HI chaps,
I have a quick question, I hope the answer is simple as well !
Basically, I sorned the car a month ago so I can work on it for the MOT and then MOT it, tas it and insure it all at the same time.
Basically, every now and then I take it for a spin to keep it alive and it jerks off quite a lot if I don't keep the revs high, and then when idle it cuts off. This dissapear when the engine is warm, and I have been advised that the reason is a nackered dizzy cap/rotor arm.
Oh yeah almost forgot: there IS the usual misfire
so what is the cause of my car driving like a bag of sha*t, the dizzy cap or the fact that its not been driven as usual ??
Any ideas ??
Jose
Jerking, hesitating, cutting off
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Still doing it... 
Anyone got any explanation to this ??
Jose
Anyone got any explanation to this ??Jose
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If it has been standing dry out the dizzy cap and try it, it could just be condensation in there
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What car is it again?
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its a 1987 320i
I bought a new dizzy cap and rotor arm, but the think is, theproblem dissapears when the engine is hot, so I doubt the new cap is going to sort out anything...
Jose
I bought a new dizzy cap and rotor arm, but the think is, theproblem dissapears when the engine is hot, so I doubt the new cap is going to sort out anything...
Jose