Loss of power + Backfire + Juddering Camper
Posted: 25 May 2015, 16:55
Hello all, just been from Manchester to Hay-on-wye, 300 mile round trip. After about 100 miles of the van driving fine it started to lose power and kind of pull back. Sometimes it would stall sometimes it would backfire and in general it smelt like it was running rich.
We called the once we were at our campsite and he couldn't replicate the problem. He said the vacuum hoses where fine as where the ht leads / sparks, also the fuel was flowing through the filter fine. He said all he could think of was the ignition coil but without seeing the problem it was hard to say. Anyway he said if it happens again check the coil, if it's hot it's probably the problem.
So we left and 4 miles down the road it began happening again. Checked the coil - warm, but not hot, seemed fine. after about 7 miles we decided to fuel up, fueled up, drove of and the problem has gone, we drove 130 miles problem free.
so my question is; has anyone ever filled up and had this problem? And if so is it just a random dodgy fuel? Or is it more likely to be a blocked carb or something?
Any other ideas would be great, things to check for etc. We have a 1.9 DG Petrol 1986 T25, I didn''t fill it with diesel previously or anything like that.
Thanks!
We called the once we were at our campsite and he couldn't replicate the problem. He said the vacuum hoses where fine as where the ht leads / sparks, also the fuel was flowing through the filter fine. He said all he could think of was the ignition coil but without seeing the problem it was hard to say. Anyway he said if it happens again check the coil, if it's hot it's probably the problem.
So we left and 4 miles down the road it began happening again. Checked the coil - warm, but not hot, seemed fine. after about 7 miles we decided to fuel up, fueled up, drove of and the problem has gone, we drove 130 miles problem free.
so my question is; has anyone ever filled up and had this problem? And if so is it just a random dodgy fuel? Or is it more likely to be a blocked carb or something?
Any other ideas would be great, things to check for etc. We have a 1.9 DG Petrol 1986 T25, I didn''t fill it with diesel previously or anything like that.
Thanks!