Unclefester Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I seem to be having the same weird ignition fault as in the summer, when I was plagued by what turned out to be a coil fault. I finally replaced both coils and that cured it! Until today. I'd driven into Limoges to check availability of the tiny battery in the SV (zero) and after removing the battery at one place, the car started with exactly the same symptoms as before....lumpy, uneven tickover, no fine throttle control and no power under 3000 rpm. I drove it back in the rain, 40km to a nice dry barn, and changed one of the coils for one of the old pair. I took it for a test drive and initially it was missing really badly, but seemed to clear itself, and then ran faultlessly 40km back to Limoges, where I again had several stops to make. On restarting at one of the stops, the problem seemed to be back, but not so badly as before, then went away again and the car behaved ok all the way home. I'm puzzled. Do I have several knackered coils or is it something else? The coil I took out today can't have done more than 1500km. I noticed the new ones were made in Korea, while the originals were Denso, made in Spain. Are there any known issues with these coils? I'm beginning to think EU2 would be more reliable for my new EVO220 1800K engine, which at the moment has no distributor as I was intending to use the EU3 coils on it. Frankly, if the reliability is as poor as it seems, I'd rather have the dizzy and one coil! SeaView!!!! 😬 😬here *eek* Edited by - unclefester on 24 Nov 2006 22:02:52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnty Lyons Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Use the EU2 and go wasted spark with a set of MGF coils worked for me 😬 jj N.I. L7C AR. Membership No.3927. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 wonders of the world Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 or EU2 and the QED coil pack (GM) via an Emerald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkprincess Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 I ended up having to replace my ECU after what I thought was a coil fault. Similar symptoms to yours. Emerald sounds good if you're upgrading RW04FUN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millsn Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 DO std K's use a cam sensor? Could be iffy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnty Lyons Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Na dead simple wasted spark is way to go Dizzys like carbs are only for museums jj N.I. L7C AR. Membership No.3927. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucey Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 Fester, This may be 'clutching at straws', but after changing the battery on my car recently, it would not tick over at all until I reset the ecu. As I say, unlikely but worth a try. Bruce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclefester Posted November 25, 2006 Author Share Posted November 25, 2006 Brucey, If that is "turn off ignition, turn back on, put accellerator pedal to floor slowly 5 times, ign off again then start," it's the first thing I tried. Is that the correct way to do it? SeaView!!!! 😬 😬here *eek* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucey Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 Fester, Yup, I'm afraid so Better go to number 2 on the list. Hope you get it sorted soon. Bruce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclefester Posted November 25, 2006 Author Share Posted November 25, 2006 I cut the carpets as recommended after they got very wet the other day, I reckon that's as likely to cure it as anything!!!!! A pox on electronics in cars....... SeaView!!!! 😬 😬here *eek* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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