Engine Running Lumpy

[daz131]

Hi All,

 

need some advice had the radiator hose and housing changed before hand i was loosing water from a huge split in the hose engine was fine..... took it to a garage and had it changed and the engine started out to be ever so slightly lumpy in the last couple of days it has got so bad the car is off the road there is a horrible whiff of petrol when starting up and it is so lumpy now that the car has an almost complete loss of power there is white smoke coming out of the exhaust along with a petrol smell when in neutral and revving to about 3k when driving there is no smoke but the petrol smell is still there......any help would be greatly appreciated...

[Smilge]

Hi All,

 

need some advice had the radiator hose and housing changed before hand i was loosing water from a huge split in the hose engine was fine..... took it to a garage and had it changed and the engine started out to be ever so slightly lumpy in the last couple of days it has got so bad the car is off the road there is a horrible whiff of petrol when starting up and it is so lumpy now that the car has an almost complete loss of power there is white smoke coming out of the exhaust along with a petrol smell when in neutral and revving to about 3k when driving there is no smoke but the petrol smell is still there......any help would be greatly appreciated...

 

mmmmmm .... my bottom sounds a bit lumpy at the moment .... no seriousl Daz ..... sounds like you got some water ingress somewhere and hasnt had a chance to dry out properly. Id definately start around the electrics / ignition near to where the leak was mate. There again, when the garage leak tested it did it leak and spray everywhere under pressure? Sounds to me you need to take it back and get them to sort it. Best of luck m8

[El Dingo]

*puts head above parapet*

 

A worst case scenario is that the engine overheated when the hose went and the head gasket has gone. Hence the lumpy running, white smoke and petrol smell. Is the car using water again?

 

Before we panic, though, it's worth checking out the electrics, like Bleeno said. Everthing must be nice and dry!

 

(That's the problem with diagnosis by internet...)

[dipsomaniac]

like has been said before i would be inclined to take it back to the garage and ask them to look at it FOC. failing that check that all of the leads and hoses were reconnected properly.

 

could be coilpack as that would have received a good soaking when hose blew. i had similar symptoms when my coilpack failed. the unburnt fuel was going into the CAT.

 

you need to check the basics first. you can test the coilpack on the car. if it has failed? gsf parts is the place to go

Edited February 15, 2007 by dipsomaniac