Matt W
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Registered: 12th Jan 05
Location: Bristol Drives: Corsa Sport 1.6
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rite this is wot happened........
Just been out to take my bro 2 his m8s and when i started it it sounded as if it wanted to die but it didnt. I gave it a little bit of gas in neutral and let it settle then it idled fine again....
The as i was driving i was in 3rd and then there was suddenly almost no power and it went really slow so i lifted my foot off the gas and applied the gas again and it went fine, it did this routine about 6 times or so in the 40 minutes i was out,
Then it went fine and didnt do it all the way home!
Im sorry for the essay but im only 17 and dont have a clue about engines at the moment, the car is a 1997 1.2 8v
Is this just a one off?
Thanks
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IlfordCorsa16V
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Registered: 2nd Aug 04
Location: Ilford, Greater London
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my car done that a couple of days ago when it was very cold.
i reckon the car was to cold or somthin?
i jus topped up some anti-freeze and that sorted it, never happened again
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Matt W
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Registered: 12th Jan 05
Location: Bristol Drives: Corsa Sport 1.6
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thanks but it wasnt especially cold, and its started fine on freezing days before now! 
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dan.payne
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Registered: 19th Dec 03
Location: Whittington, Derbyshire
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could be cold ye if ur runin an induction kit that could be ur problem
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BromleyBoy
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Registered: 5th Apr 03
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sounds like it was weak or didnt miss or anything did it-damp etc
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Will94
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Registered: 1st Nov 02
Location: Nr. Ipswich, Suffolk
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i reckon it could be damp, take of your distributor cap and get some wd-40 in there, then pop out the ign. leads where they go on yer spark plugs and spray some more in there. If that doesnt work then jus do new plugs/leads/distributor cap/rotor arm. More than likely a simple ignition fault!
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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im with will on this one, i had same symptoms when i had mine, rotor cap was knackered. Replacements are cheap at anywhere like halfords.
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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and there open today get a new dizzy cap, rotor arm and plug leads if they look old and cracked
if you can do it change the plugs aswell
then start looking to sensors, coolent temp, crankshaft angle sensor
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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And dont buy Bosch Super4's, my 1.2 hated them.
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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i had super 4's on my 1.4 hitorq
it seemed fine
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Well dont mate them to Halfords leads then 
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