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Thanks for that advice. I'm taking the car to my local small garage next week so I'll ask him to take the front pipe/cat off and have a look for that metal thingy! Doesn't half make a bloody noise though. Sounds like Steptoe and Son are driving up the road

What was your speedo problem then? I have mine drop to zero now and then...

I have a bloody awful 'rattle' around the back of the engine (2.litre petrol EW). It sounds like its from this area but not totally certain as the sound travels so much. Could it be a broken up cat? The rattle sounds like you have a stone rattling around on a tin plate under there somewhere. On acce...

Well I changed the lambda sensor and things now work well again! Thanks to everyone for the great advice. Much appreciated.

Well took the stepper motor off and cleaned it etc but no change! Back to the drawing board. Someone said that a buggered lambda sensor can cause these probs?????

Thanks for that. However, how do I reset the ECU? Is it simply disconnecting the battery for a few hours or something more exotic?

How do you reset the engine if it *may be* stuck in limp mode and hasn't been reset? Mine is a 2 litre petrol EW engine 1999 V reg.

Sorry to sound a total idiot here but does my engine have a mass air flow meter or is this specific to diesel? Its a 2.0litre PETROL EW engine (V Reg 1999). I have sluggish acceleration. Now this may sound totally mental but I have a speedo problem too and everytime the speedo drops to zero as I'm t...

Thanks for dropping the stickers off dai. very much appreciated. You would have been most welcome to call in. Sorry not thanked you sooner but only just got internet connection as my router recently blew up! Cheers mate

Paul

Thanks for the advice. I will have a go at this over the weekend. Thing is, my 2.0 petrol engine is an EW engine not XU. Is the stepper motor roughly in the same place? I'll have a search! Cheers guys

My 2.0 petrol (1999) V reg. It idles around 600-650rpm and is lumpy. Acceleration is poor. If I am in 2nd or 3rd and floor the throttle it is sluggish but never misfires. Also, when I am driving along and take my foot off the throttle I feel a very slight jerky movement - very slight. I have had the...