Hi guys, so I was in London last night for a photoshoot at a bunch of different locations, when on the way back my car suddenly developed a slight misfire while accelerating. It seems to be intermittent though, as sometimes I could pull away from a standstill and bash it through all the gears up to 70, and then 5 seconds later while cruising at 70, if I try to put my foot down slightly to overtake a lorry, it'll cough and splutter horribly.
The other symptom is that I've noticed that the ignition light is behaving strangely. At one point it didn't come on when I turned the ignition on, but then came on when the engine started, and then after 5 seconds flickered and went out. Other times while driving back I noticed it start glowing and flickering slightly and at times it would come on a few seconds, and the go out again. All very strange.
Am I right in thinking this could be something to do with the alternator? Maybe a loose connection somewhere? If it was the alternator failing then would the ignition light not come on while driving and then stay on?
Any help would be much appreciated, I've got a large show tomorrow which I was hoping to take the car to, so I'm desperate to get it fixed!
Thanks guys
Chris