Baleno strange problem !

delhi2009 · 14th October 2008, 14:38

Going to take car tommorow to MASS and ask them to do as you guys suggested.I also noticed that the jerks are now uneven meaning, sometimes they are there and sometimes they are'nt. Could it point to that things are getting back to normal ? Just not sure so hitting out in all directions !

yasw_anth · 14th October 2008, 20:39

visited my mechanic today. and got the throttle body cleaned and the ecm resetted, had a test drive for about 5km . was better than before.
though i had got the throttle body cleaned there was lot of carbon deposits, the mechanic suspected of poor quality petrol and excess dirt from the knN filter. he adviced me to change to a stock filter!! hope this solves the problem for now.. thank you all

ron_9191 · 15th October 2008, 12:54

I think it can be the spark plugs, but not always. Clogged fuel injectors can also give you the same problem. I remember driving one of my relatives Astra 1.6 with an unclean injector, the car was misfiring and jerking at around 2000RPM. I guess cleaning the injectors would help you solve the issue mate.

delhi2009 · 16th October 2008, 00:24

Took car to MASS and they checked everything inside out and claim all is fine

Iam not sure what my options are at this point for there were no defects reported by their systems even !

delhi2009 · 28th October 2008, 11:48

Average for the past 1000 KM ever since this ordeal is 13.5 KM (City driving with 1/2 of the time AC ON) but jerks are still there . This makes me wonder...what could it be ?

filcord · 28th October 2008, 16:18

That's a good FE.
I still think it's water in your plug cables or somewhere along the ignition system. Cab you not reproduce it when the MASS are in the car?

delhi2009 · 1st November 2008, 09:08

MASS finally put 2 new coils alongwith the previously replaced cable and the problem is resolved ! They wanted to try out to detect which of the 2 was at fault but not taking any chances, i got both replaced. Lucas-TVS ones costed 1400 a piece. Thanks to all of you who responded on this thread to help ! cheers:

shrivz · 1st November 2008, 13:23

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Originally Posted by delhi2009

I've yesterday got the injectors cleaned, the 2 spark plug coils and the fuel filter changed but its all in vain. The car has gained superb pickup ever since these 3 things were done but i still have those jerks and they are more felt when the car has a cold start.

I thought you'd already changed your ignition coils! That was the first suspect..

14th October 2008, 14:38	#16
delhi2009 BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New Delhi Posts: 114 Thanked: 24 Times	Going to take car tommorow to MASS and ask them to do as you guys suggested.I also noticed that the jerks are now uneven meaning, sometimes they are there and sometimes they are'nt. Could it point to that things are getting back to normal ? Just not sure so hitting out in all directions !
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14th October 2008, 20:39	#17
yasw_anth BHPian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Chennai Posts: 102 Thanked: 0 Times View My Garage	get the throttle body cleaned visited my mechanic today. and got the throttle body cleaned and the ecm resetted, had a test drive for about 5km . was better than before. though i had got the throttle body cleaned there was lot of carbon deposits, the mechanic suspected of poor quality petrol and excess dirt from the knN filter. he adviced me to change to a stock filter!! hope this solves the problem for now.. thank you all
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15th October 2008, 12:54	#18
ron_9191 BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 390 Thanked: 302 Times	I think it can be the spark plugs, but not always. Clogged fuel injectors can also give you the same problem. I remember driving one of my relatives Astra 1.6 with an unclean injector, the car was misfiring and jerking at around 2000RPM. I guess cleaning the injectors would help you solve the issue mate.
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16th October 2008, 00:24	#19
delhi2009 BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New Delhi Posts: 114 Thanked: 24 Times	Took car to MASS and they checked everything inside out and claim all is fine Iam not sure what my options are at this point for there were no defects reported by their systems even !
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28th October 2008, 11:48	#20
delhi2009 BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New Delhi Posts: 114 Thanked: 24 Times	Average for the past 1000 KM ever since this ordeal is 13.5 KM (City driving with 1/2 of the time AC ON) but jerks are still there . This makes me wonder...what could it be ?
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28th October 2008, 16:18	#21
filcord BHPian Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: goa Posts: 997 Thanked: 68 Times	That's a good FE. I still think it's water in your plug cables or somewhere along the ignition system. Cab you not reproduce it when the MASS are in the car?
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1st November 2008, 09:08	#22
delhi2009 BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New Delhi Posts: 114 Thanked: 24 Times	solution finally ! MASS finally put 2 new coils alongwith the previously replaced cable and the problem is resolved ! They wanted to try out to detect which of the 2 was at fault but not taking any chances, i got both replaced. Lucas-TVS ones costed 1400 a piece. Thanks to all of you who responded on this thread to help ! cheers:
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