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Car problems are draining me

  • 05-03-2017 1:21pm
    #1
    sellasheep
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 231 ✭✭


    I've a mk4 2007 mondeo, 1.8 LX TDCI. Has about 230000km on it. So many little issues have cropped up with it over the past year that it's getting tiresome.

    Anyway - last night I was driving along and the car began to shudder quite alot and the "engine malfunction" light flashed on for a while. I brought the car to a halt and the engine sounded like it was dying. I got the car the short journey back and drove it an hour later, apart from shuddering ever so slightly the second time - it was OK. Anybody know what could be wrong?


Comments

  • #2
    ironclaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    Depends when it was shuddering. Under acceleration, under braking, when the clutch in or out etc. Literally a mountain of possible things, big and small. Could be as simple as dirty MAF sensor or as big a clutch / fly wheel.


  • #3
    Jack the Stripper
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭Jack the Stripper


    A clutch flywheel issue won't bring on the eml.


  • #4
    sellasheep
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 231 ✭✭sellasheep


    It was shuddering under acceleration and the clutch was out.


  • #5
    Jack the Stripper
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭Jack the Stripper


    Diesel issue, let's hope it not the pump. These go whack all of a sudden in them.


  • #6
    sellasheep
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 231 ✭✭sellasheep


    I'd rather it was the pump instead of injector issues. I think I will need to get a diagnostics done to get the error code that was stored from the engine malfunction.


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