Coil pack troubles?

1. chrislee765 Newbie Joined: Jul 2010 Portsmouth Posts: 3

   #1 6th July 2010, 12:28

   Hello All.
   Firstly may I apologise for registering for this post, I never feel comfortable registering just when I need help when I haven't given anything back to the community, but sometimes I have no choice.
   
   My girlfriend has a 1.1 or 1.2 (its not much more) petrol saxo. Its a very basic model and is a 51 plate.
   
   She broke down a few months ago, it felt it was firing on 3 cylinders, called out the RAC, they fitted a coil pack. She was back on the road. Since then the coil pack has gone another 2 times and the RAC have replaced the coil pack under warranty both times. But obviously there is something underlying that causes the coil pack to go.
   The RAC bloke said that it could be the ECU. I've had a search about and gathered that they can go hand in hand when breaking.
   
   I'm trying to find out what the next step for her is. I'm assuming we will have to take it to the garage, they can run a diagnostic and go from there? Is this a classic problems for Citroen?
   
   Thanks already for reading this, and again I'm sorry for not having something to give back to your community.
   Regards,
   Chris.
2. moxy89 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2008 Southampton Posts: 8188 Astra vxr with added boost

   #2 6th July 2010, 12:34

   my coil pack went today, and put my ecu into limp mode... so just went to citreon and picked up a new coil pack jobs a gooden..
3. chrislee765 Newbie Joined: Jul 2010 Portsmouth Posts: 3

   #3 6th July 2010, 12:37

   It hasn't been that easy for us, give it a few days after the new coil pack and the engine management light is back on and the revs suddenly start dropping like its going to cut out.
   That's why we think its more than the coil pack?
4. moxy89 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2008 Southampton Posts: 8188 Astra vxr with added boost

   #4 6th July 2010, 12:39

   spark plugs, did the RAC not put it on the dignostics???
   
   take the battery off for 10mins and let the ecu reset!! should be ok mate
5. chrislee765 Newbie Joined: Jul 2010 Portsmouth Posts: 3

   #5 6th July 2010, 12:45

   He put on a new set of plugs, but that didnt help. Yes he put it on the diagnostics and it said misfire etc. He was looking at live graphs while the engine was running and I'm sure there was something about coil 1 and 3 being different to 2 and 4. But I couldn't tell you what.
   
   We will try disconnecting the battery but that will of course leave the engine management light on?