geared Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Recovery companys aren't going to carry around coilpacks in their vans, they won't replace them for you either cos they're frigging expensive to buy. It's not a 10 quid set of spark plugs, they can be £100's of pounds a set new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jza80 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Recovery companys aren't going to carry around coilpacks in their vans, they won't replace them for you either cos they're frigging expensive to buy. It's not a 10 quid set of spark plugs, they can be £100's of pounds a set new. This is a crappy old vauxhall, i doubt it will be 100's of pounds as that will be more then the cars worth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 When you can only buy a part from the manufacturer it always costs 100's. Dealer parts don't get cheaper as the car gets older unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scozzie Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Oh, I had the same issue with my Astra this year. It was in and out of the garage 6 times or so. The ECG/CGR/VCR??? Don't remember what it is called - but the _ _ _ valve was changed eventually and that sorted it out for me. My car cut out at exactly the same point every day for months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiensteve Posted December 18, 2012 Author Share Posted December 18, 2012 was it the EGR valve? Did urs just do it over 50mph or did it start doing it below that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 I can't see the EGR valve causing it to cut out. The car would run lumpy and maybe go into limp mode. I've seen some really badly blocked ones and all they've done is cause what feels like a misfire when accelerating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedith Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Recovery companys aren't going to carry around coilpacks in their vans, they won't replace them for you either cos they're frigging expensive to buy. It's not a 10 quid set of spark plugs, they can be £100's of pounds a set new. The AA guy had one to fit my Renault on board when I called them out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barts96 Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 put car on a diagnostic code reader and will give you a error code Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fozzybear210 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Recovery companys aren't going to carry around coilpacks in their vans, they won't replace them for you either cos they're frigging expensive to buy. It's not a 10 quid set of spark plugs, they can be £100's of pounds a set new. No they're not. £20 for a brand new coil pack for my 2004 1.4 fiesta zetec. £10 new spark plugs and £5 for leads from scrap yard. Half hour job to change. Never missed a beat since I changed mine after it started misfiring 2 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerbyTup Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 its petrol luv n im askin for advice bout a car not about the way i write on here thank u Well said! The majority of faults like this are due either to fuel or electrical problems. I don't think anyone on here can tell you exactly what is wrong with it - but a good garage should be able to. It doesn't sound particularly serious or expensive though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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