Engine Stuttering.

[nickthe fish]

Dear all,

i have had a slight problem with the engine stuttering, its not a missfire its almost as the fuel is cut for a second and then normal service resumes.

The van starts perfectly every time and generlaly runs very smothly.

The engnine is a 1.9 petrol and the fault is very intermittant and may be me but seems to happen more often when going up hill, the problem doesnt seem to be as bad when I put higher octaine petrol in, I know this is probably just me as I know it wont make a darn bit of difference to performace etc, just wondered if perhaps it has more aditives that make it run better or perhaps its a blockage in the fuel pump or filter or a carb problem??

Any ideas?

[kevtherev]

you could tell us if you have serviced it
ie:-
cap
rotor arm
plugs
leads

try the transfer jet, make sure it squirts some fuel in the venturi when you press the accelerator

[rogandmomartin]

Hi Nick, I'm having the same problem with engine stutter on my T25 1.9 .Have changed all the usual suspects, plugs,leads,dis/cap,rotor arm. Spoke to local garage he says Pierburg carbs are prone to blockages so that's the next to be checked.

[karl40]

I posted the exact same thing last night, mine is a 1983 1.9 WBX as well and the problem is just a hiccup for a micro second. The van runs fine 99.9% of he time and i have just had a full service but the fault remains. The advice was posible water in the tank or dirty fuel filter.