Engine "hunting" or lurching
06-21-2010, 05:02 PM
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Engine "hunting" or lurching
Am not a techie - just need to decide whether it's worth trying to get car fixed or to bin it.
9-5 Auto 2.3 1999 - When idling in neutral, no problems, but when I put it into D or R and release brake, (without pressing the accelerator) engine starts to "hunt", so vehicle proceeds in a series of progressively more violent lurches until it sudenly cuts out. On stopping, say at traffic lights, I have to immediately put it into N, when it will tickover calmly. Any ideas? Is it transmission or electronic? Will I have to remortgage to repair it - present value c. £900 only.
9-5 Auto 2.3 1999 - When idling in neutral, no problems, but when I put it into D or R and release brake, (without pressing the accelerator) engine starts to "hunt", so vehicle proceeds in a series of progressively more violent lurches until it sudenly cuts out. On stopping, say at traffic lights, I have to immediately put it into N, when it will tickover calmly. Any ideas? Is it transmission or electronic? Will I have to remortgage to repair it - present value c. £900 only.
