okay so i have an automatic vauxhall vectra
Engine size/Type 2.2 design
Year 2007
Mileage 63000
On Sunday we went into London from southend (45 minute drive) the car seemed really judderey and when running idle it felt as if it would stall, anyway after about 20 minutes this went away and we made it to where we was going. I then drove back and dint have any problems, yesterday the car drove fine all day no sign of any problems. My husband then drove the car in the evening and it did the same thing again! I got up today and dropped the kids to school in it, the whole time the car was vibrating when idle and there was a strong smell of petrol I made it to my daughters nursery and in the 5 minute journey my fuel went from 1/3 of a tank to nothing! There was fumes and a strong smell of petrol. I parked the car (very poorly!) and left it there I have a fault code reader which came up with 2 codes p0303 and p0136. I have researched into both and the 1st is cylinder 3 misfire, and the second is o2 sensor.
after a very long morning on google I have a feeling the fuel injector is blocked open which has flooded the spark plug which would then make the o2 sensor read lean? can anyone shed some light on if this could be the case or weather i am well out! with christmas round the corner i would rather know what it could be and ideas of prices before putting it into a garage. My brother has a wide knowledge of cars but isn't around until the weekend I'm so impatient.
Engine size/Type 2.2 design
Year 2007
Mileage 63000
On Sunday we went into London from southend (45 minute drive) the car seemed really judderey and when running idle it felt as if it would stall, anyway after about 20 minutes this went away and we made it to where we was going. I then drove back and dint have any problems, yesterday the car drove fine all day no sign of any problems. My husband then drove the car in the evening and it did the same thing again! I got up today and dropped the kids to school in it, the whole time the car was vibrating when idle and there was a strong smell of petrol I made it to my daughters nursery and in the 5 minute journey my fuel went from 1/3 of a tank to nothing! There was fumes and a strong smell of petrol. I parked the car (very poorly!) and left it there I have a fault code reader which came up with 2 codes p0303 and p0136. I have researched into both and the 1st is cylinder 3 misfire, and the second is o2 sensor.
after a very long morning on google I have a feeling the fuel injector is blocked open which has flooded the spark plug which would then make the o2 sensor read lean? can anyone shed some light on if this could be the case or weather i am well out! with christmas round the corner i would rather know what it could be and ideas of prices before putting it into a garage. My brother has a wide knowledge of cars but isn't around until the weekend I'm so impatient.
