Greetings!
I'm in a lil' bit of a pickle!
My wifes Corsa C 1.4 Twinport is very poorly! She was driving to work when the EML came on, and the car lost power. She pulled over straight away and waited for me to arrive. Upon trying to start the car now results in it turning over for a few seconds before running like a bag of nails and then finally stalling.
Green Flag towed us home but didn't seem to have much of an idea apart from possibly being the coil pack...but surely it wouldn't start if this was the case....
I've got the error codes by doing the brake/accelerator trick - 0300, 0303 & 0304 - Random misfire/cylinders 3 & 4.
Historically we've had a similar problem with the EML coming on and the car running a lil' sluggish. I thought it was due to the battery being a lil' flat
because she only does short journey's to work. Once charged up it seem to run fine.
We also have the classic 'Mayonaise' around the oil filler cap and gunked up breather hoses. I last cleaned these out about a week ago and recharged the battery as she had said the EML had been on again. The car ran perfect for a few days until now.....
Today I've checked the plugs, tried a different battery and had a general poke around...but to no avail....
Could anyone possibly give me a few pointers before I take the plunge and call in a mechanic??!!
Cheers
Mac
I'm in a lil' bit of a pickle!
My wifes Corsa C 1.4 Twinport is very poorly! She was driving to work when the EML came on, and the car lost power. She pulled over straight away and waited for me to arrive. Upon trying to start the car now results in it turning over for a few seconds before running like a bag of nails and then finally stalling.
Green Flag towed us home but didn't seem to have much of an idea apart from possibly being the coil pack...but surely it wouldn't start if this was the case....
I've got the error codes by doing the brake/accelerator trick - 0300, 0303 & 0304 - Random misfire/cylinders 3 & 4.
Historically we've had a similar problem with the EML coming on and the car running a lil' sluggish. I thought it was due to the battery being a lil' flat
because she only does short journey's to work. Once charged up it seem to run fine.
We also have the classic 'Mayonaise' around the oil filler cap and gunked up breather hoses. I last cleaned these out about a week ago and recharged the battery as she had said the EML had been on again. The car ran perfect for a few days until now.....
Today I've checked the plugs, tried a different battery and had a general poke around...but to no avail....
Could anyone possibly give me a few pointers before I take the plunge and call in a mechanic??!!
Cheers
Mac
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