My Missus 1.8 GDi started smoking from under the drivers footwell. She cacked here pants and stopped the car immediately and vacated the car as it filled with smoke.. She left the car where it was and rang me to explain what had happened. Said she had tried to restart the car but there was nothing. When i got home i drove down to take a look.. Tried starting it and as she said nothing.. Then i looked down at the gear shift and it was still in drive Obvously it won't start unless it is in "P" or "N". So put it in "P" turned it over and it sparked up immediately, i gave it a few revs and waited for smoke to emerge from under the dash but nothing. I then let it idle, but it didn't tit just stalled. Started it again and it just stalled without no revs on the throttle. Well as there were no smoke it was time for Right foot acceleraing and Left foot braking to get it home without stalling..
The next day i took it to work and gave the Missus the use of mine.
I started it up and it was idling fine, so off i went to work. 2mins down the road slowing for a set of lights and it stalled again, and again, and again, so back to left and right foot driving again. 2 mins further down the road approaching some traffic at a roundy i started to slow down, keeping the revs up a little withe my right foot when the car started to surge forward. I had to press down pretty qiuicky on the brake to stop me rear ending the car in front. I knocked it into Neutral and watched the rev s rise to 3000rpm and then drop back down to around 2000rpm. It then kept doing this all the way to work.
Since then depending on the mood of the car it either Races, Dies or idles fine.. I'm thinking it's got to have something to do with the smokey stuff coming out from the drivers footwell and have had a look under there to see if there is anything burn't out but all seemed intact.
Any ideas anyone ..