Evening guys

Has anyone else with the 2.0i 8v noticed that it can kind of judder a bit sometimes when crawling slowly forward in traffic, in 1st or 2nd, or is it just me?

It doesn't lurch violently like with a misfire or hesitation etc, just there can be a slight bit of 'jerking', and the drive just isn't very smooth in either of those two gears at certain low (crawling in traffic) speeds. It has done this since I first got the car, and initially I just thought it was my driving, that I was used to the higher torque of the diesel etc. But lately the problem seems to have gotten slightly worse in this recent cold snap, and I now sometimes get the juddering when accelerating out of 1st or second, as opposed to crawling along.

Perhaps its just a characteristic of this engine, I'm not sure, but I'm thinking something might be slightly amiss with plugs, HT leads or similar. Has anyone else experienced similar, or am I the odd one out... or maybe they all do it.. I'm not sure, but would be very interested in hearing everyone else's thoughts on the matter

Cheers

Ciarán

Hi Ciaran,

I always found my two normally aspirated 2.0s smooth down to a real crawl - below the normal tickover speed and they would then accelerate away, slowly but smoothly.

I suggest you monitor this as it may be the first sign of a weakening ignition amplifier module. Again I eventually had this on both cars and it can show itself as a loss of power and/or a comlete cut. Fortunately it's easy to get at and not too expensive.

Derek

Thanks Derek.

Thats an interesting point, thinking back to my first 2.0i, it never had this issue, but I did once investigate the ignition module because it had a problem with stalling.
Are they a universal item, or would they be specific to the different ignition systems these engines come with?

Cheers

Ciarán