Help!! :(

1. jamiesaxo1 L-plater Joined: Mar 2010 Wicklow Posts: 76 2001 saxo furio

   #1 13th July 2010, 01:24

   okay first off i do know this is the wrong section etc...but have posted this in the correct section and got little or no reply so for this i apologize....okay i have a 2001 saxo furio....(irish version they are a 1.1 not a 1.4)...the car is idling so badly....cutting out all over the town.....it only happens when i press in clutch from a high rev and let it drop....if i slow down through the gears its not so bad....somtimes when im driving in 3rd or 4th and 2-3500 revs the car would so of vibrate or shake till i press the accelerator harder...and sometimes a terrible smell of exhaust fumes comes through the vents....but i cant smell it from the rear of the car....please someone must be able to help these problems are really driving me off the wall ....thanks....any help would be greatly appreciated....sorry about posting in wrong section
2. jamiesaxo1 L-plater Joined: Mar 2010 Wicklow Posts: 76 2001 saxo furio

   #2 13th July 2010, 01:25

   forgot to mention have cleaned out idol control valve and changed air filter and spark plugs.
3. user_36078 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2009 Costa Del Posts: 8010

   #3 13th July 2010, 01:42

   95% Certain it would be the coilpack.
4. jamiesaxo1 L-plater Joined: Mar 2010 Wicklow Posts: 76 2001 saxo furio

   #4 13th July 2010, 01:48

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Domleydon 95% Certain it would be the coilpack.

   excuse my ignorance lol....what exactly is that?
5. user_36078 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2009 Costa Del Posts: 8010

   #5 13th July 2010, 01:54

   http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=286528
   
   In the pictures in that thread its the thing above the rocker cover, the long black box.
   
   It basically fires up the engine, when mine went dodgy I was firing on 2 cylinders iirc. It should fire on 4.
6. jamiesaxo1 L-plater Joined: Mar 2010 Wicklow Posts: 76 2001 saxo furio

   #6 13th July 2010, 02:06

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Domleydon http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=286528 In the pictures in that thread its the thing above the rocker cover, the long black box. It basically fires up the engine, when mine went dodgy I was firing on 2 cylinders iirc. It should fire on 4.

   ok thanks read it there.....my shaking isnt as bad as yours was though....its mild enough and doesnt happen always....but the idol thing is a constant problem....more so when engine is cold...still think its it?
7. user_36078 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2009 Costa Del Posts: 8010

   #7 13th July 2010, 02:22

   Think alot of engines react differently So yeah I think its still the problem
   
   I only know the basics about Saxo's and my knowledge won't be as good as the mechanics on this forum, so another member may correct me if im wrong
8. LaurenceVTR Frequent Poster Joined: Apr 2009 Farnham, Surrey. Posts: 517

   #8 13th July 2010, 07:24

   go get some diagnostics
9. user_42892 Frequent Poster Joined: Mar 2010 high wycombe Posts: 848 Astra VXR

   #9 13th July 2010, 10:10

   more than likly to be a coil pack or the leads either one.
10. 23carragold Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 4861

    #10 13th July 2010, 10:15

    Dom's right. Will surely be the coil pack. You will feel a lot better once you replace it, it's very easy to change too so not a costly job.
11. jamiesaxo1 L-plater Joined: Mar 2010 Wicklow Posts: 76 2001 saxo furio

    #11 13th July 2010, 12:27

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by 23carragold Dom's right. Will surely be the coil pack. You will feel a lot better once you replace it, it's very easy to change too so not a costly job.

    think so yeh? hope it is then...is it common problem on saxos?....would u think buying a second hand one would be a good idea?...or would i need to get a brand new one?
12. rey Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2006 Kent Posts: 8205 :(s)rac

    #12 13th July 2010, 12:37

    Get a brand new one.
    
    You know it will work.
13. jamiesaxo1 L-plater Joined: Mar 2010 Wicklow Posts: 76 2001 saxo furio

    #13 13th July 2010, 12:48

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by rey Get a brand new one. You know it will work.

    yehh good point..
14. user_36078 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2009 Costa Del Posts: 8010

    #14 13th July 2010, 13:10

    I don't think a coilpack fault shows up on Diagnostics. Mine didn't which I found very weird. Hope you get it sorted mate
15. Tommo87 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 2565

    #15 13th July 2010, 13:21

    Is there no easy (cheap/cheat) way to read your fault codes?
    
    On civics you can do summet and it flashes the CEL to give you the fault code, I just can't remember what it is.