Hi All,
Wondering if anyone can help me with a problem I've been having recently with my 1.2 500 pop.
A few weeks ago I filled up with petrol from Tesco (I normally fill up in Asda) and as soon as I drove away I noticed my car felt very heavy and different to drive. I don't know if this has anything to do with the actual problem but I had no problems with my car prior to this.
A couple of days after this I went to drive to work as normal, the car started, however as soon as I put it into first gear and went to drive off the car lurched forward, cut out, and the oil light came on. Thinking I had possibly stalled it I tried again and the same thing happened. I checked my oil, and it was in between the indicators on the dipstick, but topped oil up anyway - the car was then fine.
Then about a week after, the exact same thing happened again. I checked the oil again, it was of course fine! I topped up oil again, the car drove again but now it is very noisy, feels very different to drive and getting past 60 feels very hard for my car. It's only a small engine but it could previously do 100 with ease! I also noticed that the petrol gauge was fluctuating, obviously it's digital so it shouldn't. My 'shift up/down' reminders weren't showing on the dash and neither was the information about what track was playing on the CD. Thinking I had an oil leak and electrical fault or something I took it to a mechanic who advised there was nothing he could find, my oil and electrics were fine (this is a family mechanic who I've used for years.)
I put in more petrol at Asda like normal in the hopes that I had had a bad batch of petrol from Tesco that was making my car drive worse the lower my petrol got. It seems to have helped with the engine sound a little but not much.
I'm worried that there is still a problem and driving my car is going to kill it! Is there anything I can do myself to check what's wrong? Or any suggestions as to what it sounds like it could be? I don't have a lot of money so taking it for a head to toe check is a bit out of my price range at the mo.
It's an 11 plate and has done 11,000 miles.
Thanks for any help!
Wondering if anyone can help me with a problem I've been having recently with my 1.2 500 pop.
A few weeks ago I filled up with petrol from Tesco (I normally fill up in Asda) and as soon as I drove away I noticed my car felt very heavy and different to drive. I don't know if this has anything to do with the actual problem but I had no problems with my car prior to this.
A couple of days after this I went to drive to work as normal, the car started, however as soon as I put it into first gear and went to drive off the car lurched forward, cut out, and the oil light came on. Thinking I had possibly stalled it I tried again and the same thing happened. I checked my oil, and it was in between the indicators on the dipstick, but topped oil up anyway - the car was then fine.
Then about a week after, the exact same thing happened again. I checked the oil again, it was of course fine! I topped up oil again, the car drove again but now it is very noisy, feels very different to drive and getting past 60 feels very hard for my car. It's only a small engine but it could previously do 100 with ease! I also noticed that the petrol gauge was fluctuating, obviously it's digital so it shouldn't. My 'shift up/down' reminders weren't showing on the dash and neither was the information about what track was playing on the CD. Thinking I had an oil leak and electrical fault or something I took it to a mechanic who advised there was nothing he could find, my oil and electrics were fine (this is a family mechanic who I've used for years.)
I put in more petrol at Asda like normal in the hopes that I had had a bad batch of petrol from Tesco that was making my car drive worse the lower my petrol got. It seems to have helped with the engine sound a little but not much.
I'm worried that there is still a problem and driving my car is going to kill it! Is there anything I can do myself to check what's wrong? Or any suggestions as to what it sounds like it could be? I don't have a lot of money so taking it for a head to toe check is a bit out of my price range at the mo.
It's an 11 plate and has done 11,000 miles.
Thanks for any help!