Galaxy Running On 3 Plugs

[bluenosebryan]

hi i have a S reg 2.3i gal the problem was coming back from birmingham to blackpool via buxton,after i left buxton through country lanes heavily logged water on the roads my gal decided to want to run on 3 plugs,the next morning on inspection 3 plugs were sparking good but the first one (looking from front of car is the 1 on the right under the coil pack)this plug was well wet so i took the plug and tried it on a freinds motor and that to was firing ok so do you guys reckon i need a new coil pack or will it be anything else,i have just ordered a coil pack from ebay to start eliminating the possible problems,also i have read somewhere that driving more than 2 miles with car running on 3 will damage the cat so will i need to replace that aswell

Thanks again guys..........

Edited November 24, 2009 by bluenosebryan

[nisfo]

After a few days of my 2.3 running lumpy, and replacing the underbonnet fuse box due to a burnt out 150 amp fuse.

 

I set out to find the cause. I cleaned the inside connectors of the HT leads with carb cleaner. Put everything back together.

 

Fired the old Gal up, Hey presto. Running fine again

[bluenosebryan]

hi i have cleaned everything but still the same prob,there are 2 coil packs which run 4 spark plugs but i thought that if a coil pack went then it would make 2 spark plugs fail and not one

[edatelder]

They do say that raw petrol on the cat ruins it. Why not wait until the MOT test to see what emissions you have. No point in spending money too early.

[bluenosebryan]

hi i have cleaned everything but still the same prob,there are 2 coil packs which run 4 spark plugs but i thought that if a coil pack went then it would make 2 spark plugs fail and not one

anyone pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[seatkid]

Swap the coil paks around and see if the problems follow the coil pak.

[bluenosebryan]

all sorted yes it was coil pack cheers for the replies..