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Title: "Thank you" from the missus
Post by: Chris_H on 17 November 2010, 10:10:23
I knew that would get attention! ;D ;D ;D ;D

No, honestly,  her Focus has been driving like a pig for months now with a low-revs mis-fire that had good days and bad.  It had had new plugs and coil pack but there was no ryme or reason to it.

Anyway, she's got a trip to Derby 5-up soon so I gave it a service and risked new plug leads and yet another coil pack.  It was the coil-pack!  It's never going to drive well but the improvement is stunning.  How it knew you were entering a roundabout so's it could mis-fire I will never know!

Anyway.  Lesson to be learned.  Don't buy the "cheaper" option coil-pack.
Title: Re: "Thank you" from the missus
Post by: Debs. on 17 November 2010, 11:12:27
 :P At least you didn`t say your wife asked you to fit her new coil! ;D

.....there`s a lot of pattern (fake) parts about, too; the chap at my local factors says the market is awash with Chinese copies of 'quality-parts' which are difficult to tell from the real thing....except for the fact that they don`t work! :(
Title: Re: "Thank you" from the missus
Post by: henryd on 17 November 2010, 11:45:39
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I knew that would get attention! ;D ;D ;D ;D

No, honestly,  her Focus has been driving like a pig for months now with a low-revs mis-fire that had good days and bad.  It had had new plugs and coil pack but there was no ryme or reason to it.

Anyway, she's got a trip to Derby 5-up soon so I gave it a service and risked new plug leads and yet another coil pack.  It was the coil-pack!  It's never going to drive well but the improvement is stunning.  How it knew you were entering a roundabout so's it could mis-fire I will never know!

Anyway.  Lesson to be learned.  Don't buy the "cheaper" option coil-pack.

was the "cheaper" version by inter-motor by chance? :D
Title: Re: "Thank you" from the missus
Post by: Kevin Wood on 17 November 2010, 12:32:14
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:P At least you didn`t say your wife asked you to fit her new coil! ;D

.. and we thought Vauxhall had the monopoly in the fitment of coils in awkward locations. :o ::)

Kevin
Title: Re: "Thank you" from the missus
Post by: aaronjb on 17 November 2010, 13:15:38
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:P At least you didn`t say your wife asked you to fit her new coil! ;D

.. and we thought Vauxhall had the monopoly in the fitment of coils in awkward locations. :o ::)

Kevin

At least you wouldn't lose the skin off your knuckles!

I hope..
Title: Re: "Thank you" from the missus
Post by: Chris_H on 17 November 2010, 16:11:56
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I knew that would get attention! ;D ;D ;D ;D

No, honestly,  her Focus has been driving like a pig for months now with a low-revs mis-fire that had good days and bad.  It had had new plugs and coil pack but there was no ryme or reason to it.

Anyway, she's got a trip to Derby 5-up soon so I gave it a service and risked new plug leads and yet another coil pack.  It was the coil-pack!  It's never going to drive well but the improvement is stunning.  How it knew you were entering a roundabout so's it could mis-fire I will never know!

Anyway.  Lesson to be learned.  Don't buy the "cheaper" option coil-pack.

was the "cheaper" version by inter-motor by chance? :D
Can't say I'm afraid and I don't recognise that name.  I did bin the box yesterday but it's always possible I was sold a s/h one.  New one is Bremi (http://www.en.bremi.de/b)