Engine dies when pulling away

2008 Citroen C4
Car: Citroen C4
Year: 2008
Categories: Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss
Hi, I own a 2008 Citroen C4 Grand Picasso 1.8VTR+ It has 18000 miles on the clock.
The engine starts without any problem, ticks over smoothly when above 2000rpm pulls ok. The problem I have is when the engine is when pulling away, particularly from cold, the engine looses power, it feels like it is firing on 2 or 3 cylinders, I have to depress the clutch then ease the revs up to pull away, once it is up to speed it runs fine. I occassionaly get the service light come on with a handbrake fail warning followed by a depollution sensor fault, when I turn the engine off and restart it the faults dissappear. My local independent garage has looked at it, the only fault code they could find was a missfire at high revs, they changed the plugs which were mucky but other than that they could not find anything wrong. Any advice would be welcome. Thanks
Problem added: Jul 18, 2012 (11 years ago)
This can sometimes happen when your cat is clogged , run your engine at high revs for a few miles in a low gear , this will blow it clear . Hope this solves your problem .
Answered Jul 21, 2012 (11 years ago)
Hutcho

Thanks for the advice, I will give it a go tomorrow.

Cheers Bernie
Answered Jul 22, 2012 (11 years ago)
Hi I've got the same problem with my 1.6 petrol VTR+ and garage hasn't been able to find the problem. Did the high revs running work? Cheers
Answered Oct 3, 2012 (11 years ago)

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