Renault Espace (1985 - 1997) - 93 V6 cutting out

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Sun 16 Dec 2007 20:34
93 V6 cutting out - winkie
1993 renault espace v6 ok when cold but then cuts out intermittently when driving, just dies and then pulls again but this is more noticeable when hot and going through the gears the car will just die and if you change from 5th to 4th and then back to 5th again will start to pull again also if you keep it in forth and just touch the throttle it pulls where if you try ro accelerate the power dies.

Also noticed if you turn the ignition off/on this sometimes let the car accelerate. The car runs fine for the first ten minutes when it runs on the choke

Any help would be grateful

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Edited by Pugugly {P} on 16/12/2007 at 20:36

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Sun 16 Dec 2007 21:54
93 V6 cutting out - Screwloose

When was the fuel filter last changed?
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Sun 16 Dec 2007 22:30
93 V6 cutting out - winkie
No idea only just bought the car but the strange thing is the gearbox thing if you engage second gear it cuts out but if you engage third straight away the car will continue to run ???

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Sun 16 Dec 2007 22:39
93 V6 cutting out - bell boy
a fuel line may be going kinky
not in the handbag sense obviously, so a bucket of cold water wont cure it.
check the lines as these are plastic front ended cars, i used to see loads that had burnt out under the bonnet and you might have found the reason why (ruptured pipe)
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