My car lost power on the motorway and had a slight juddering to it. We pulled over straight away and turned off the engine. There was no smoke from the rear or front of the engine and it also didnt overheat. We got towed home and i checked the cam belt and all is fine there, however the car still wont start. I have been told it is possibly a head gasket failure and checked the lids of my coolant and enigne oil for white matter and found nothing.
I can turn the car over however there is no ignition as such and i have no idea what to do next ??

gemma burgess, July 2008

sounds like ur distributor cap has gone, this happened in my ford fiesta just last week, it had no power was shuddering, nd sounded like something in the engine was gonna explode!!!

danni, March 2010

hi buy now u would have fixed your car ....but anyone eles looking for answer i had the same thing happen to me ......this was a fast fix for me just lock the car with your car button then unlock and start your car ....bingo car worked fine .....the car wont start if u have not unlocked or locked with key always use button the alarm on your car can stop the car from starting so like i said if this happen lock with button as if u were locking and putting on the alarm then just unlock .....hope this helps

shaun, November 2009

Hi
Try changing your spark plug's, If one burn's out whilst your driving you get a sudden loss of power and juddering as the engine struggle's to run on 3 piston's. Then once you've switched the engine off it won't fire up again because you've got no spark to fire it up.

paul, July 2008

Did you lose a lot of coolant though. When the head gasket goes there often isn't time to create an emulsion - it just goes.

t, July 2008