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chris_harvey:
i was on my way back from derby to liverpool and that car started playing up . i had me foot on the gas doing about 60 - 65 and it started to feel like the power was coming on and off as if i was taking the pedal off and on but i wasn't it was like it was starved of diesel then coming back then going i geared down to try sort it out and it worked for a few miles then it happend agen i was gettin worried . i had over a quarter of a tank of diesel so it wasn't that then all over a sudden whilst doing 60 the car engine just died luckily ther was a lil pull in/small hard shoulder for me to stop in i stoped checked the water check 2 see anythink obvious under the bonnet to find nothing .
i set of agen got about a 3 or 4 miles onto the m6 and it started agen lacking power and pulling back if you get what i mean . i stoped at sandbatch services and sat ther for about 20 mins with engine off and checked around the throttle body and throttle cable everythink looked OK . decided to try and get home the 35 od miles bk to liverpool before i left the services i put another 10

howlinmadmartin:
not sure what others think but could be diesel starvation have you changed the fuel filter lately, if not maybe now is the time to do so. also have you checked the sediment filter at the rear of the car on the inside of the o/s chassis under the boot floor, these have a habit of being all full of crud. hope this helps. :lol:

Yoshi:
Yeah, as above, sounds like fuel getting low and the crap in the bottom of the tank circulating.

chris_harvey:
yer i regularly service the car . the fuel filter was changed about 2 months ago so i think that is still ok , i havent yet changed the sedimenter as only had the car about 8 months . as for the fuel getting low i dunno wether it could be that as ther was about 10-15

chris_harvey:
I've had a look at the sedimentor filter today what an awkward thing to get to ha! I can't work out how to get it down do I loosen the nut on the top ? Or does it spin off like a fuel filter? Also is ther any symtoms for a lift pump on it's way out ??

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