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Stupid Car ! - Fozzy - 12-04-2018
Coil pack is definately a possibility. They are pretty weak especially awhen they get to a few years old. A rise in temp normally kills them. But i wouldnt trust anything a garage monkey says unless he has got it plugged into a fault reader. You could end up wasting a fortune
Stupid Car ! - Saraj - 12-04-2018
Marsdendean If its a coil pack, drive it nice and slow and be easy on the power.
My mate had a W reg corsa and when he tried to boot it, engine check light came on and hardly any power.
Just take it easy if money is a problem, he drove his for around 3 month light that. A good rev seamed to help his now and again!!
sounds just the same, i bought it down the motorway 20 miles at 40mph as I struggled to get above that, stalled about 3 times on main roads in Nelson, cause i just couldnt build up speed.
Hurricane Coil pack is definately a possibility. They are pretty weak especially awhen they get to a few years old. A rise in temp normally kills them. But i wouldnt trust anything a garage monkey says unless he has got it plugged into a fault reader. You could end up wasting a fortune
Very true, im going to do some checks myself, not too concerned about the garage monkeys as ive gone there many many times, and he knows, if he tried to take the mick, I will do it back
Marsdendean ^^ Does it kind of misfire when the engine light comes on, and won't rev normally?
Like i said, my mate had a corsa who was running around with a faulty coil pack for months! He had a peco exhaust, and was quite funny when he used to sit there and try to get rid of the light! I remember i lent it to go blackpool, tried to overtake a car doing 80mph, and ended up slowing to 60mph because of the darn light!
yh exactly like that, im going to have to fix it, cant get up hills and we live around hills !
Stupid Car ! - Saraj - 13-04-2018
well they have diagnosed the problem with the coil pack and wanted 60 quid for part then labour on top,
so bought the car home, ordered the part of ebay, and will be fitting it with my bro whos a mechanic when it comes.
Stupid Car ! - Saraj - 13-04-2018
Gord Result :thumbup:
yeah managed to get the coil pack for 20 quid with delivery, now just have to wait and then fit it, and hopefully problem resolved, well for the moment
Stupid Car ! - spikes - 13-04-2018
Saraj yeah managed to get the coil pack for 20 quid with delivery, now just have to wait and then fit it, and hopefully problem resolved, well for the momenthope it all works out mate.:biggrin:time to get your self another lex :thumbup:
Stupid Car ! - Saraj - 15-04-2018
wohoo, got the coil pack today from ebay used, fitted it myself took like 10 minutes and works perfectly ! (well not perfectly as got problems with exhaust, but thats been like that for about 6 months lol)
well chuffed and amazing how easy a coil pack is to fit on a astra ! would have about 40 quid to garage for labour, knowing them
only made one mistake, to take the cover off you got to take the engine cap off, when i started it and revved it, forgot to put the cap on, and oil went everywhere lol, but cleaned it all out, and topped it back up !
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Stupid Car ! - Rabster - 15-04-2018
Saraj wohoo, got the coil pack today from ebay used, fitted it myself took like 10 minutes and works perfectly ! (well not perfectly as got problems with exhaust, but thats been like that for about 6 months lol)
well chuffed and amazing how easy a coil pack is to fit on a astra ! would have about 40 quid to garage for labour, knowing them
only made one mistake, to take the cover off you got to take the engine cap off, when i started it and revved it, forgot to put the cap on, and oil went everywhere lol, but cleaned it all out, and topped it back up !
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doh who moved that cap :Chair:
glad its all fixed mate :w00t:
Stupid Car ! - steviewevie - 15-04-2018
Good stuff, well done, but :laugh: at the oil cap :biggrin:
Stupid Car ! - Fozzy - 16-04-2018
Glad its all sorted mate. Ive done the oil cap plenty of times, makes a nice mess doesn't it!
Stupid Car ! - Raj - 19-04-2018
Hurricane Coil pack is definately a possibility. They are pretty weak especially awhen they get to a few years old. A rise in temp normally kills them. But i wouldnt trust anything a garage monkey says unless he has got it plugged into a fault reader. You could end up wasting a fortune
agreed on that.