Ht Leads

[Joshua]

Last December my galaxy (MkII, 2.3 Petrol) went in for a service / checkup as she was misfiring and losing power. Turned out she needed new plugs and 1 new HT lead.

 

All ok for 1 day, then sudden loss of power and misfiring. Back into the shop - turned out the HT lead (end under the engine cover) had popped off. No charge from garage.

 

All ok for 2 weeks - again sudden loss of power (fun this time as was do 70 in outside lane of a busy M25). Pulled over to hard shoulder, swore at garage / car. Waited a few mins, then managed to drive home slowly. Back in garage, this time they replaced the lead. No charge from garage.

 

All of for 1 week, then today, M4 just outside Swindon, again loss of power etc etc. Back in garage tomorrow.

 

So, what should I say / do? Don't think that it is the lead, as it has happened twice now - could it be the sparkplug connection? Havn't got a spanner with me to take the cover off to have a look, but getting p****d off. It's only happened to me so far, not the misses, and it isn't a nice experience to be in the outside lane of a busy motorway and lose your engine power.

 

Anyone heard of this before?

Cheers,

Josh

[El Dingo]

Do a search - during a diesel v petrol flaming, another member mentioned that 2.3 petrol engines are prone to rubber perishing around the coil packs....

[galaxychap]

also check coil packs for cracks on top face i had same problem turned out to be them so with a liberal coating of epoxy resin to seal cracks all is now fine

 

Regards

 

Leon