i've got a peugeot 306 1.4 meridian 2001 X reg
the problem i have is the car is not runnin right and it is not tickin over properly, when drivin the engine seems to shake there loss of power too. the enigine management light is flashin too
i have changed all 4 spark plugs but it is still runnin the same, i took it to a garage and he said it might be the coil and sonds like it might be runnin on 3 cylinders. if its the coil can i get a new 1 or second hand and will that do the job?
how long will this last if i leave it as the company has messed up my wages all over xmas and the wife and i have had a really bad xmas with no money, we really struggled big time
I dont know what to do, some1 help please
2007-12-31 00:52:40 · 17 answers · asked by LEIGHTON D 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I would just by a used 1 that came out of a good car. Chances are it will work fine and will probably cost a third and the third time's the charm
2007-12-31 01:00:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a major problem for several reasons, including very poor fuel economy. You don't mention make, model, or year, so I can only offer generalizations that may apply to your car. If it is a petrol car the ignition is always a suspect. Older cars will have distributors, newer ones will have coil packs, and all will have spark plugs. The spark plugs rarely cause problems at idle but should be changed if they are old anyway. Diesel cars don't have ignition at all, but fuel injectors can cause one cylinder to quit firing. That much is true of petrol cars, too - a dead fuel injector means a dead cylinder. In carbureted engines the fuel supply is rarely a suspect in a single dead cylinder. It is often cheaper to fix an engine that has one completely dead cylinder than to find the problem in one that isn't running quite right.
2016-04-02 04:09:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sell the car problem solved and u will have money, no need to thank me
2007-12-31 06:25:44 · answer #3 · answered by S S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I was you I would get down to you local scrap yard and get a replacement from on of there cars. Should cost no more than £20.
Ja.
2007-12-31 06:21:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I, too, doubt if it's the coil. A failed coil usually stops the engine running at all. Like others have said, I'd suspect the crank position sensor, they do give trouble. If at all possible don't run the car until a garage (who know what they're doing) has had a chance to at least look at it, you could cause all sorts of problems.
2007-12-31 05:10:51 · answer #5 · answered by champer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like it could be the coil (or as someone said, the plug leads).
If you're engine light is on then you could get someone with a fault code reader to plug it in The codes for misfires are:
p0300 (random misfire)
p0301 (cylinder 1 misfire)
p0302 (cylinder 2 misfire)
and so on.
Probably the best thing to try 1st is a 2nd hand coil and a set of plug leads.
You're best to get this looked at fairly soon, as running the engine when it is misfiring can do damage to various parts, especially the catalytic converter.
It's unlikely that a car the age of yours would have a distributor cap and rotor arm.
2007-12-31 03:21:03 · answer #6 · answered by L205 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sell your computer and get the car fixed
2007-12-31 01:20:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I highly doubt it's the coil. It sounds like the mechanic is trying to make extra money off of a simple problem. Go to the parts shop and buy a new distributor cap and rotor. You should be able to easily change this yourself. Just make sure you put the wires back in the places they came from. tag them with tape if you can't do it otherwise without being sure.
If the car is still running rough, Take a pair of insulated pliers and remove one of outer four wires with the car running. If the there is no or little change in the running condition, replace the wire and try the next. Repeat for the remaining two. If there was one wire, that when removed made no change to the running, while the other three did, shut off the car and remove this wire. Take it in to the shop and buy a replacement.
If removing each of the wires had pretty much the same effect, you likely have a bad fuel filter, and will need to replace it. I am not certain on your particular car if the fuel filter is easily replaced or not.
It also could be a Crank Position Sensor, as these are known to go bad on 1.4 Pugs.
A bad coil will usually cause a car to not run full stop. I would try these suguestions first.
2007-12-31 01:14:48 · answer #8 · answered by Captain Jack ® 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It could be the spark from the wire to the spark plug.
With leather gloves on, pull off each spark plug wire and see if the engine RPM falls.
If it does on one plug, then that plug is bad.
2007-12-31 01:10:42 · answer #9 · answered by b r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
might want to try the plug leads as well
2007-12-31 01:02:25 · answer #10 · answered by Kaypee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋