Rough When Cold

[photonbucket]

I have a 2000 clio 172 which is very rough and spluttery when cold. The rev counter jumps all over the place. When it warms up, it's not so bad but it still splutters every few seconds. Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[ant]

seems normal to me. try optimax?

 

[Boz]

Mine tends to run a little rough when cold, particularly in warm weather strangely.
I shouldn't worry if it clears after a few minutes.

 

[Gaz_]

think they all do it, mine splutters, misses the lot, sounds good though lol. Clears after a min or so

 

[benji&eka]

they all do it

 

[W5 CUP]

mines the same when the engine is cold and when the weather is very hot,even worse when using 95 ron

 

[photonbucket]

Cheers people. You have all made me feel a hell of a lot better about it! It' so frustrating though because I can't drive it yet. (No tax or insurance). Having never driven one of these properly; I bloody excited about it!

Anyone know how much a steering whell retrim would be?

 

[172 Dave]

run it on Optimax only,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[photonbucket]

Really? I'll give it a go. I can't believe that 97 would make that much difference but you all know more than I do about these cars.

Like I said; anyone know where/how much a steering wheel retrim can be done? It's a mkI not mkII as my ID states.

 

[172 Dave]

optimax is 98, my RS-1 pinks on anythin less

 

[photonbucket]

So whats best; Optimax, Ultimate......etc etc? I have all those close by. Just wondered which to try. I used to have a V6 Vectra and couldn't really tell much difference

 

[Josh@Renparts]

mine was really bad idling when starting from warm. Cleneaned my throttle body all better

 

[172 Dave]

Optimax all the way for me and mine loves it

 

[JamesB]

Cold start problem.. 16v

when i start the valver from cold it start fine but then dies straight away as soon as the revs come back down.. if i put a few revs on it really struggles to get up to about 3k and as soon as i let off it stalls again, this has only happened since i removed the vacumn pipe from the map sensor. when the car is warm the car idles perfect.

i have replaced the coolant temp sensor, lambda sensor which sorted my kangoring when warm, plugs, leads, dizzy cap and also cleaned ICV twice

any suggestions guys

james

 

[LegoHead]

MAP sensor is the problem, well it was with mine, gave a very rough ride.

 

[JamesB]

MAP sensor is the problem, well it was with mine, gave a very rough ride.

serioulsy?? its just weird that it has only started since i disconnected the plug and vacumn pipe.. did yours use to cut out completly and struggle to get up to around 3k.. also how comes it is ok when warm