has gone.

My Engine management light was coming on wid it as well not now

if this helps

[jim134]

i replaced the fuel pump relay

[toni_25]

... no 1.1 jokes please lol


basically when im pulling away and changing gear there is a sort of dip in the power then all of a sudden it will kick,

sometimes when pulling away it sounds as though the cars going to stall even though im giving it plenty of throttle.

i though it could be spark plugs,

any ideas?

cheers
Thats exactly what my cars does(among other things lol) but didnt know how to explain it, check out 'PLEASE HELP 106 DRIVING ME CRAZY' lots of people gave me some ideas
will let you know if I get to the root of this problem

[SuicideGTI]

2 main reasons ive ever had for lack of power is coilpack (or leads) but also cat convertor has given me lose of power and random moments of power , most places will give you a free emissions test , so worth seeing if your cats screwed , plugs would be a good bet too i dont know much about the 1.1 :/

[Matt_Red106]

i dunno if it sany help but my old fiesta zetec did that and i just cleaned the MAF sensor and it solved it. (Btw only had a pug 1 week so i dunt even know if it has a MAF sensor but still wortha try)

[italianstallionluca]

its probably a sensor somewhere that could do with renewing. our cars are like 8 years old and its french so something isnt ever guna be right. just replace the sensors as time goes on 1 by one and see what happens. maybe start with the throttle position sensor as it seems to be when i put my foot down theres a slight delay so maybe that sensor is a little slow. i dno il just try a few new sensors over the next few months an wel see

[pug51]

[quote=italianstallionluca;549971]i get that aswell i think. its like you put your foot down when your at 30 in fifth gear

thats just due to transmition snatch though mate.

[craigyboy]

Had the same problem with my 106XSi last year. Car had covered 119000 at the time, turned out to be the throttle switch.My Invoice from Fuel injection specialist after been put on diognostic machine said "throttle switch fault on track" whatever that means.
They replaced part no 16281E (potentiometer) and reset ECU. Cost £120 fitted but it solved the problem.Apparently its a common fault.
Part was £53.00
Hope this helps.

[benbrew]

it the cat
had a problem with the metro i had
i took the bolt out the mani and the thing flew so i just it with the bolt out the mani
so it sounded like a stranggle drag car lol

[ashnash2007]

... no 1.1 jokes please lol


basically when im pulling away and changing gear there is a sort of dip in the power then all of a sudden it will kick,

sometimes when pulling away it sounds as though the cars going to stall even though im giving it plenty of throttle.

i though it could be spark plugs,

any ideas?

cheers
have you cheked the fule filter and spark plugs i had the same problem with a 309 and i did the spark plugs and fule filter and it was as right as rain. now ive got the simaler problem with a 106 but it only looses power when going up hills. good luck. just incase you dont no where the fule filter is it is on the passanger side towards the back of the car under neath

[Chris S]

Ben, mine did this. While i was revving up, sometimes it would stick at around 2.5k and the kick back in. This ended up being my lambda sensor that had gone.
It was detecting too much oxygen therefore overfuelling. Hope this helps

[Wanaron]

lamber sensor was the problem local gargage checked it for me, he sed if you catch the cat on speed bumps etc this can trigger it.

[Matt_106]

humm mine had simular problem a while back, but now it seems to be rapid, it flys atm so not aomplaining, lamba sensor does look like it could do with replacing so might do soon for peace of mind, and i clean my whole tb regulary too

[benicillin]

Cheers for all your help guys, going to replace the plugs tomorrow and see how that goes.

It hasn't been doing it so much recently but it is still there at times.

I'll let you know if i solve it :)