Hey guys, had a few worrying but also confusing symptoms recently. Main one is cold starting, at idle it runs fine but as soon as the engine's under load it splutters as if starved of fuel until the engine's warm, most noticeably when going round corners bizarrely. At first i thought head gasket but there's no steam at startup, no mayo in the oil/coolant, no loss of coolant or visible leaks.

Any suggestions? Thinking maybe lambda or another sensor, and i know i have TPS issues at the minute from the off-throttle "jerking"

Going to get it compression tested at the weekend but tbh with no other symptoms than cold starting weirdness i don't think it's that personally... Least i hope not...

**EDIT** as a side note it seems to be since i changed the plugs (Bosch ones) and advanced the timing. Didn't do it straight away, only after 4 or 5 weeks, so points to a wear and tear component maybe, like duff plugs?

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Bye bye Sundance Kid

temp sensor had same prob with mine m8 its the bottom green one on the thermostat.....

maybe but they do pop flames when de-catd mate

Does it all the time mate, tank's brimmed.

I say all the time, i mean when it's cold

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Bye bye Sundance Kid

Agree, try temp sensor first, think it's about £17 so fairly cheap....

If no joy, go for the lambda.

Stan.

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