Technical Typical – juddering start

[vincenze]

Blooming typical. Second I sing her praises I get a problem. After a cold night she started juddering and the revs were really uneven flipping between 500 and the standard 1000 idle.

Dabbing the accelerator made no difference, it just sounded like a lawnmower. After 2 or 3 minutes it leveled out and idled normally.

Does anyone know what it might be? I haven't started since.

 

[joipalli]

petrol or diesel ?

 

[vincenze]

Joi, It's an ELX 115 JTD 1.9. I am about to crank her up (v frosty outside)

 

[dwbr22387]

hi guys,
It may be the diesel 'preheat' not coming in soon enough or hot enough, did you wait for the 'coil' light to go out?
could be fuel not getting to/not atamising properly at injectors.
regards
don

 

[vincenze]

dwbr, interesting you should say that. The pre heater coil light comes on quite late and flashes for a long time. I think I need one or two of them replacing. I also just got an alternator failure message followed by go to a garage.