Sounds like an electrical connector could be lose or dodgy. Or a fueling problem.
When was it last serviced. Are the HT leads to the spark plugs ok?

 

It was last serviced in 07 before i had it. when i bought it, it was from some one who took it as part ex and then i bought it after so i think it wasn't being used for a while but the previous owner before that kept it serviced. i will get the HT lead checked in the morning.

 

what is the fuel consumption like? is it rough starting up? if you knock it out of gear and slow down do the revs drop and it cuts out or does it work OK?

 

fuel consumption is, well it went through £20's worth in around 70-80miles, start up it tends to start low revs increace to around 1200rmp then is up and down for like a few mins unless you give it a bit of throttle then it will calm down, but then when you get into reverse it just wants to die unless you give it some(more then normal), when knocking it out of gear it tends to be ok unless you are ether braking hard or turning then it will just die and when you are half way through a turn and the power steering goes it's not a fun experiance.

 

Its the coolant temp sensor then.

 

this may not be the cause but i would suggest altering your idle as it seems only to be cutting out when putting a load on the engine ie turning will place a load on the engine via power steering pumps etc.....i had a similar problem a while ago and this resolved my problem.

gary

 

Thanks for the advice everyone, i will have a look at the car later and i'll be back here to let you know if all is good or bad.
Thanks again .

 

Maybe the stepper motor is at fault?

 

Since Vivalarichy didn't mention it, the stepper motor reset procedure is as follows:

-Turn the ignition to position 2 (but don't start the engine)
-Fully depress the accelerator 5 times
-Turn the ignition to position 0 (fully off)
-Wait 20 secs
-Start the engine as normal

You might have to let it idle for a minute or so before it settles down. Of course, the above assumes that a) your stepper motor is at fault and b) it's just been knocked slightly off, rather than totally buggering.

70-80 miles to the £20 seems a bit low, but it's a bit hard to check without precisely measuring your fuel consumption (by that I mean brimming your tank, driving about, and brimming it again, thus making sure that you know exactly how much fuel has been used). That could be due to a faulty sensor, but I don't think that would cause the cutting out.

The car could just need a service. Has anything been changed since its last service, such as spark plugs, oil, etc?

 

Sorry i forgot say in reply, i dont no if it has had new plugs and oil, but i'll try and get it serviced soon, thanks .

 

had the same problem in my mums car , i raised the idle slightly and it sorted it out right quick only make sure you dont go to high

 

I would avoid adjusting the base idle with the screw unless it it attached to a T4.

 

hi sorry about the fuel bit i got a bit mixed up, it can do around 180m on £20, oops. I've tried the ideas suggested and all seems well, i'll try and get in for a service as soon as possible. Another problem tho, i have found at around 2000RPM it tends to stutter and struggle but above and below that it's fine, is this just because it needs a service or another problem?. thanks again for the info

 

hi sorry about the fuel bit i got a bit mixed up, it can do around 180m on £20, oops. I've tried the ideas suggested and all seems well, i'll try and get in for a service as soon as possible. Another problem tho, i have found at around 2000RPM it tends to stutter and struggle but above and below that it's fine, is this just because it needs a service or another problem?. thanks again for the info

hi i had the same thing with mine it was the idle control valve ,removed it cleaned the valve and plug to it ... bingo been fine ever since

 

Other than the CTS as already mentioned, the IACV seems to be the more obvious one for partly solving the problem.