206 Engine Cutting Out/Stalling

[deathrider78]

My car has started doing a weird thing, it only started about 3 days ago.

When cold and you first start driving it seems a little jerky, but when you get on a 60mph and put your foot down you can feel the car jerking and then it suddenly stalls itself.

I think this is the best way to describe it, there's like a thud from the engine the same as when you stall and the engine stops, but when you pull over and start the car back up it goes fine.

It's done this twice in the exact same place, I drive from the house through 30mph zones then get on the 60mph road and it goes.

It happened once a couple of days ago for the first time when I was slowly reversing, seemed a bit weird because I was sure I didn't stall it.

Anyone have any ideas?

[deathrider78]

Same thing again today, car like a kangaroo just before it died and I don't know if it's related but the interior light was flashing on and off while in the "come on when door open position" and all of the doors were closed properly.

[deathrider78]

Definitely getting worse now, car just made it out of the street jerking all the way until cutting out, car would start fine but then as soon as you drove off you could feel it jerking and as soon as you put your foot down it dies.

Finally got it warmed up and the car running fine.

Could it be some cold sensor type thing? My mother had a Polo that wouldn't start off the key when cold but after it had been running it was fine, this was a cold start sensor, could my car have something similar?

[deathrider78]

When i got the car started, but still running lumpy, I checked at the exhaust and got the missus to rev it and out came what I thought was oil, but tried it after it'd been running properly and nothing.

I have no engine management light or anything.

Could it be the turbo on the way out or do they just go all of a sudden?

[fasham01]

my 207 is in garage today to have fuel injectors re-programmed because of jerking/lack of power issue

[deathrider78]

Was it all the time? Mine is only doing it when cold.

[deathrider78]

I've been looking around the forum now and nobody seems to have the same problem as me.

Car starts fine but runs lumpy until warm, cuts out when you put your foot down, drives fine when warmed up.

I see people saying about the MAF and EGR valve but would these make a difference being cold? I'm wondering could glow plugs cause this?

Any help is much appreciated.

[deathrider78]

Not much help on this forum I think.

[fasham01]

not exclusively when cold but much much worse