car keeps stalling

[emz]

Hi, im new to this site and thought id give it a go as i have a problem with my 306 its a 1998 1.4 meridian and recently it has started pulling on acceleration (only occasionally, not constantly) and if i am sat in traffic after 1 or 2 mins it just cuts out! It starts fine again but as im pulling away it starts pulling.

I put it in my local garage and they told me that they could not see what the problem was, however they replaced the crank sensor??? and cleaned leads to the battery, he took it for a test drive and he left it running for 30mins and it did not stall, so i thought the problem was solved! clearly its not! I do not really wan to put it back in the garage if i do not have to, does anyone have any ideas as to what it maybe??

Thanks
Emz.

[john_h]

hi and welcome to the forum...

as in pulling do you mean it has loads of torque and feels like it can pull a freight train? or its lagging and feels like somethings is pulling it from behind?

[emz]

Originally Posted by cck2k9

hi and welcome to the forum...

as in pulling do you mean it has loads of torque and feels like it can pull a freight train? or its lagging and feels like somethings is pulling it from behind?

Ermm not sure really, probably the latter one..its sort of like "jerks" when i acclerate it does it a couple of times then its fine..its the stalling thing that bothers me. (sorry can you tell im a female??) lol

[john_h]

haha no worries when was the last time the car has been serviced ie. air filter, fuel filter, oil and oil filter was replaced? oh btw what is it diesel or petrol engine?

[emz]

Originally Posted by cck2k9

haha no worries when was the last time the car has been serviced ie. air filter, fuel filter, oil and oil filter was replaced? oh btw what is it diesel or petrol engine?

No idea im afraid, i purchased it in may and im not sure when it was last serviced, i have not had it done.. I thought that would possibly be what it needs! its a petrol and its just done 120k miles

[john_h]

fair enough, your best bet is to get all the stuff changed such as all the filters and fluids. another thing to look at is the timing belt and aux belt (can be kinda expensive for those)

they are the cheapest. if it still has this problem after i would start looking at the clutch.

[emz]

Originally Posted by cck2k9

fair enough, your best bet is to get all the stuff changed such as all the filters and fluids. another thing to look at is the timing belt and aux belt (can be kinda expensive for those)

they are the cheapest. if it still has this problem after i would start looking at the clutch.

Ok many thanks for your help

[little_geoff]

hi emz,
you could try a shot of fuel additive/cleaner. Very cheap option, and won't do any harm. If it has got very low on fuel. It could have picked up some rubbish from the tank. But as cckn says. its worth changing all your filters and fluids.