Well, not quite, but close enough.
Hello guys. I have some bad news - my car is broken. I was wondering if you'd be able to help me diagnose it, so I'd at least have an idea about what to talk with the garage about
Basically, over the past week or so, I kept getting little wierd things happening to my car, but I kept thinking. "nah, must be imagining it" - my engine was louder, it struggled up hills, and fuel consumption seemed to have gone up.
Today on the way to Asda, my car made very little power, even when I floored it in the power band at above 3,o00rpm, it juddered, rattled, chugged, didn't want to go up hills at all, was very shaky, and now I'm fairly sure what I suspected about fuel consumption was true as well. Not only that, but at idle the engine is very shaky. Another thing is that my car recently started making a hissing noise from the engine bay/front suspension area as the front wheels went over speed bumps - could this be to do with engine mounts? If so, is it a cause or effect?
I spoke to my dad over the phone - obviously, not being able to diagnose it over the phone, he suggested it was either -
Head Gasket (worst case scenario)
Spark plugs / distributor cap (not firing on all cylinders)
Engine management system.
To add to that, in my little drive today, the engine management light keep flashing on and off.
There are no noticeable leaks coming from the car either.
It's a 1.2 12V.
Suggestions, guys? Please?
Hello guys. I have some bad news - my car is broken. I was wondering if you'd be able to help me diagnose it, so I'd at least have an idea about what to talk with the garage about
Basically, over the past week or so, I kept getting little wierd things happening to my car, but I kept thinking. "nah, must be imagining it" - my engine was louder, it struggled up hills, and fuel consumption seemed to have gone up.
Today on the way to Asda, my car made very little power, even when I floored it in the power band at above 3,o00rpm, it juddered, rattled, chugged, didn't want to go up hills at all, was very shaky, and now I'm fairly sure what I suspected about fuel consumption was true as well. Not only that, but at idle the engine is very shaky. Another thing is that my car recently started making a hissing noise from the engine bay/front suspension area as the front wheels went over speed bumps - could this be to do with engine mounts? If so, is it a cause or effect?
I spoke to my dad over the phone - obviously, not being able to diagnose it over the phone, he suggested it was either -
Head Gasket (worst case scenario)
Spark plugs / distributor cap (not firing on all cylinders)
Engine management system.
To add to that, in my little drive today, the engine management light keep flashing on and off.
There are no noticeable leaks coming from the car either.
It's a 1.2 12V.
Suggestions, guys? Please?