What a judder!

[Miacant]

Was on the motorway from London yesterday evening. It poured down and driving conditions was awful. Anyway, got stuck in a crawling traffic. Was moving slowly in 1st gear then all of a sudden car started juddering violently, 2 and 3 gears did not make any difference. :-[ It lasted for about 5 mins. When traffic started moving freely I floor it and since then it hasn't come on again. Thing is car don't stall during this kangaroo stance. And there was more than enough fuel in the tank.

This is the 2nd time I have experienced this bad juddering. Last time was in early feb 04. two days after the snow fall which cause chaos on the roads.

Any ideas the source of this problem?

[turbo]

probibly due to the weather!


water may have got at something, dissy cap ignition coil. or may be you have a bad earth. all worth looking over see if everythings ok!

[Veedubgt18v]

mine does it now and again, but i need a new clutch i have also remembered i got a dodgy earth on the engine must fix that.............

[free]

mine was a bit like that, turned out to be the pet filter.

[Miacant]

Saw my mechanic yesterday about juddering experience. He said it may be due to a damp patch in the engine.
I might see an auto electrician if it happens again.

Cheers pals.

[Blue MK2]

has the nock sensor got anything to do with it

[Miacant]

Not sure, Blue.
There is this suggestion that it could be an electrical problem.

[dub855]

I had a simlar problem along motorways with my mkII. After a while fuel pump started making funny noises. replace both pick up and main, haven't had problem since.....

[richandhazel]

Usually if its associated with damp conditions its a fair bet you have an HT ignition problem. Hairline crack in the dizzie cap, leads etc......first things to check

[Veedubgt18v]

somehting i have experience on both my cars is where the leads go into the holders for the bits that push on to the sparky sometimes they pull out by a mil or so and water can get in and corode the insides