Fiesta 1.4 cuts out

[BarbieT2]

My Ford Fiesta 1.4, 1999 V reg, sometimes cuts out after its been running for a few minutes first thing in the morning. It restarts easily but the fault is unearving, any ideas as to the cause ? The car had a new engine last year.

Barbara

[gammaray]

Does it do this every time or intermitently and while your driving (or pull up at traffic lights etc) or while the engine is just idling on your drive?

[BarbieT2]

It starts up OK generally but over the last few days has taken a bit of extra turn over for the engine to engage - I slowed down in a queue of traffic this a.m. when it stopped but managed to rev. the engine to get it to engage again - a 100 yds or so down the road, it stopped at a mini r'about - idling before I could turn right - it started again but felt a bit 'lumpy' for a while until it was warmed up - I was stationery only briefly at the r'about when it cut out the second time

[madein1978]

Could be the idle control valve needs cleaning

[gammaray]

It's probably the petrol air mixture through the carburettor (I'm assuming it is petrol not diesel) and/or a timing problem (this is noticable by the engine pinking or misfiring) Unless you are familiar with tweaking engines it's best to take it into a reputable garage. It's not too serious but will only get worse if left alone.

I suspect the cost will largely depend on whether yours has a manual system for fuel management or it 's part of an electronic management system.

[BarbieT2]

Thanks for your info all - don;t think it would be petrol/air as it's fuel injection - not pinking or missing -

Trouble free driving today, but I won't be fiddling with the engine myself, ( I know a little but not that much!!) - got it booked in on Monday for a computer test

Thx again