Hi all,
Nipped down the road today in my little '06 Picanto. Got to a roundabout and put my foot down to go when the engine starting to stutter (giving the feeling of kangeroo-ing) as I pulled away and made some really funny noises, accompanied by the engine check light flashing on and off. Got to the other side of the roundabout (just) and all was fine, turned a corner and, again, it began stuttering and sounding like dog.
Pulled up in carpark and turned radio, heaters etc off and sat there for about 10 minutes waiting for the engine to warm up. When I went to drive home - all was fine.
Serviced last year and rarely driven (two days ago it had a motorway blast) this car is low-mileage (12,000) and I've never had any problems with it - sailing through all MOTS. I know the rules of "don't rag it when the engine is warming up" but I've never had that before??
Does anyone have any ideas? Planning to do a long journey in it on Tuesday and I don't want to get stuffed somewhere!
Thanks in advance.
BTW - I've checked oil (fine) and water (fine) and yes, there is fuel in it lol
Nipped down the road today in my little '06 Picanto. Got to a roundabout and put my foot down to go when the engine starting to stutter (giving the feeling of kangeroo-ing) as I pulled away and made some really funny noises, accompanied by the engine check light flashing on and off. Got to the other side of the roundabout (just) and all was fine, turned a corner and, again, it began stuttering and sounding like dog.
Pulled up in carpark and turned radio, heaters etc off and sat there for about 10 minutes waiting for the engine to warm up. When I went to drive home - all was fine.
Serviced last year and rarely driven (two days ago it had a motorway blast) this car is low-mileage (12,000) and I've never had any problems with it - sailing through all MOTS. I know the rules of "don't rag it when the engine is warming up" but I've never had that before??
Does anyone have any ideas? Planning to do a long journey in it on Tuesday and I don't want to get stuffed somewhere!
Thanks in advance.
BTW - I've checked oil (fine) and water (fine) and yes, there is fuel in it lol