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Old 05-05-2011, 10:25 PM
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when driving along in every gear the car starts jerking realy bad,its been doin this for awhile now,ive changed gearbox,clutch,clutch cable,gearbox and engine mount,ignition leads,and its still doing it,there is a good spark from all four spark plugs,any ideas on what else this could be?
Old 05-05-2011, 10:29 PM
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forgot to say its mfi aswel,
Old 06-05-2011, 11:57 AM
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You getting fuel to all cylinders?
Timing set correctly on cam and distributor?
Spark leads in the correct order?
Old 06-05-2011, 01:49 PM
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yeah mate fuel to each cylinder,and good spark on all four,leads all correct,and timing top dead centre, its doing my head in now
Old 06-05-2011, 01:52 PM
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Have you changed the fuel filter lately,our tddi mondeo started doing this and was the fuel filter ,if it still does it after this ,check the fuel pump is not cutting out
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ok mate ill have to get one,cheers
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How old the fuel?
Spark plugs in good condition?

all worth checking.hope you find the problem.
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its all new mate,was running fine then taken it off road for winter,when put back on road it started happening,the jerkin is that bad it makes the gears pop out in 5th,so i tryed a new gearbox and still the same,the only other thing it dos is backfire a bit on boost,
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Originally Posted by RS CR41G
its all new mate,was running fine then taken it off road for winter,when put back on road it started happening,the jerkin is that bad it makes the gears pop out in 5th,so i tryed a new gearbox and still the same,the only other thing it dos is backfire a bit on boost,
what set up are you running mate if your ECU is standard and your runing over 0.8 ish boost then your ECU wont be giving enough fuel.
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the ecu is chipped mate,and only running 12psi,it was sound at one point then when got it out of storage got all the juddering problems,ive just found out that the throttle postion senser is no good but not sure if this will cause the jerking? and also theres a air leak sound coming from around the inlet manifold,could this cause poor running?
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Originally Posted by RS CR41G
the ecu is chipped mate,and only running 12psi,it was sound at one point then when got it out of storage got all the juddering problems,ive just found out that the throttle postion senser is no good but not sure if this will cause the jerking? and also theres a air leak sound coming from around the inlet manifold,could this cause poor running?
change the sensor if no good mate but definatly find where air leak is coming from it will deffinatly cause bad running best way to find where its coming from is get a tin of wd40 and spray around the inlet manifold if the engine picks up a little in a certan area theres your leak,hope this helps
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ok mate i will try the wd40 way, cheers
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ive just tightened the inlet manifold nuts up,and the air leak sound as got louder and taken car for short little drive and the jerking as got worse,so i imagine this is the problem! goin to get new gasket! hope this solves it
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Originally Posted by RS CR41G
ive just tightened the inlet manifold nuts up,and the air leak sound as got louder and taken car for short little drive and the jerking as got worse,so i imagine this is the problem! goin to get new gasket! hope this solves it
sounds like it to me mate,let me know how you get on though,fingers crossed.
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sound mate i will defo let you now how get on cheers for the help,nice one!
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try filling the tank lol
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get it booked in some where for a set up mate could be a number of thing making it do this boost/fuel/air leak maybe a few thing together making it do this, i have heard of a few rst that was runnig fine on mfi took them off the road over winter and when they came back out they was running like a bag of sh!t
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the tank is always full,its a turbo so as to be full!
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soon as sorted air leak out mate ill be gettin it set up! got a new throttle postion senser coming tomorrow,and putting new gasket on,cheers for the advice jamie.
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it sounds to me as if something has perished over the winter and caused the fueling to be knocked out or dirt has settled somewhere and blocked it
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mine also has a similer prob,wen sat at 30 mph it misses abit,but i also can here a air leak near the back of my inlet
would this be the problem??
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ive not ad time to put the new gasket on today so dont now if it is the gasket,i dont think the fuel system is blocked or got dirt in it because ive taken each injector out and each one is flowing fine,me mate sorted me a tps for free and got the new gasket for £4 so if is the problem,cheap and easy fix! lets hope so,
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