Avensis Chugs

[damo2005]

while driving my 2002 1.6 avensis this morning the engine management light came on while accelarating and the car starting to chug but didnt lose power. stopped the car turned it off waited for a mate who to come up to me then started the car back up and the light was gone everything was ok drove about 40 miles and it started to chug while accelarating again but no engine light on i only have the car 2 months and it has been serviced reguarly has 175,000 miles on it but still runs very smooth oil level is ok and a golden colour and idea what it could be causing it to chug dont want to spend a lot before christmas if its not to hard to fix i could do it myself i can do a good bit with cars my last car i worked onn it a lot.

[FROSTYBALLS]

Hello Damien - welcome to Toyota Owners Club.

Topic moved to the Avensis forum

[Raistlin]

Hi, welcome to the club...

[damo2005]

Hi thanks for welcoming me to the club do you got any idea what is up with my car

[Flakmann]

If it only "chugs" whilst pulling hard, sounds like a fuel starvation problem.

Fuel filter blocked?

[damo2005]

The engine management light came on again today and stayed on this time also its not doing it the whole time only some times and usually in low revs also when stopped in traffic the revs drop a small bit then back up again. Could it be the egr value that is clogged someone told me. The feeling from the chug is like your in a high gear going a slow speed if that makes any sense.

[Exvec]

??Throttle body needs a clean.

[mintalkin]

if the EML has come on there will be a fault code stored, get the codes read( any local garage can do this) it will take a lot of the guess work out of knowing what the problem is.

[Korrsun]

Fuel starvation or air starvation. First thing i would check is air filter. If its got wet somehow that could cause the chugging. Had a similar problem my self before. Could also be a hole in air intake pipe some where. Would explain the problems at low revs compared to high revs because at higher revs the suction may cause the split or hole to suck shut if that makes sense. have a listen under the bonnet when engines running for a hiss. Easier said than done though.