Missfiring making me want to scrap car!!! :@

  1. Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 yeading middlesex Posts: 400 2001 posi blue VTR
    #1
    Hi all
    Got a mk2 vtr
    I love the car to pieces but its giving me nothing but grief in the last few months i wish i never bought the thing!!
    I had a new custom stainless steel cat back fitted to it (longlife)
    And a week after that the car started missfiring, felt like it had no power an couldnt rev up with sluggin to save its life
    I put a code reader on it and it read multiple missfiring
    I only put in a new coilpack with brand new sparkplugs just befor christmas
    I was told it could also be a nackered lambda sensor, faulty fuel filter and to run some redx through it
    I done all of them yesterday and the car is still not puttin the power down in certain revs an feels sluggish and shit
    When i rev my battery light flickers aswell if thats any help
    Any one have ANY answers/advice they can give on what the problem could be and what i need to replace
    Please people!!
    Cheers
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  2. Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2009 Owner of www.destinyeffect.co.uk radio station live every Thursday Friday night from 7-9pm Posts: 724 vts vtr
    #2
    I'll give 250 for it lol
  3. Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2012 chesterfield Posts: 183 Citroen Saxo VTR , citroen c3 , gsxr 600 , dr600 ,
    #3
    I bought a saxo 2 year ago been working on it got it running was running fine then battery light was flickering and car would go to cut out like it was misfiring turned out to be a dodgy earth
  4. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2006 Swansea Posts: 4946 Bianca White Peugeot 106 S2 Rallye, Saxo VTS
    #4
    Check earths and cable on alternator & gearbox. Get alternator checked.
  5. Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 yeading middlesex Posts: 400 2001 posi blue VTR
    #5
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by saxovtsnap View Post
    I'll give 250 for it lol
    Cheers for your pointless and worthless comment

    Yeah ive been told it could be the alternator
  6. Established Member Joined: Jun 2011 Bridgnorth (Shropshire) Posts: 2001 Jdm Dc2 Integra
    #6
    Was the coilpack you put in brand new or second hand? If it's second hand, it's possible you could have put a faulty one in as coilpacks are crap on Saxo's. Could also be a knackered injector or as mentioned above, a loose earth somewhere
  7. Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.
    #7
    Halfords do a free alternator test,i`d get it tested mate.
  8. Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 yeading middlesex Posts: 400 2001 posi blue VTR
    #8
    Coilpack was brand new from euros and the sparkplugs inside swapped for brand new bosch ones
  9. Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2012 chesterfield Posts: 183 Citroen Saxo VTR , citroen c3 , gsxr 600 , dr600 ,
    #9
    Get altenator checked n check earth behind battery underneath brake master cylinder that's were my problem was
  10. Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 yeading middlesex Posts: 400 2001 posi blue VTR
    #10
    Going to go halfords an get alternator tested
  11. Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2011 Lisburn Posts: 631 Persian 99 Saxo 1.4 Westcoast, Posi 99 Saxo 1.4 We
    #11
    If halfords say your alternator is on its way out check your earths first as i had the same problem so i the alternator and still had the problem, turned out to be loose/coroated earths
  12. Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2010 yeading middlesex Posts: 400 2001 posi blue VTR
    #12
    Alternators sweet as
    Just ad it checked
  13. Established Member Joined: Jun 2011 Bridgnorth (Shropshire) Posts: 2001 Jdm Dc2 Integra
    #13
    Get a compression test so you can see if it is mis-firing on a cylinder, if one cylinder has a different reading to the rest, then I suspect an injector would be knackered