Citroen Xsara Picasso engine not running right

Car: Citroen Xsara Picasso
Variant: 2.0 DCI
Model Year: 2003
Categories: Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss
Engine when idle then race's for a split second before going back to idle, sometimes tempoary loss of power then it will be ok again, there is no engine management lights currently showing.

Cheers for your help.
Posted: Jun 30, 2011 (13 years ago)
could be loads of different things
check fuel rail pressure when the fault occurs if it falls the lift pump mau be braking up.
check crank sensor signal doesnt dissappear temporaly.
check vaccume system for leaks
diagnosis will be much easier if you have a scanner with data list function,
Posted Jul 1, 2011 (13 years ago)
how do you check all of the above?
Posted Nov 27, 2011 (12 years ago)
i forgot to add i have the 1.6 petrol on a y reg, but its doing excactly the same.
Posted Nov 27, 2011 (12 years ago)

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