Foghorn
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Chaps
An issue cropped up that has got progessively worse. Originally I noticed a sort of stutter in the engine when I was driving on the motorway at constant speed. No difference to acceleration as it pulled like a train.
As the days have gone on the stutter/hesitation has been noticeable at town speeds and sometimes during light acceleration under 30mph. Seems to come on when the engine has warmed up. Starting and hard acceleration and there is no apparent issue. Rock solid tick over.
I did think fuel filter/dodgy fuel but its inconsistent and some qucik searches have led to me to suspect other things. Car is on 150k, faultless up to this point, fuel filter changed at 80k (but looked brand new), original glow plugs etc.
There's no sign (yet) it will cut out on me but just be somewhat erratic however I've got a couple of long distance trips coming up.
Any suggestions as the best place to start?
An issue cropped up that has got progessively worse. Originally I noticed a sort of stutter in the engine when I was driving on the motorway at constant speed. No difference to acceleration as it pulled like a train.
As the days have gone on the stutter/hesitation has been noticeable at town speeds and sometimes during light acceleration under 30mph. Seems to come on when the engine has warmed up. Starting and hard acceleration and there is no apparent issue. Rock solid tick over.
I did think fuel filter/dodgy fuel but its inconsistent and some qucik searches have led to me to suspect other things. Car is on 150k, faultless up to this point, fuel filter changed at 80k (but looked brand new), original glow plugs etc.
There's no sign (yet) it will cut out on me but just be somewhat erratic however I've got a couple of long distance trips coming up.
Any suggestions as the best place to start?