I have a 1 litre AX, 95/96 model with single carb. Anyway it keeps having little jumpy fits when driving and sometimes just loses all power. Doesnt actually stall, it just wont rev or accelerate. I checked the plugs and they are clean and sparking well, the air filter is clear, the oil seems fine and coolant is OK so can rule out compression issues.
I have noticed though the carb seems to get quite oily from the breathers. Its not over full or anything. Just wondered if anyone had experience of this problem and know of a quick and cheap fix, better still a free fix. The car cost me £250 with a years test and has done 118k so as you can guess I dont want to spend anymore on it.
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Might be your cat. I had this driving on the M3 lost all power to accelarate and had to call RAC out. 2 hammer bangs on the cat and it was fine although he told me to get a new cat asap. Did that and the old one was really blocked. Only I'd gone to Kwik Fit and that is where the real problems started ...