Important! : Non-Starter urgent help needed. :(

  1. Established Member Joined: Oct 2010 Isle of Wight Posts: 1250 Saxo '99 1.1
    #1
    I've had my Saxo 1.1 1996 for a month or two now and had no issues, I was driving it the other week and all of a sudden it became very jerky, like it was going out of gear / in the wrong gear, and i took it out of gear and put it back in and it was fine for a few hundred yards then it'd start again, so I pulled over, and it lost all revs and cut out and wouldn't start again, so I left it for 5 minutes and it started again after a couple of attempts, got it going and it was fine for the rest of the day, came home, then the next day it wouldn't start in the morning. I then left it again for 5 mins, tried starting and it was fine for the rest of that day. I didn't use it for a few days and I thought I'd take it to a garage, they took a look and said it could be something to do with the cat and it could have been choking itself or something, they took a proper look at it and found nothing wrong.
    Got it back from the garage and left it a few days as I didn't need to use it, went to start it and it wouldn't start at all, even after leaving it.

    Just had a mechanic come out to look at it and he said that the spark plugs were fucked, to he replaced them, and it started but not properly, it took a long time, he said it was flooding?
    So now he's said it could be the coil and the leads and has said it'd be £116 + VAT for the coil and £18 + VAT for the leads.
    Is this a good price and do you think this could be the issue?

    He's said I could find one on eBay myself and he'll fit it but I'm not sure what I'm looking for.


    Is it this?
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CITROEN-SAXO-1...d#ht_571wt_905

    Soooo confused!!!
  2. Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2010 fife Posts: 429 gold mk2 vtr
    #2
    if i were you i would bite the bullet and buy new! i bought a new coil pack for my vtr and fitted it myself, simple easy 2 minute job
  3. Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2009 northamptonshire Posts: 719 saxo furio/vtr
    #3
    the first thing i would do is find someone with a saxo or 06 similer to yours, take there coil pack and leads off ( only a couple of bolts it is as easy as pie to do ) and try it on yours because it could be a few thing and there is no need to spend money .
  4. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Oct 2009 Basildon And Corringham, Essex Posts: 5179 MK1 Focus RS, Discovery TD5, Renault Trafic 2.0
    #4
    Coil pack

    Simple job... Do it yourself mate and his prices are way over the top!