Have you cleaned the idle air mixture electrovalve? US J2s don't have them,
but MI16 does, and they can make the engine lope at idle.
Brian
At 12:52 PM 10/30/97 EST, Michael A Savage wrote:
>My '89 Mi16 does this at idle speed in first gear.
>Mike Savage
>
>On Thu, 30 Oct 1997 15:33:21 +0000 Tim Wears <twears@iee.org> writes:
>>
>>
>>I have a 405SRi (89) which refuses to run smoothly! It never idles at
>>a constant speed: it varies between 500rpm and 1000rpm. I would
>>describe it as incredibly "juddery". For instance, if I am crawling
>along in
>>slow moving traffic, say 15mph in 2nd gear, the car lurches forward
>>andthen pulls back (as if a learner was driving), and this is with
>>constant pressure on the accelerator.
>>
>>I have been told by the local main dealer (Ballamy's, Worthing,
>>Sussex, U.K.) that all 405's of this age are juddery, some more than
>others.
>>They also said that there is nothing that can be done. I don't
>>believe this. More likely it is beyond their level of competance! I
>>previously
>>>
>
>
Brian Holm, Peugeotholm
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