Recent content by Apretext

2 new sensors have just arrived, so let’s hope that solves the issue!

Interesting, I’ll see if it has one, it’s not something I’ve replaced. Edit: by oxygen sensor do you mean lambda or maf?

Coil packs unfortunately was my first guess too, so they are new.

Spark plugs looked fairly normal from my recollection, but it was a while since I changed them, at the start of the issues. Might be worth getting a head gasket sniffer kit too then

We (or rather the garage), did find a vacuum leak in one of the gaskets, I believe they did a compression test (but can’t confirm). I don’t have a compression testing kit, and also the 1.6 has weird plugs which I had to buy a special tool to remove, so not sure if I was to go buy a compression...

Sadly, he can't help as it's coil on plug. We did try additives when it first started playing up, can't remember how much fuel we actually got through before the problem made it too bad to drive. The weird thing is it seems to be as the car begins to get warm that it happens, the first few...

So presumably I need to get them to make a set for the 1.6, as that's not listed (I did look previously for HT leads when I first got this problem, but all the major suppliers just listed it as a cable reel....). I presume yours is the same engine? (your avatar looks very similair, only ours is...

Not a bad shout, although it's all under the bloody inlet manifold, so not sure I'm going to see all that much (honestly, who designed the manifold to be like that? Utter PITA...). Are the leads available seperately? Already replaced spark plugs with shiny new iridium ones.

So, we have a misfire (usually comes up on the fault code reader as P0303 generic misfire on cylinder 3.) Originally, I thought, coil or spark plug, so I replaced all the spark plugs, and the coil for cylinder 3. And, that seemed to fix it. For a week or two. Then it came back. So I replaced...