Rover 200 Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss Problems

Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss Problems and faults
Rough Idle

Car Idle is very rough, gets worse as the engine warms up. Seems to run fine when driving,though it feels sluggish and down on power. On occasion at slow speeds 1st and 2nd gear if I accelerate hard the car will jolt. Replaced the crank ...

1998 Rover 200 220 Turbo Diesel
Posted: Nov 21, 2013
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Engine Hunting/Misfire at Idle

At idle the engine seems to be hunting for the correct RPM and jumps up and down on the rev counter, this was a minor problem that occured sometimes and now its all the time sometimes the engine cuts out. It is ok when you hit the accelerat...

1998 Rover 200 220 Turbo Diesel
Posted: Oct 28, 2013
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Cold starting problem

My 1998 Rover 220 diesel has become very difficult to start from cold. It has been getting progressively worse and is now so bad the battery is running flat before it starts. I can eventually get it started with jump leads but it is almos...

1998 Rover 200 220 diesel
Posted: Feb 23, 2013
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Cold start

my rover 200 1.4si has cold start problem, keeps turning over trying to fire up but wont when it does start it runs a tiny bit lumpy, i have changed plugs, leads, distributor cap

1999 Rover 200 1.4 si
Posted: Feb 8, 2013
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Jerking/Coughing through the gears

I have a Rover 200 1.6 Manual 1999. Few months ago i noticed it was missing/jerking/coughing slightly through the gears (but wasn't too bad). So i put in new set of spark plugs. This didn't make any difference, and so couple of weeks later ...

1999 Rover 200 1.6 Manual
Posted: Jun 11, 2012
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Revs high even in neutral

my car revs high when i put my foot on the clutch and release , this even happens in neutral and also the car speeds up by itself without my foot on the accelerator

1999 Rover 200 1.6 manual
Posted: Nov 27, 2011
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Loss of power

lossing power when trying to adccelerate.rev but no power.av just ad back box fitted.ad prob with ecu wen first got car,fitted new temp sensor and every thin was ok.could it be need av rest of exhaust checked.oil and coolant colour fine.

1998 Rover 200 1.1
Posted: Sep 6, 2011
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Central locking not working

car will not lock nor open with flob. Can access car manually although when driving locks are continually clicking. Battery in flob is ok and cannot reset via the ignition.

1998 Rover 200 1.4
Posted: Apr 11, 2011
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Radiator water boilling, not circulating, overheating loosing water

on start up tempreture goes to normal then water in radiator starts to boil blew hole in hose, then blew holes in radiator. replaced radiator with a new one still overheats and looses water

1998 Rover 200 sli 1.6 auto
Posted: Jan 20, 2011
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Engine stalls please help

please help my car hasnt been drove for 6 months so i had to recharge battery when i did turn it over it would sometimes start off battery an sometime not like the battery was going flat then i was driving it round for a good half an hour a...

1998 Rover 200
Posted: Oct 18, 2010
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Please help

my car has been left for a few months and now when i go to drive it drives fine then bout 20 mins after driving loses power and then i will pull over put full revs on and it wont move please please help

1998 Rover 200
Posted: Oct 7, 2010
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Engine; overheating and losing power

it hasnt been drove for 3 months and then when it was being drove the other day it was fine for a bit then started to lose power when accelerating and started to over heat please help what could it be?

1998 Rover 200
Posted: Oct 7, 2010
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Stalling at junctions

engine just stalls when slowing at junction

1997 Rover 200 1.6si
Posted: Jul 22, 2010
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Lack of power

my rover 200 started chuggin then the oil light flickered on and off i put new oil in it and stuff to clean dirt from the petrol but it still happenswhite smoke comes from exchaust and engine

1998 Rover 200 1.4
Posted: Jul 15, 2010
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Engine wont drop below 1500 revs when lifting off throtle

1999 Rover 200 1.6 auto
Posted: Jan 21, 2010
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Engine won't drop below 1500 revs when braking

WHEN I USE THE BRAKES ON MY AUTO THE REVS WON'T DROP BELOW 1500 REVS AND SO I HAVE TO USE A LOT OF BRAKING TO STOP IT.IF I PUT IT INTO NEUTRAL THE REVS DROP TO 800.WHEN I PUT IT BACK IN DRIVE IT'OK.IT PULLS AWAY SMOOTHLY, AND DRIVES WELL,UN...

1998 Rover 200 1.6 si auto
Posted: Nov 5, 2009
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Cutting out when stationary and driving

when driving, the engine just cuts out and battery warning light and the oil light illuminants. and the alarm seems to b goin off but dim. and the buttons to turn it off dont work then i have to go under the hood n just nudge the wires conn...

2000 Rover 200 1.1
Posted: Oct 28, 2009
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Intermittant engine problem

while i am driving i will get a loss of power no power in gears 2-5 (cant get above 30) drop it into 1st go gentle on the accelrator sounds like mis firing then all of a sudden vrummmmmm its ok not mis firing (the car has to hit around 4500...

1999 Rover 200 1.4 16v
Posted: Sep 22, 2009
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Engine wont turn off

when i turn the ignition off the engine keeps running

2001 Rover 200 auto
Posted: Apr 19, 2009
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Car starts but loses power and drains the battery

i have changed the battery and starter motor so that rules them both out the car just takes all the power out of the battery! i had an oil leak by the alternator and im wondering if maybe this has broke the alternator as iv said iv changed ...

1996 Rover 200 214sei 1.4 16 valve
Posted: Nov 18, 2008
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