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Title: fault codes again
Post by: squid on 23 March 2010, 18:17:27

hi there i put a message on here last night saying that  i found out my fault code and that there is a missfire on cylinder 2 and does anybody know the best course of action i forget to mention that my car is a 2001 mv6 estate im not mechanicly minded so i would be gratful of any advice thanks.

Title: Re: fault codes again
Post by: Andy B on 23 March 2010, 18:21:26

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hi there i put a message on here last night saying that  i found out my fault code and that there is a missfire on cylinder 2 and does anybody know the best course of action i forget to mention that my car is a 2001 mv6 estate im not mechanicly minded so i would be gratful of any advice thanks.

Plug?
Coil pack?
Cam cover oil leaks leading to above?

Title: Re: fault codes again
Post by: henryd on 23 March 2010, 18:25:01

if the cam covers are leaking it could be that the spark plug recesses are filled with oil which could also cause the misfire as could a dodgy ht lead

Title: Re: fault codes again
Post by: Andy B on 23 March 2010, 18:27:14

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..... which could also cause the misfire as could a dodgy ht lead

2.6 no HT leads  ;) :y

Title: Re: fault codes again
Post by: henryd on 23 March 2010, 18:30:06

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..... which could also cause the misfire as could a dodgy ht lead

2.6 no HT leads  ;) :y

whoops!! sorry :-/ I have done lots of work on the older 2.5 and 3.0 models but not the later ones

Title: Re: fault codes again
Post by: Andy B on 23 March 2010, 18:32:08

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..... which could also cause the misfire as could a dodgy ht lead

2.6 no HT leads  ;) :y

whoops!! sorry :-/

Forgiven!  ;D  ;D  :y

Title: Re: fault codes again
Post by: henryd on 23 March 2010, 18:37:18

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hi there i put a message on here last night saying that  i found out my fault code and that there is a missfire on cylinder 2 and does anybody know the best course of action i forget to mention that my car is a 2001 mv6 estate im not mechanicly minded so i would be gratful of any advice thanks.

if you swap that coil with another cylinder and change your faultcode the coil will be the culprit

Title: Re: fault codes again
Post by: Andy B on 23 March 2010, 18:42:13

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hi there i put a message on here last night saying that  i found out my fault code and that there is a missfire on cylinder 2 and does anybody know the best course of action i forget to mention that my car is a 2001 mv6 estate im not mechanicly minded so i would be gratful of any advice thanks.

if you swap that coil with another cylinder and change your faultcode the coil will be the culprit

There's 1 3 5 coil pack and a 2 4 6 coil pack. They're different.  ;)  ;) but I like your thinking.  :y

Title: Re: fault codes again
Post by: henryd on 24 March 2010, 10:08:29

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hi there i put a message on here last night saying that  i found out my fault code and that there is a missfire on cylinder 2 and does anybody know the best course of action i forget to mention that my car is a 2001 mv6 estate im not mechanicly minded so i would be gratful of any advice thanks.

if you swap that coil with another cylinder and change your faultcode the coil will be the culprit

There's 1 3 5 coil pack and a 2 4 6 coil pack. They're different.  ;)  ;) but I like your thinking.  :y

see ! I told you I was green on the 2.6-3.2 :'( :y