Driving Along At 70 In 5th Gear Engine Light Start Flashing

[Asi]

hi there,

just 30 mins ago. driving alon the motorway and the engine light start flashing so parked up and started it again and the exhaust is smoking very bad for some reason so parked up and got picked up. the engine codes are as follows p0300, p0302, p0303, p0306. it happened as soon the petrol reserve light came on

EDIT: forgot to add when i rev the car it makes the vibarte.

[aztecbandit1]

There the codes for multiple misfires, could be the coil packs/plugs??

P0300 Random/Multiple Cylinder Misfire Detected

P0302 Cylinder #2 — Misfire Detected

P0303 Cylinder #3 — Misfire Detected

P0306 Cylinder #6 — Misfire Detected

[Asi]

well the spark plugs are needing changed and they were getting changed on wednesday. i have some sitting in the garge ik22 so would start off with that. any reason why does the exhaust smoke alot?

[aztecbandit1]

running on 3 out of the 6 cylinders wont help mate, when mine did it a while back i had 2 coil packs go, so its probably unburnt fuel making it smoke at a guess?

[Asi]

running on 3 out of the 6 cylinders wont help mate, when mine did it a while back i had 2 coil packs go, so its probably unburnt fuel making it smoke at a guess?

the cars parked up 15 where it happened mate. well going to get it towed to the garage i use and get spark plugs changed.

[aztecbandit1]

running on 3 out of the 6 cylinders wont help mate, when mine did it a while back i had 2 coil packs go, so its probably unburnt fuel making it smoke at a guess?

the cars parked up 15 where it happened mate. well going to get it towed to the garage i use and get spark plugs changed.

From past experience i'd say its the coil packs mate, but no harm in changing the plugs as they will suit the engine now you have the charger fitted?

They coil packs usually fail in pairs so you might have another on its way out?

[Asi]

thanks chris. i will get that done tommarow. i was wondering how much are coil packs?

any idea why the car vibarte when you rev the engine a little bit?

thanks

[aztecbandit1]

thanks chris. i will get that done tommarow. i was wondering how much are coil packs?

any idea why the car vibarte when you rev the engine a little bit?

thanks

It'll vibrate as its only firing on 3 cylinders out of the 6 mate,

The coil packs are quite expensive at around £100+ each from a dealer? but i think japarts do them for around £80-90 each? And there was a set on eBay earlier but being bank hol weekend you probably wont get them till Tuesday next week at the earliest now

Or another option might be to see if Stav still needs his from his old engine??

[Asi]

there are some on eBay but do i need to 6 or 3. is used fine or should i get brand new?

thanks

[aztecbandit1]

there are some on ebay but do i need to 6 or 3. is used fine or should i get brand new?

thanks

Think if you can afford new mate i'd go for them? as second hand ones might go again in the near future? You can just change the 3 if you need to? :)

[Asi]

there are some on ebay but do i need to 6 or 3. is used fine or should i get brand new?

thanks

Think if you can afford new mate i'd go for them? as second hand ones might go again in the near future? You can just change the 3 if you need to? :)

right thanks chris. i would change 3 im not fussed when they come as long as its not something else well near future will tell.

somebody said to me they think ive blown the engine. thank god its just this

[aztecbandit1]

Hope you get it sorted mate and your back on the road asap :)

[Asi]

Hope you get it sorted mate and your back on the road asap :)

thanks chris. any idea what causes this?

[sparkystav]

They just fail mate, no reason behind it they just break.

[Asi]

They just fail mate, no reason behind it they just break.

thanks stav. payed for new ones today. eBay item number 230340321813. is that the right one?

[sparkystav]

Ay they look right

[Asi]

Ay they look right

thanks stav

[Asi]

update: as all you know the cyclinder 2,3 and 6 are missfiring. this morning changed the spark plugs to see if that helps. when i took out spark plug from number the 2 the top metal bit is broken and no where to be seen so could be in the bore. dont know yet. well once changed all of them. started the engine but no luck still missfiring but it was only cyclinder 2. rest were fine. then started the engine again and scan the code and came up to be 2,3,6 again so its the coil packs. since the top metal it of the spark plug is broken and no where to be seen so i swaped coil pack from 1 to 2 and 2 to 1 and still number 2 is missfiring.

[lexeyes]

never mind I think my post was irrelevant.

Someone delete?

[Asi]

when did you post mate. dont think no one would have deleted it

[aztecbandit1]

Which piece of the plug is missing mate? is it the top bit that the coil pack pushes onto or the bottom of the plug that goes into the engine? And did you reset the codes before running the diagnostic check again? :)

[Steviewevie]

Really hope that you haven't had a bit of the spark plug drop into the engine

Asi, I think Lexeyes was asking for someone to delete the posting he'd made because he'd already edited it since he thought it was not relevant.

[Asi]

yes the top bit that pushes into the engine.

[Steviewevie]

Have you replaced the plugs with ones that are recommended for use with the charger ? I think it's IK22s that people tend to use, but I'm sure someone with a charger will be able to confirm.

[Asi]

yep its ik22. but i dont know if anything has gone in the engine.