Some time ago I posted a message that the engine on my '88 XJ-S 3.6 very occasioanlly spluttered and died - always when at low revs - traffic or street driving but 90% of the time at tickover.
The odd thing is this happens very very occasioanlly - I mean maybe 3 -6 months between them - well after a year of not doing it it's happened again - before I would leave the car for 15 - 30 mins and was then able to re-start and drive home with no problems - very odd - this time it somtimes started (after a lot of cranking) but always spluttered and died very lumpily - if I revved the engine it would rev up high but the car was shaking and coughing - felt very rough - as soon as I lowered the revs or released the gas pedal it would conk out again....
I am sick of this to be honest - as now I break out in a sweat whenever I am in a traffic jam and can no longer trust it - spent the last 2 weeks driving around in it (had to be towed back last time) and no problems at all - everything A-OK - this is getting infuriating.
I replaced the fuel filter and I guess this may have solved the problem but with it always being so intermittent I cannot say for sure - if anyone has had anything similar happen I would really appreciate the help - my wife is now at the point where she refuses to drive/be driven in it.......
Many thanks