Help Needed

[Sabby]

hey
i really need to find something out.
in my car when im driving, as i stop at the lights or wherever, if im on a hill and i accelerate, the car chuggs and on pickup it feels like the petrol tank os empty, even tho its half full. ( or as it ses)
all i need to know is
is it my fuel line?
my petrol reading rong?
or my gears?
its an auto by the way
any ANY help will be very appreciated
please guys
thanks

[stmcomms]

do you have any smoke from the rear when driving up the hill?

[Sabby]

nah no smoke at all.
my car has never blown smoke, its been reconditioned bout 1 year ago
doesn blow smoke on start up, or anywhere

[stmcomms]

Im thinking it might be a relay problem, try turning on your lights or air con when it does it next and see if you get a differant response from the engine. If the engine changes idol speed I would be having the relays checked/replaced. Also check the thermostat. Cars can do funny stuff when water is not getting through correctly. Im no expert, but at a guess those would be the things I would check first. just a process of getting to the problem, good that it does not smoke when going up a hill, its indicating that the engine is ok.

[andyman]

could a fuel filter play a part in this

[Sabby]

yer i was thinking it might be the fuel filter, so im gonna change it tomorow and see how it goes.

[VL Berlina 5speed]

well seen its a vl it sounds like a common problem, does your car missfire going up hills or at idle or any other time?

as the CAS (crank angle sensor) in vls are renowned for going and cauing types of problems i have discribed, it would be a best bet to have a look in your dissy cap for any signs of orange dust or mosture cauing inproper spark,
orange dust is signs of CAS bearings are stuffed and cauing the dust to spread on the CAS disc making it fire and missfire iregularry

if it gets worse in time to come, i would strongerly recomend checking all your ignition system, plugs, leads or cables connected to the dissy system and also check all you sensor which can cause this and poor fuel econemy,
the temp sensor and o2 sensor are the only real sensors that can cause a prob

hope it helps

[Sabby]

thanks mate.
thats some great info there.
are you some sort of mechanic? or is cars your hobby?

[VL Berlina 5speed]

nah no machanic, just done two years of panel beating and paint thougha school based traineeship but besides that nah passion, and preffer to do all my work my self,

hope it helps out this info anyway

just rember if your suspect to a problem dont be shy to ask in the vls section there are many helpfull people in there that know buckets load about vls and we are all not snoby and hecktic with are fully sik vls like are sterio types proceve

[Sabby]

cheers.
next time i wil post in vl section,
thanks for the tip.
PROBLEM SOLVED
my fuel tank reading was rong. i cud hear the pump making noises and when i filed up, it drove sweet.
but ill take into consideration those tips