I was going up a hill, quite a long drawn hill, all was well until I put my foot down and it wouldnt speed up, i changed down to second and it still wouldnt go any faster, the rev counter slowly dropped and i just managed to pull in at the top before it juddered to a halt and wouldnt start. The starter motor was going but it didnt fire. I am told it may be the fuel injector and not the fuel pump. Anybody had similir problems?
2006-10-26 07:10:23 · 11 answers · asked by ricerfuel 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I had over half a tank full
2006-10-26 07:15:47 · update #1
Manual petrol 1.4 renault clio 1994
2006-10-26 09:47:10 · update #2
A fuel pump o fuel injector system would have given you an idea in the past that something was wrong. You'd probably have experienced significant blackspots when driving coupled with an increase in fuel consumption. If you haven't had any of these problams and are sure of it then these 2 can be eliminated. Injectors don't just give up and the fuel pump would have just stopped pumping fuel.
If you could smell fuel then you have a leak that is stopping the fuel even reaching the engine in any quantity.
You may well find a problem with fuel delivery, so it could also be the fuel filter. If all this checks out then you need to look at the air supply.
Regrettably I have known of 2 renaults that did similar things to this, although admittedly they were a 25 V6 and a 19 1.4, but they both had suffered small-end distortions, that resulted in them being scrapped.
Hopefully this won't be the case for yours, but the best way to find out is to connect it to another car via jump leads (a big engine car with heavy duty battery and requirement for it) and try very hard to start it. If it will not no matter what your probably ok and just have a fuel or air supply fault.
2006-10-26 12:03:16 · answer #1 · answered by Bealzebub 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What kind of car is it? If it's German they tend to have air hoses close to the side and top of the engine that you can (quite) easily knock off. This would probably be enough to kill the engine if you were stressing it at the time. Either that or it's fuel related - if you were low on fuel and driving up a long hill then it's possible you just ran out or maybe your fuel injector is a bit tired.
You can buy a Haynes manual for your make, model and year of car on line - type Haynes into google and it'll probably sort you right out. They outline loads of different problems and their solutions - as well as showing you how to take your car apart and put it back together again - if that's your thing...
These are just the problems we old car owners have to deal with!
2006-10-26 07:20:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
could be the fuel pump or the fuel injection system (including the Computer bits) or may be that the fuel filters are blocked, which tends to happen if you run the car with the minimum amount of petrol in the tank and all the crap in the bottom of the tank gets pulled through the system. try putting some 'Reddex' (or similar)in the tank when you fill up as this can shift some of the dirt in the system
2006-10-26 07:30:15 · answer #3 · answered by dave a 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be that, or how much fuel you had? It might also have been sucking air into the fuel system. If it does this on a regular basis then it probably is taking in air - have a look at the fuel filter - does it have bubbles in it? If this is the case then you will find that it will not start for the first few tries then eventually it will start again ok.
2006-10-26 07:15:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a possibility you have snapped your timing belt ! Did you hear the valve`s rattle as you struggled to go up the hill ? if the belt has snapped then your looking at a very expensive repair bill ! To check if the belt has snapped take off the cap where you would put the oil , Get a friend to turn the key while you look into where the cap go`s ( don`t worry if it is a snapped belt the damage has already been done ) you should be able to see the cam turning when the key is turned , if there is no movement inside there , Snapped belt ! Major repair bill .
2006-10-26 09:03:36 · answer #5 · answered by charlotterobo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the motor vehicle starts large then its no longer the battery the motor vehicle basically makes use of the battery while the engine isn't working. So it looks like your alternator is undesirable. Its no longer the belt, the alternator is tied in with the main serpentine belt, so which you may produce different issues if that belt became loose. The AC is the only element on the E36 that has its very own belt.
2016-10-16 10:41:26 · answer #6 · answered by durrett 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, if you didn't run out of gas, and you have good fuel delivery, and the car had not overheated, then you broke your timing belt.
Pop out the timing belt/camshaft cover plug and have a friend crank the starter. If you do not see the camshaft pulley rotate, then your timing belt is broken. Put the plug back in and install a new timing belt.
2006-10-26 07:14:36 · answer #7 · answered by x 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like it could be one of many things from a faulty fuel pump or clogged filter to a totally knackered engine.
2006-10-26 07:19:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to put the make of car , Is it Petrol? Diesel? propane??? Automatic ? Manual? Old ?New? Filled with fuel ?
2006-10-26 07:31:20 · answer #9 · answered by psychodad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It probably is fuel related.
This may sound stupid, but how much gas did you have in the car. If you were rearing empty, that's could've been the problem as stupid as it sounds.
2006-10-26 07:12:39 · answer #10 · answered by computer_glitch_uhoh 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋