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Old Aug 23, 2010 | 07:01 AM
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Baron Von Nowt
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Default Puma engine problem

Hi allI'm new to this forum and need some advice. I have a puma 1.7 (Y) and its covered 130,000 miles. To be fair it owes me nothing and as i purchased a new car i kept it as the garage offered me next to nothing for it. I've used it everyday to go to and from work to keep the miles off the new car.Anyway a while ago it developed a problem and i could do with any help to see if it is a cheap fix or a phone call to Motorhog to scrap etc...The problem:The car cannot accelerate under heavy acceleration at low revs. If you try to do this the engine makes a continuous and rapid noise (spluttering would be the wrong word but difficult to describe) until the engine management light comes on. Sometime light stays on sometimes it flashes and goes off.Setting off on an incline seems to exaggerate the problem.However, under gentle acceleration there is little problem and once on the motorway and generally at high revs again there is little to notice.I did take it to a garage for an MOT when the engine management light was on and it read a fault to the Cat Bank 2. The mechanic cleared the Cat but the problem persisted.As the car doesn't really warrant a full overhaul to diagnose the problem i was wondering if anyone knew what this problem was and an estimate of the cost to fix... I was hoping it might just be dirty injectors but i know nothing about engines.Cheers
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