URGENT..driveshaft??

[wideboy]

on my way home from work at 3am this morning my engine managment light came on and wen i tried accelerating ther was just no power, it was really lumpy, and a really shit noise was coming from the engine. any ideas wot mite be wrong?

i only just got it lowered recently so im guessing iv voided the warranty on it...if im not mistaken!

i live in the middle of nowher so the nearest garage is 22miles away, and i really dont wana hav to call a mechanic out...but i need to b at work later

its a 2001 VTS by the way


any help REALLY welcome! i hate not knowing wots wrong with my car

[Scott]

sounds like its misfiring, coil pack

[wideboy]

its starts and idles fine til i start moving tho!

how much are coil packs anyway? mite just replace that while im at it eh

[Dan]

not that much mate, bout £50 i think, no more than £100 though.

[wideboy]

cheers dan

any reccomended places i can get one from (that'l deliver) ? rather than letting a garage get it for me

im borrowing my mums alfa til i can get the bits i need, then il call out a mechanic to do the work as its really not driveable at all!

gutted guys smileys/smiley19.gif

[Scott]

when my coilpack was on the way out it was fine at idle to, as soon as you tried to put your foot down though it just misfired to fuck

[wideboy]

sounds like it cheers scotty boy!

only prob is, the juddering was only really coming from the drivers side...hence y i think the driveshaft mite b fucked too

hmmm there goes my buckets down the drain then! doh!


is there owt i can look for to indicate the driveshaft?

im gonna go out to the garage in a while to hav a skeg anyway,so may aswell get under it to c if theres anything i can c or look for...

[Sean]

it's sounds like the coilpack is fucked Joe. check out euro car parts (http://www.eurocarparts.com/), i get all my stuff from there. they're reliable, quite cheap and deliver usually within 48 hours but you can arrange next day. if you need advice on fitting, pm me. smileys/smiley4.gif

edit: to check the driveshaft, drive at 30mph, and take you foot off the accelerator. if the driveshaft is fucked then you'll here a squealing kinda noise.

[wideboy]

cheers fella!

iv had a wee check and its def not the driveshaft - the shaking was from losing a cylinder or two (and paranoia smileys/smiley11.gif )
altho i mite possibly need a new wheel bearing soon

ordered a coilpack, shud b here 2moro or friday morning

is it just a case of a couple of 10mm bolts and electric connectors to undo it? il need to dig out the old haynes manual me thinks

wot else will i need? new sparks?

[Sean]

pm sent!

[wideboy]

merci beaucoup!