Hi All,

I have a 2002 bugeye with 75K which I have owned for a couple of years now.

Yesterday 30 minutes into a drive I was accelerating away from the lights in a spirited manner when the revs dropped hard from 6ish to 4ish K then engine started struggling and there was a smell eminanting from under the bonnet.

I was on a major busy road with no shoulder so I wasn't able to pullover and limped it a few kms up the road to the nearest turnoff after which it started settling down and behaving again. I was very close to my destination and continued a further 2-3 kms and pulled over and inspected under the bonnet.

I can't see anything, the smell has gone and today it seems to be operating fine.

It was sufficiently bad yesterday I was sure that something major had collapsed in the engine bay but somehow disappeared with slow light driving.

I have limited mechanical understanding and getting into the mechanic is a difficult especially when I have a problem which isn't presenting right now.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Cheers in advance

.Sean