ROVER 414 Cuts out

Fuel filter?

we have put a new one all ready !!

Fair enough. Fuel pump or most likely fuel pump relay. It sounds like fuel starvation. I could be very wrong though.

Thanks !! I am not a mechanic but If is fuel problem why the engine is runing ? whta is the the fuel pump relay ? I need to explain this to the mechanic here in Athens!!

The engine is running as it sounds like ( and as I sya I could be wrong ) intermittent fuel starvation. The fuel pump relay is a small electromagnetic switch in with the other relays under the bonnet that switches the fuel pump on and off. You should also be able to hear the fuel pump prime when you turn the ignition on. Turn the ignition on (don't start the engine) and listen very closely for a slight "whirring" noise from under the rear seat.

You should hear this every time you start your car after it has stopped running for a couple of minutes. If you don't then the relay is not switching the fuel pump on to prime it. ie: fill it with fuel.

Or air starvation. Many years ago we had a Renault 4 that used to suffer severe carburettor icing under certain weather conditions (usually when very damp rather than very cold)

Once the engine stops, heat soak from the engine quickly melts the ice removing the evidence. No idea whether Rover 414s of that vintage were prone to icing but the symtpoms sound the same. Does it have a carburettor (or single point injector)?

Tim

A '94 would surely be injected.

I dare say but I guess a single point injector could be as prone to icing as a carburettor.

Tim

Never had a problem with mine. The manifold is also warmed with the coolant as per most cars these days to try and avoid such instances.

Fair enough. I know b*gger all about those cars, just threw it in as an outside possibility. Certainly the symptoms are the same.

Tim