Hi There.
We have a 04 plate Panda 1.3 multi jet in the Family which we have had from about 1 year old. For certainly as long as we can remember it has always given a certain amount of problems when the weather is cold but recently has gone worse or even failed to start.
The historical problem has been when you first start up the engine it sounds rough and if you put on revs it coughs and spluts and wont go above a certain RPM, give it a couple of minutes idling or a few pumps on the accelerator and it seems to break through the RPM limit and all is well. In extreme occurrences if you try to increase the revs the engine would just die and need a restart. The car has been regularly serviced through out its life.
I personally have a 55 plate Doblo van which I believe has the same or very similar engine, funnily enough I have the exact same issue but to a much lesser extent, where by It sounds rough and has the RPM limit but it is much easier to break through the limit and get back to normal driving, I have just put the whole experience down to a fault with something like an air inlet sensor or sticky flap. I park regularly on a hill and if you try to reverse out of the space there just isn't any power there.
The panda of late has started to refuse to start intermittently and when it does, it sounds really rough with some black smoke until you break the RPM barrier. It's not as you'd expect though as it started first time the other day with the normal RPM limit issue) when it was -6 but for the past 2 days when it has been well above freezing it has refused to start, it's not even trying. I've checked the air filter and it's nice and clean and dry.
Any assistance or pointers would be appreciated, I've asked a number of mechanics but non even knew where to start. I assume it must be a pretty common issue as we have it with both vehicles but I can't find any definitive answers.
Cheers
We have a 04 plate Panda 1.3 multi jet in the Family which we have had from about 1 year old. For certainly as long as we can remember it has always given a certain amount of problems when the weather is cold but recently has gone worse or even failed to start.
The historical problem has been when you first start up the engine it sounds rough and if you put on revs it coughs and spluts and wont go above a certain RPM, give it a couple of minutes idling or a few pumps on the accelerator and it seems to break through the RPM limit and all is well. In extreme occurrences if you try to increase the revs the engine would just die and need a restart. The car has been regularly serviced through out its life.
I personally have a 55 plate Doblo van which I believe has the same or very similar engine, funnily enough I have the exact same issue but to a much lesser extent, where by It sounds rough and has the RPM limit but it is much easier to break through the limit and get back to normal driving, I have just put the whole experience down to a fault with something like an air inlet sensor or sticky flap. I park regularly on a hill and if you try to reverse out of the space there just isn't any power there.
The panda of late has started to refuse to start intermittently and when it does, it sounds really rough with some black smoke until you break the RPM barrier. It's not as you'd expect though as it started first time the other day with the normal RPM limit issue) when it was -6 but for the past 2 days when it has been well above freezing it has refused to start, it's not even trying. I've checked the air filter and it's nice and clean and dry.
Any assistance or pointers would be appreciated, I've asked a number of mechanics but non even knew where to start. I assume it must be a pretty common issue as we have it with both vehicles but I can't find any definitive answers.
Cheers