sunshine Posted July 5, 2012 Posted July 5, 2012 My car's got gremlins under the bonnet. It seems to have developed an intermittent fault where it misfires under load. It drives fine under light acceleration however when i put my foot all the way down there's loads of vibration and the car feels like its lost 100bhp. idle also seems erratic and there's a strong smell of petrol when cold. The cel light starts flashing sometimes, ive done a pedal dance and found the code 303 pops up, 'cylinder 3 misfire' My initial thoughts are the ignition coil could be on its way out, are these replaced individually and the same for each cylinder? how much do they cost? I say it intermittent because sometimes it's absolutely fine then sometimes its like crap. need to get it sorted because im doing a 600 mile round journey in a few weeks. cheers chaps. Quote
Keyser Posted July 5, 2012 Posted July 5, 2012 all the packs are the same - swap 3 and another over see if the code changes. If so for a new one. Someone had a simlar ish problem recently I think that was a CPS Quote
R35LEE Posted July 5, 2012 Posted July 5, 2012 Hi mate, I sell coil packs in packs of 3's or singles. PM sent and good to send in the morning if needed Quote
sunshine Posted July 5, 2012 Author Posted July 5, 2012 all the packs are the same - swap 3 and another over see if the code changes. If so for a new one. Someone had a simlar ish problem recently I think that was a CPS Thats a good idea, i'll try that first. Hi mate, I sell coil packs in packs of 3's or singles. PM sent and good to send in the morning if needed Cheers buddy if it is indeed the coil pack i'll be in touch. Quote
ZMANALEX Posted July 5, 2012 Posted July 5, 2012 all the packs are the same - swap 3 and another over see if the code changes. If so for a new one. Someone had a simlar ish problem recently I think that was a CPS Nice one Chris Plenty preowned and brand new coil packs in stock and good to go same/next day Also loads of CPS in stock if required Alex Quote
buster Posted July 5, 2012 Posted July 5, 2012 was about to suggest the same but Chris bet me to it. Quote
sunshine Posted July 7, 2012 Author Posted July 7, 2012 Alright guys swapped the coil pack from cylinder 3 to cylinder 5 today and the code changed from p0303 to p305 so its definitely the coil pack causing the misfire. Quote
ZMANALEX Posted July 7, 2012 Posted July 7, 2012 PM received and replied to New and preowned coil packs in stock and good to go same/next day Alex Quote
sunshine Posted July 13, 2012 Author Posted July 13, 2012 Coilpack arrived today from R35LEE. Fitted and the problems completly gone Cheers Quote
jamesyj Posted July 13, 2012 Posted July 13, 2012 Alright guys swapped the coil pack from cylinder 3 to cylinder 5 today and the code changed from p0303 to p305 so its definitely the coil pack causing the misfire. Check the cam covers haven't leaked oil on to the plugs, which then in turn knackers the coil pack. Quote
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