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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: stuthespread on 08 October 2009, 17:05:44

Title: car jerking
Post by: stuthespread on 08 October 2009, 17:05:44

2 days ago my car started jerking and jumping around.it only seems to be doing it when accelerating up through th gears,ticks over fine and cruises fine.seemed to be a lot worse driving in th rain yesterday,no mil and did paperclip test today with nothing out of the ordinary there,any ideas where i should start looking?ps its not doing it constantly,seems intermittent.

Title: Re: car jerking
Post by: geoff on 08 October 2009, 17:25:22

check for oil in plug wells pull one of the spark plug leads out to see if any oil in plug wells,could be cam cover gaskets,

Title: Re: car jerking
Post by: rustym95 on 08 October 2009, 23:17:02

or have you been using home made fuel, would say to the plugs or dis pack has a crack init, or even the spark plug leads.

Title: Re: car jerking
Post by: Gaffers on 09 October 2009, 07:40:31

It could be autobox?

Title: Re: car jerking
Post by: stuthespread on 13 October 2009, 08:32:35

started the car this morning,started fine,five minutes later the tickover started doing all sorts of things,now she's running as rough as a robbers dog,no oil in plug wells,is there any way of testing the dis pack or is it just trial and error?

Title: Re: car jerking
Post by: tigers_gonads on 13 October 2009, 09:19:09

i'd start with a plug and ht lead change first  :y

alot less hassle and cheeper  :y

if you go down the coil pack route, you might find that when you get the tinker out, the underside of it will be starting to rust !  if so then its knackerd  :'(