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[puffa]

Yes today was the day the mig was towed behind the lovely orange vans of the RAC, started last night all of a sudden it shuddered the engine man light started to flash and you would have thought she was a three cylinder daewoo Matiz, anyway the RAC bloke plugged his lappy in and it has thrown up codes P0300 - Randon Multiple Misfire cylinder detected and also P0303 cylinder 3 misfire.. no other codes were present, he was surprised, he said they normally have loads, i nearly thumped his lights out, my response was have you seen the logo on the back window, (OOF sign), we are the elite i said, oof's look after there cars. He just laughed.....

The RAC blokey suggested that coil pack 1,3,5 looks like it has given up the ghost, before i part with 65 quids due that sound about right ??

Any help appreciated

Steve

[The Red Baron]

sounds like the coil pack. could be cam cover seal gone. oil in plug wells will damage the pack.

[Marks DTM Calib]

No it doesn't......the engine would still run with 1 or 2 cylinders down.

[puffa]

Sorry, I forgot to say the car starts but is running extremely lumpy, as i have a 10 mile drive partly down a dual carriage way the RAC bloke thought it safer to be pulled on the bar taking all strain off the engine, which currently sounds like its running on four cylinders

[Matchless]

Done any work around the alternator or cambelt cover recently? Check that the wire to the 1-3-5 knock sensor is OK and not trapped anywhere.
Other possible fault a is broken wire in the injector multiplug at the back of the vee. Otherwise it does sound like a coil pack.

[unlucky mark mv6]

sounds like the coil pack. could be cam cover seal gone. oil in plug wells will damage the pack.

Definately,same symptoms as mine a few weeks back.

[Ian_D]

Sounds like coil pack to me too.

Check HT leads too, as mine had filled with water (the little bit of black trunking), which killed the coil pack.

[puffa]

Thanks for the help, £65 later and 10 mins of my time and hey presto she is running again, like a dream, not a spot of oil in the plug turrets though, one of lifes mysteries i suppose..??..

Steve

[MutantCav]

Check the gap where the 2 scuttle parts join...can leak water on to the dispack killing it prematurely