you b!tch of a car!

[robz]

hey all.
just dropping me mum off on my 21st birthday.
the car is mis firing like a twit and then it stopped. no real reason.
so i guess it the f**king coil pack again!
why?
is there a reason this is happening?
this is the third one it has eaten in 3 bloody months!
sorry for the rant but im Pissed off!

[Mikester]

have you been fitting new or 2nd hand ones? I was going to suggest water getting into it, and that it needs sprayin with sealant. But its summer and not raining!!

[AudiA8Quattro]

Good point, worth checking for water ingress.

[Mikester]

Its a long long shot, but are u using water, that is maybe making them wet.

Such a long shot, but it seems odd that its eating coil packs. Failing that, i suppose u need to work back from the coilpack. Maybe its getting fried.

[robz]

ok.
thanks for your replys.
long story short.
when the rac man got to me it was sparking.
but it wouldn't really run!
sounds like the worlds biggest air leak from the back of the engine!
bugger.
anybody any ideas on what is round the back to cause a massive air leak?
its over fueling too from the look of the 2 month old plugs?
im now thinking that this is the problem with the idle that has just given in somewhere? what Gasket are round the back?
cheers

[Adam]

sounds like the worlds biggest air leak from the back of the engine!

Core plug.....

[Mikester]

Exhaust manifold gaskset. Or could be a hole in the ehxaust. Does it have a rythm to the blowing, or just a constant hiss.

[robz]

hey all.
just had my mechanic phone and say he has found a Vac pipe that had come off?
so hopefully this will sort it!
 with any luck the idle problem should in 2
hoping that this pipe has just been loose!
thanks for your thoughts all.
will let ya know exactly what it was!
it did sound like an old beetle lol

[Len]

Always the vac hoses!