Daughter driving back to uni...Renault Clio 1.2 at 70mph judders ! Sounds like fuel. She’s brought car back home. I’ve tested running at 4-5000 rpm

[dadstudentdaugter]

As title. I’ve run at high revs but nothing. Sounding like a bad fuel fill or filter ..please
Any comments welcome

 

[leeds_182]

All other things aside. That’s a catchy title - you should write newspaper headlines for a living.

 

[JamesBryan]

Check spark, check fuel.

If you haven't got one of those, there's your problem.

I'm going with a fuel injector.

 

[Krarl]

Did she put that new Kangaroo Petrol in?

In all seriousness a quick check of the fuel injectors, HT leads and plugs may show a fault. If all seem okay have a look at the breather as they sometimes get clogged on the 1.2's

 

[dadstudentdaugter]

Did she put that new Kangaroo Petrol in?

In all seriousness a quick check of the fuel injectors, HT leads and plugs may show a fault. If all seem okay have a look at the breather as they sometimes get clogged on the 1.2's

Thanks, where’s the breather ! Presume filler cap ?

 

[dadstudentdaugter]

All other things aside. That’s a catchy title - you should write newspaper headlines for a living.

Yeah, typical dad...mouth faster than hands

 

[dadstudentdaugter]

Check spark, check fuel.

If you haven't got one of those, there's your problem.

I'm going with a fuel injector.

If fuel injector surely be constant...I’ve run at 45/50 up high gradient without even a rummer
Fault seems intermittent

 

[Krarl]

Thanks, where’s the breather ! Presume filler cap ?

No mate, engine oil/crankcase breather

Take the airbox off and see if there's a lake of oil in the inlet lol. If there is then that's your issue, just needs the pipe, inlet and throttle body cleaning out and running

 

[STEVE.M]

I`m going to take a wild guess, and say it`s a 16 valve D4F?

 

[David Ramsey]

What about the balancing on the wheels? Does it go away if you dip the clutch?

 

[botfch]

As above,
If it runs fine at high revs it’s not the engine at fault.