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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:04 pm |
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Joined: Sep 09, 2010 Posts: 15
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Location: Leeds
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halfway back home on motorway car seemed a lot slower in accelerating. i get back and now sounds very rough. it is extremely juddery below 2000revs in 3rd 4th and 5th. exhaust sounds like it is majorlyu blowing, if not hanging off totally.
any help?
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:16 pm |
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Joined: Mar 07, 2011 Posts: 18
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Location: Wigan, England
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my mate had this problem after he red lined his car too much...
can't give you specifics, but it was an engine fault, and his car had the same problems you are describing.
your exhaust sound might be whats reflecting this.
was this a completely random break down?
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 6:23 pm |
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Joined: Feb 22, 2010 Posts: 311
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Location: Coventry/Manchester
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Have a look underneath for any major cracks in the exhaust, particularly around the joints.
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:50 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 902
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Location: chester
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could be the exhaust, check for leaks and change the plugs sorted my mates out.
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 2:08 am |
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Joined: Feb 10, 2010 Posts: 4266
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Location: Palestine
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maybe you got a clogged Catalyic converter,how does the car smell,and do you have heat up real fast?
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:25 pm |
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Joined: Sep 09, 2010 Posts: 15
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Location: Leeds
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car smells fine, and yeah it was a completely random, halfway down mototrway. car never gets redlined.
do you think the exhaust could be causing the lack of power and juderry-ness?
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:57 pm |
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Joined: Jul 03, 2010 Posts: 282
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Location: Norfolk
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If the exhaust is sounding off it is the best place to start, most exhaust places will have a look around and show you any crack, holes or worse for free. Have you noticed the car sounding....well nicer?! lol. In that has it sounded any different, more throaty/sporty. When holes or cracks develop this normally happens and then it goes from a nice sound to a bloody awful sound very quickly and messes with the revs and engine idle as the hole get bigger.
Get that checked first and post back, peeps on hear will then be able to advice better if thats ruled out
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:57 pm |
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Joined: Jul 03, 2010 Posts: 282
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Location: Norfolk
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If the exhaust is sounding off it is the best place to start, most exhaust places will have a look around and show you any cracks, holes or worse for free. Have you noticed the car sounding....well nicer?! lol. In that has it sounded any different, more throaty/sporty. When holes or cracks develop this normally happens and then it goes from a nice sound to a bloody awful sound very quickly and messes with the revs and engine idle as the hole gets bigger.
Get that checked first and post back, peeps on here will then be able to advise better if thats ruled out.
**EDIT** Make sure that the pipes that go into and out of the centre box are checked with a few revs on. I had quite a big crack at the join which was missed twice at two different garages because at idle it didn't leak
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