barricades Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Hi there, I have an old ford focus from 1999 which has just recently passed it's MOT however, the other day the petrol light came on and I was a good bit away from the petrol station, and couldn't go straight away. So after a stop off I started the car and it was a bit jumpy going down the street so I thought better get to a garage asap (not very far at all thankfully) Anyway, car's now got petrol but the jumpyness continues. I know this car's probably in a terrible condition regardless but I wonder what is causing the jumpiness? It's the same sort of feeling as when you try to accellerate in third gear when you're only doing 15mph. You kinda have to give it a little more accelerator to compensate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasape Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Is the car regularly serviced You could have dirt in the fuel system/filter Pretty shure some of our more knowledgeable members will add a comment later 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stef123 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Sounds like a misfire to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saulamandetra Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Sounds like dragged all the sludge from the bottom of your fuel tank into your system and some has got caught Saul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barricades Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 Hi guys, thanks for the replies. The car's not regularly serviced no, so I guess dirt in the fuel system is what it is then. Off I go to google it. Hopefully easy (or cheap) to fix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saulamandetra Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Think you'll have to strip and clean the fuel injector systems to get rid of the slight misfire (jumping around) :( Saul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barricades Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 Think you'll have to strip and clean the fuel injector systems to get rid of the slight misfire (jumping around) :( Saul Are you telling me this is a big job? IE I'm going to have to get a mechanic and he's going to tell me £££? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saulamandetra Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Are you telling me this is a big job? IE I'm going to have to get a mechanic and he's going to tell me £££? Hopefully not if you google it and got Haynes manual could do it yourself, might not even be this just heard of it happening to others this way :( Saul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewblueboy Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 id change the fuel filter could be well clogged up easy job and cheap to buy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J87 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 still sound like a miss fire, when were the spark plugs changed. I presume the jumpiness is worse under load if so its more than likely a misfire. I would hope the fuel filter catchers the crap before it enters the engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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