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    Hi All

    my 2003 Vectra 2.0dti has started what feels like misfiring when cold, no power, bunny hopping along the road, spanner lights comes on and off. Even when motorway driving there is just no power and you can feel the car judder along. Once its warmed up to operating temperature the car seems to run fine.

    Its getting real dangeous especially when driving up hill with the car cold. I keep thinking its just going to cut out but just keeps juddering along.

    Any ideas?

    cheers
    David

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    Water in the Fuel?

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    i ran the car on fumes before filling up so dont know if it could be some dirt stuck somewhere but when the car heats up it seems to run fine.

    could it be glow plug related?

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    First job get the codes read it stops a lot of guessing

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    Quote Originally Posted by circushead View Post
    i ran the car on fumes before filling up so dont know if it could be some dirt stuck somewhere but when the car heats up it seems to run fine.

    could it be glow plug related?
    No that would only affect starting I would imagine. Could always get a garage to test them though. Sounds like water in the fuel. I think there's a guide on here on how to drain water from the fuel filter. Give that a go and see what happens.

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    if it was water in the fuel filter would you not get the problem all the time. I was driving the car for 30 miuutes tonight before the car returned to normal.

    It was juddering all over the place and struggled to get above 30mph at points but after 30 mins it was driving with no juddering at all.

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    Injectors? Fuel pump?

    As said m8 best to get the codes read.

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