Engine spluttering and running rich

[HarleyV123]

Hi.

my Clio 182 is coughing and running quite rough at lower RPM. The emission warning light is flashing when I start the car but then goes away after a while. I can smell quite a strong smell of fuel from the exhaust and the car seems to be hunting on idle.

Does anybody have any ideas on what the issue could be?

 

[dentillozie]

Maybe a injector stuck open? Have you check your injectors?

 

[JamesBryan]

One or more of the fuel injectors are shagged.

100%

 

[Darryl_1983]

Had this a couple of times (most recently a couple weeks ago) and was a single injector as noted above.

Think Renparts sell genuine injectors for about £33 each. They were on amazon recently for £27 but keep fluctuating in price. Anything cheaper than that is unlikely genuine and may cause issues.

AutoDocs is usually about the cheapest, but it can be a week for delivery

 

[HarleyV123]

Thank you guys! I’ll have a look and see if new injectors can fix it


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[Darren S]

Yep - another nod here to the issue probably being down to the injectors. Quite impressed at how long my OEM ones lasted, tbh.