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[Sam]

I’m new to this site, hi there all. N e ways I have a festa xr2i 1.6 CVH and it just loves to 'jerk' when shes cold. I do give it loads of TLC but it insists on jerking off in the mornings!

I chatted wid some guy at my local ford garage and he said all the usually blah blah 'o well thats a common problem blah blah' but he did mention sommin about an engine upgrade? that is supposed to fix this. its like £750 squid or sommin and its supposed to stop it from cutting out like it does sometimes at the lights n stuff.

First of all I would like to know if n e of u know what im going on about in regards to this upgrade thing. Is it worth the cash? Or is it better to buy some bits i.e. K&N induction kit and stuff and do it yourself and would this fix the problem?

One of the main reasons I brought this car is [ERRR] it was totally standard and had only done 40k miles so I thinks I shouldn’t get n e problems like this, but cars will be cars.

Thanks alot or your input.

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Sam on 2002-02-05 00:15 ]</font>

[Saint]

Mine is a bit jerky when cold and the gears feel really "stiff" until its warmed up. Also it cuts out sometimes when stopping, the revs drop to about 450/500 then it either cuts out or goes to around 850/900, so I would like to know what everyone thinks about this too.

[chumkila]

warm the car up b4 u drive off.

[Saint]

Still cuts out sometimes though when warm. Doesn't cut out when cold [ERRR] of auto choke.

[AdrianFRST]

so its fine when cold, fine when up to temp, but cuts out at in between temp? If so then you said it already. auto choke broke

[Fezzy Turbo]

If the xr2i is the same as the FRST.....try the idle control valve, take it off and give it a clean out with some carb cleaner. It can get filled with cr@p and sticks.

This should help.

cheers

[Sam]

chers... i am gonna try that im fitting a K&N induction kit to ma motor so i plan to hav a crack at cleaning the IRV (as its called in my XR2i) at the same time and see if that works .

I havent replyed to this very fast because i forgot where i posted it , man im such a forum newbie.

[Sam]

o just somthing else i would like to add. If u think your motor is going to cut out commin towards a junction when going down hill make sure your rdy wid the h/b or keep the engine reving while u break [ERRR] as soon as the enigine cuts out the breaks dont do jack!

As i found out... scared the chite outta me

(dam typos)

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Sam on 2002-02-08 20:45 ]</font>