Help! Help! Help!

danny_lund1

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• Jun 24, 2007

• #1

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

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Dec 11, 2003

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• Jun 24, 2007

• #2

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

 

Big_Lad

Jul 10, 2001

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• Jun 24, 2007

• #3

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

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May 31, 2004

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• Jun 24, 2007

• #4

coil pack defo, happened twice to me!

 

Black TDI Turbo

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Oct 2, 2005

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• Jun 24, 2007

• #5

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

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Dec 9, 2004

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• Jun 24, 2007

• #6

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

 

truCido

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• Jun 24, 2007

• #7

acidstrato said:

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

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

 

Olly20VT

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Jun 8, 2004

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• Jun 24, 2007

• #8

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

 

acidstrato

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• Jun 24, 2007

• #9

truCido said:

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

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hahaha

 

CupraMatty

Ive been told im Special?

May 31, 2004

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• Jun 24, 2007

• #10

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

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May 16, 2007

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• Jun 24, 2007

• #11

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

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• Jun 24, 2007

• #12

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

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Dec 13, 2004

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• Jun 24, 2007

• #13

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?

 

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CupraMatty

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• Jun 24, 2007

• #14

DPJ said:

Annoying thread title!

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

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

 

acidstrato

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Dec 9, 2004

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• Jun 24, 2007

• #15

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

 

danny_lund1

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• Jun 24, 2007

• #16

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

 

danny_lund1

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• Jun 24, 2007

• #17

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

 

acidstrato

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• Jun 24, 2007

• #18

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

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Kunt Centryside

• Jun 25, 2007

• #19

danny_lund1 said:

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 ????

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What tune shall we sing that to?

 

nogutsnoglory

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• Jun 25, 2007

• #20

thats quality, hadnt noticed the rhyming!

missy elliot - work it