ryan lupo sport Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 got the lupo yesterday and all was fine!but today she has played up a bit, we have done 50 miles today and the car has cut out 5 times.seems to be when breaking its cuts out some times!anyone got any ideas?thanks ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Giant Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 you havent been using the clutch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan lupo sport Posted March 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 thanks for the help but i dont think thats the problem lol.also what sort of miles do you get to a full tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Giant Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 haha, ah well worth a try! well i get around 300 ish! could do better but living in london isnt too petrol friendly so it needs a good motorway run every now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan lupo sport Posted March 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 cool that sound good! cost you about £30 to fill up? or less? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerz Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 £27-£29 to fil her, 300 miles and your doing well, I only got about 240 out of mine max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoopyLing Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Does it cut out when you dip the clutch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan lupo sport Posted March 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Does it cut out when you dip the clutch?yea mate i think so! that or when i hit the breaks.i did a 120mile trip yest and it only cut out ywo times! but it still needs sorting!any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LupoEnvy Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 A few possibilities:1) If the engine is cutting out as it returns to idle (e.g. when clutch is down or when braking), the idling revs/speed might need adjusting? Assuming its cable controlled, you'll need to adjust the cable so it holds the engine at idle under higher revs. Take off the air filter stuff to get to the cable adjuster - where the cable is connected to the throttle body. Then get someone to push the accelerator pedal fully down and adjust the cable connector so its tight at full throttle. Might help (never done this, but I think the VW service CD says to do this from what I remember).2) Does it cut out when you have only (say) an eighth of a tank of petrol left? Mine has cut out on the odd occasion under braking/dipped clutch - this only seems ot happen when I've got very little fuel in the tank - so it could be the fuel filter needing replacement as it might be clogged and when running at lowest revs, with the poorest petrol quality (gunk builds up in the bottom of petrol tanks after a while), its not running efficiently enough to keep it going?3) Or p'raps it just needs a service - plugs/leads/air filter clean etc - might not be running at full efficiency so conks out when at its lowest revs?Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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