Rough Running - Weird Problem.

[toneinblack]

Went out in the galaxy last night ( 2. ghia v6 petrol , manual ) and it drove fine , Got to tesco, went in to do a bit of shopping, came out , car started fine and drove off, noticed the fuel gauge needle was showing empty and ornage empty light was on, but had half a tank ,so switched off ,and on and the gauge started working properly again but car is now sluggish, noisy and seems like it will stall everytime i stop, ( not sure if exsaust is now louder )

Is there anything electrical i can check or was the non working gauge a coincedence?

[Stevoo]

Could be a dodgey earth! or the fuel tank sender switch is faulty. What noise is the car making? you could have a fuelpump issue or the common fuel pump relay is on its way out.

[toneinblack]

just sounds like a louder exaust , but it doesnt sound louder when i open the door, the earth could tie in the the fuel gauge tho and will check it in the morning,

thanks for the reply mate.

[sepulchrave]

Sounds like a coil pack might have failed (not uncommon), noisier engine may be a dead cylinder, it would feel sluggish and likely to stall. Failing coil pack may have caused electrical spike confusing the instrument cluster. Nothing to do with cheap supermarket petrol on this occasion :(

[Joey]

Check that your MAF plug is in correctly. Mine got disconnected before and sounded rough as hell when idling as if it were only firing on 3 cylinders. You could find someone nearby with VAG-COM to see if any faults havebeen logged

[toneinblack]

just had it confirmed by my local tyre people ( speedy fit - enfield town , good company higly reccomended btw ) that it is my coil pack and i should get it sorted.

Engine is a v6 so is this an easy ( cheap ? lol ) job to do ?

cheers all.

[toneinblack]

Sounds like a coil pack might have failed (not uncommon), noisier engine may be a dead cylinder, it would feel sluggish and likely to stall. Failing coil pack may have caused electrical spike confusing the instrument cluster. Nothing to do with cheap supermarket petrol on this occasion :wacko:

 

seems spot on mate ,

cheers :-)

[johngalaxy]

Sounds like a coil pack might have failed (not uncommon), noisier engine may be a dead cylinder, it would feel sluggish and likely to stall. Failing coil pack may have caused electrical spike confusing the instrument cluster. Nothing to do with cheap supermarket petrol on this occasion :D

 

This is interesting, i have had problems with my instrument cluster, no dials or lights, not clocking any miles. I send it for a diagnosstic cneck and the cluster is working correctly. My car is a galaxy 1.9 deisel ghiax. how do icheck if the earth is working. can it be the coil pack. please help. i'm going out of my mind

[gio]

Sounds like a coil pack might have failed (not uncommon), noisier engine may be a dead cylinder, it would feel sluggish and likely to stall. Failing coil pack may have caused electrical spike confusing the instrument cluster. Nothing to do with cheap supermarket petrol on this occasion :D

 

This is interesting, i have had problems with my instrument cluster, no dials or lights, not clocking any miles. I send it for a diagnosstic cneck and the cluster is working correctly. My car is a galaxy 1.9 deisel ghiax. how do icheck if the earth is working. can it be the coil pack. please help. i'm going out of my mind

 

 

Just to let you know,that it cannot be the coilpack,as diesels do not need them, although a faulty or broken earth connector could be your problem.