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C1 (The skate) serious misfire.
Migv6 le Frog Fan:
I have had about half a gallon of petrol in a can in the boot of the C1 for about 6 months.
Sunday morning before leaving work I decided to tip it in the tank. There was aready approx. a couple of gallons already in the tank.
When I left work I didnt get more than a mile or so before it started misfiring and kangarooing. Nearly didnt make it home as it cut it a couple of times and was very reluctant to restart.
Not being a great believer in coincidence I assumed the half gallon must have gone off, so filled a couple of gallon cans with fresh petrol and put that in hoping it might then sort itself out.
It hasnt had any effect at all. Still very hard to start and runs as rough as a Badgers arse.
Have plugged my code reader in and got misfire cylinder three (it only has three).
Just because its a five minute job I swapped the stick coils between 1 and 3 but the code stayed at number three.
Only thing I can think of is a problem with number three injector ?
Any more intelligent thoughts more than welcome.
countrywoman:
Worth checking compression first. Mum put some E10 in her Seat and it blocked the fuel filter with the same results but if you have a code for no3 then doubt its a blocked filter.
Viral_Jim:
Fuel filter would be my first choice (must cost about 60p on one of those.
Also, how long did you run it for after you put the fresh in? May not have worked it's way through yet? :-\
Edit: CW beat me to it :y
Migv6 le Frog Fan:
Not even sure it has a fuel filter. Seen mention of filters in the top of the injectors. :-\
Ive ran it three or four times for five to ten minutes with no improvement.
Edit. apparently no filter that can be changed. Built into the pump in the tank.
Viral_Jim:
Going back to simple things, have you pulled/inspected/swapped the spark plugs over to see if the misfire moves?
A quick Google indicates they have an issue with oil deposits on plugs. Maybe slightly crappy fuel just tipped a minor problem over into a misfire.
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