got a call yesterday from the mrs saying the cars broken and that she had been towed home. she explained what happened and and it sounded like a fuel blockage. (she said it had trouble starting then after about 100 ft it wouldn't rev above 1k.)

got home last night armed with a new fuel filter and popped that on checked that it was getting fuel and that was all fine there is no blockage air wise have checked that over and even checked the dreaded cam belt but all seems fine.

last night it wouldn't even start but this morning it fired up and idled fine but then just wont rev over 1k still, just judders and then cuts out. took a video to see if any one has any ideas what the most likely cause?

Is the fuel pump relay dry and secured upright behind the ECU? I had exactly the same symptoms a couple of months ago. Lifted the relay, which had been dangling since I bought the car, and a faint buzzing stopped. Bit of duct tape and a cable tie and no issues since, it even fixed my recurrent poor idle that I had all but given up on fixing.

i will look into it although the cat was off just a month or so ago and as mine is bolt in bolt out i can see through it and it seemed in order then. a few things to check tomorrow afternoon now any way cheers for the advice. will report back Sunday

maybe coil pack related !

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denwar

ok ive been busy at work and not had the time to look into this further for the last week or so. last night i gave the battery a charge and removed and cleaned the stepper motor. put it all back together this evening and it fired straight up idled fine and revved freely for around 30 seconds then went back to the same as before. it idled fine but spluttered and wouldnt go above 1k when revved then once turned off it wont start again.
the fact that it was fine for a short while after disconnecting the battery suggests to me that it is a sensor so going to have to get out there and start checking at the weekend. which are the most likely suspects? already tried a different map sensor and fuel relay cleaned the stepper new fuel filter and disconnected the exhaust just want to know where to look next.

Throttle pot ok?

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