Help! Help! Help!

[danny_lund1]

Anyone help me please drivin along a dual carridge way last nite in my mk3 Ibiza all of a sudden engine management light came on car started borkin and lost all the power, not the turbo as i can still here it workin and not head gasket no water in oil or anythin like that, when i pulled over was tickin over sounded like it was missing a fire, cylinder sort! exhaust fumes smell like fire. when drivin it home slowley it was chuckin back and forward again like missing a fire.??????
Any ideas ????

 

[truCido]

Coil pack for sure, I wouldnt go driving it very much!!

 

[Big_Lad]

Know anyone with VAG-COM in your area that could help you scan your car?

Like Dave said, probably a coil pack, always worth keeping a spare handy

 

[CupraMatty]

coil pack defo, happened twice to me!

 

[Black TDI Turbo]

Check the coil pack hasnt just popped off due to pressure, remove the engine cover and check to see if they are all seated correctly, or if in doubt just pull them all off and refit them making sure they go on right, retry it, like said tho most probs a coil pack

 

[acidstrato]

i wont say its 'defo' a coilpack like the others, but it certainly sounds like it

 

[truCido]

i wont say its 'defo' a coilpack like the others, but it certainly sounds like it

ok I'll change my statement...its 99% a coil pack

 

[Olly20VT]

OR the rubber pipe that joins the turbo to the charge pipe has poped off, very similal simptoms.

 

[acidstrato]

ok I'll change my statement...its 99% a coil pack

hahaha

 

[CupraMatty]

ok ill revise my statement to 99% a coilpack lol... my last coilpack (2 actually) went when comin off a roundabout and went in 2nd and then it felt like it went into limp mode, then started runnin like a cylinder down,

i like the 'exhaust smelt like fire' statement, hehe

 

[Cupra_joeboy]

defo coil pack, this happened to my (dont laugh) saxo vts, not as bad as that though and drove it like it for about 2k miles Lol! then it finaly pack up all together 15 miles from home, when i was lost and had to limp all the way back LoL!

as soon as it was changed it ran great agian.

 

[nogutsnoglory]

yeah its a coilpack, or it could be that a spark plug disintergrated and you need a new engine.............lol
soz thats what happened to me by the way and ollys right the hose on the turbo does pop off but when that happened the car wouldnt tick over so my guess is also coilpack but when they say its 99% a coilpack the other 1% of instances still occur!

i really wouldnt worry too much though

 

[DPJ]

Annoying thread title!

I looked in because I was worried you could be in the act of being gang raped by some big musclebound guys that had just escaped from prison.

You've got everyone's attention now - but you haven't even bothered replying to the helpful people. :rollyeyes?

 

[CupraMatty]

Annoying thread title!

You've got everyone's attention now - but you haven't even bothered replying to the helpful people. :rollyeyes?

he could be at work, or singing in the rain...?

 

[acidstrato]

well i'm going on holiday tomorrow so screw you all

 

[danny_lund1]

Cheers eveyone, ill get em ordered tomorrow n get it sorted.
thanks again

 

[danny_lund1]

are they an easy thing to fit myself or better to pay

 

[acidstrato]

very diy, however you need to know which coil has failed (if forsure one has failed). Vagcom can tell you this if you have access to it. otherwise you'd have to swap them round until its back to normal.

just remove the stuff on top of the engine which is held by 3 long bolts, unclip the connector and pull up hard on the coil. pop the new one in make sure its pushed in properly and reassembled.

if you want to be safe, pick up a bolt down type from euro car parts and bolt it in so it cannot rise up. they are also cheaper than an oe part from vw/audi/seat etc

 

[si-mate]

Anyone help me please drivin,
along a dual carridge way last nite in my mk3 Ibiza all of a sudden engine management light came on car started borkin,
lost all the power, not the turbo as i can still here it workin,
head gasket no water in oil or anythin,, w
when i pulled over was tickin, o
ver sounded like it was missing a fire, cylinder sort! exhaust fumes smell like fire. when drivin,
it home slowley it was chuckin,
back and forward again like missing a fire.??????
Any ideas ????

What tune shall we sing that to?

 

[nogutsnoglory]

thats quality, hadnt noticed the rhyming!

missy elliot - work it