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21st April 2008, 13:38
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misfiring
I know this is the Saxo engine section but im sure this can effect both a saxo and my astra...
Ok, i bought my Astra on Friday and all was good, till my friend thought it would be good to jetwash the engine and then polish it.....
so now, its misfiring... could this be a serious problem or is it just in need of some time to clear? or a change in spark plugs or something?
on the upside... looky at the nice clean engine...
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21st April 2008, 14:54
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Try new plugs, should do the trick, make sure you aint got water mixed with your oil also
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21st April 2008, 15:22
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hmmm whats the best way to check if i have water mixed in with my oil?
and yeah, im going to get some new spark plugs after work ill post back if this solves the problem!
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21st April 2008, 15:26
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Check the conections on the coil pack - spray with anti water type spray!
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21st April 2008, 15:28
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coil pack?? haha
sorry... im abit thick when it comes to engines... i had to find out how to change a spark plug a few mins ago haha
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21st April 2008, 15:43
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On that ecotec engine.
Remove big plastic cover (has ecotek written on it  ).
Coil pack will be underneath.
Under coil pack are the spark plugs!
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21st April 2008, 15:57
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jetwashing the engine bay= nevar a good idea.lol
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21st April 2008, 15:57
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ahhhh cool will do!!
Hopefully nothing will be ruined and it will b an easy fix! hopefully.... haha
@RyVTR yeah i know haha i left him for 5 freekin min's and when i came out i just couldent believe it!! lol
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21st April 2008, 16:38
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check that there is no water in the bottom of the coil packaround the spark plugs
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21st April 2008, 16:41
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21st April 2008, 16:49
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Quote:
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haha yeah im on there aswell! asked same question ages ago with still not a single reply!! but this forum rawks so i got some :-)
@nathan, will check as soon as i finish work!! only 10 mins left haha
Last edited by Keefo; 21st April 2008 at 16:51.
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21st April 2008, 17:21
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hmm...i jet washed my dads old astra and tbh its a lot better...didnt do any damage or anything...spose what they say is true tho about vauxhalls...the newer you go the more problems...aparently same with renault
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21st April 2008, 23:40
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hmmmm ok i took the plasic EcoTec cover off my engine and i see no water or anything, just a few leaves and crap that i just cleared away...
hmmm, booked it in for a service.... dont really know when it had its last service or when the spark plugs were last changed but its going in this week!
hopeflly they will sort it haha
Will let ya know what the problem was when i get it back!
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22nd April 2008, 14:19
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haha yer let us know man
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22nd April 2008, 15:58
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change the fuel filter too mate
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22nd April 2008, 16:15
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hmmmm just noticed while i was on my break that the engine coolant is pretty damn low...as in really low... could this also be causing problems?
the dash says the engine is nice and cool tho!
even tho it REALLY is damn low on coolant... going to fill it up later!
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22nd April 2008, 22:49
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*bump*
also just checked and its pretty damn low on oil too....
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