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I had purchased the car in the condition during the test drive, however luckily the MOT was due, which was being taken care of by the garage, they had ordered the part, but because of the fact its extremely rare for a cat to go on a car 5 years old, they werent available in stock, so took a week to arrive, and a further 3 days to fix, and no expense to me at all. since then, had no problems *touch wood*.Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesC
HAHAHA engine management light!
My car's gotta be the worst!
My first coil pack went on me back in feb, second in june, and just waiting for the third to go! (1.2 = 3 cylinder engine = 3 coil packs..1 per cylinder).
My advice... do not take your car anywhere to get these coil packs replaced!
VW wanted to charge me £130 EACH (inc vat + labour) to replace these. That made me sick, as I can get hold of one coil pack for £17+vat.
How to replace them:
Remove engine cover.
Unclip electrical connection from coil pack, and pull coil pack out from the spark plug.
Push new unit in onto the spark plug.
Clip wire back on.
Put engine cover back on.
DONE!!!
And VW wanted to charge me £130 for a .... what... 3 minute job?
LOL!
Oh and then coil pack went again in June, and buggered the cat!
first time round they said 'it aint on so bring it back when it does come on again'. That made me sooo angry!
It happened again! Took it back, o2 sensor replaced.
came on again, cat was replaced.
since then it's been hesitating like maaaaad!
horrible when cold, throttle not responding to my foot action on pedal, slight juddering, poor performance, just running like poo!
Warranty runs out in 2 weeks :(:1zhelp::zx11:
sick of this car!
Oh.. and thats just the engine problems.... u wanna know the rest!!!!!
Am I correct in assuming that not everyone with a lit emmissions light has associated engine trouble? Drove mine away from carsupermarket, filled up an almost empty tank with standard unleaded and straight away the light came on.Car still running perfectly after 50 miles.
I would lean towards the fuel being the problem, but whoever topped up oil before me put in too much, and the manual states that overfilling the oil could damage the catalytic converter, which in turn would make the emmission warning come on..
So which is it? really confused...
My polo is the 1.4 se fsi 2004 with only 10600 miles on it..
Anton
Hi, I've got the emmissions light on in my 2001 lupo 1.4. I was wondering whether anyone could provide clarification from my circumstances. Both times its come on its when I've been driving in 5th at 50/60 mph, then have slowed down to do some manouvering in 1st. The light has appeared at the point of this first gear manouvering.
I've taken the car into my local mechanic, who plugged it in and said it was to the with the O2 sensor!!! Which doesnt mean much to me.
any help appreciated.
If it's the O2 sensor it's not too expensive to replace (although there may be two). It is at the front of the engine and looks kind of like a spark plug but with a cable coming out of it. Can pick them up for about £20 off eBay if you don't mind doing a bit of wire cutting/joining. Or you could ask your mechanic, I'd say probably 15 mins labour (but probably rounded up to the hour) and £20-30 for the part.
thanks for the reply :D I'll pass this info onto the mechanic.Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesC
more info, manged to get the car plugged in at VW and their machine is reporting a faulty EGR valve. Will my non VW mechanic be able to sort this out cheaply? (VW are quoting £246)
hi all, i recently had problems with my exhaust on my VW POLO saloon 2001 which i had replaced, although i had to take it back twice as the bracket was knocking on the axle?? anyway the emissions warning has come on the day after having the exhasut adjusted. the garage told me its nothing to do with what they did but something wrong with the engine and its just a coincidence. is that right?
I've got VW Polo 2002 - private sale so no warranty
The light has been coming on and off for 6 months now, but all of a sudden yesterday the car lost power and the light is flashing at me. Took it in the garage, told them not to do anything until they told me what was wrong, but they went ahead and fixed it. Told me it was coil No2, cost me £76 total to fix!!!
drove out of the garage today and guess what, no change, so either the other two coils need fixing, or it wasn't a coil. They checked the cat and its deff not that. Either way its gonna cost me alot of money to fix.
Just wanna cry as i'm going to have to use all the money i saved to pay for my holiday on my car.... :-(
Unless i get to buy two coils cheap from anywhere, does anyone know? Bare in mind i'm female.... foooooking cars! I'm tempted to keep it parked up until the new year after i go on holiday and fix it then, but it means not having a car for two months!!!! raaarrrrrrrr:1zhelp::zx11::(:(:mad::1zhelp::zx11:: aargh4:
Hi,
See if there's a GSF near you - gsfcarparts.com they want about £23 per coil and if you don't mind getting dirty it takes seconds to change them (May even be able to get GSF to do it for you it's that simple). I just fixed my 2002 - first symptom was the emissions light, and turns out it was the lambda and not the coils, but I put new coils in as well. GSF want £75 + VAT for a lambda but I managed to get it for £45 + VAT, again a really easy fit (but do it when the car is cold) it's just a 22mm spanner (or maybe 20) and undoing something at the front of the car, GSF will be able to tell you what to do I'd of thought, took me about 10 mins to do the lambda as the plug (it's a really simple plug) was slightly misformed so had to use a screw driver to persuade a bit of purple plastic in the plug in to the right place.
Of course all the stuff to change them will probably be in the appropriate Haynes/similar manual.
The coils are simple, in your engine bay (assuming it's the same as mine) there's a black box which has three pipes, one which is like a hose which connects to a box near the battery on the front grill which you distach at the bumper, then a little way up there's 2 smaller pipes which just pull off then give the black box a tug up, and that'll get the box off (just reverse to fit back on)
The coils are 3 black things (again assuming same engine) at the front of the engine. They look cylindrical and have a single plug going in (you push the little bit of plastic which looks like it'll move and pull to unplug it) then give the pencils a tug and they'll come off then you slide the new ones on. If you get the coils from GSF you will be able to see what you're looking for.
As for the Lambda/02 sensor (which detects how much unburnt fuel there is) It's at the very front of the engine and looks like a part sticking up with wires wrapped in a black jacket coming off.
If you're on good terms with a local garage they'd probably do this for pennies (the fitting) if you provide the parts. It may be worth also changing the spark plugs for the £2.50ish each they cost.
I'm not saying it is the lambda or the coils, but it looked like a coil problem on my car and it was the lambda.
From what I can tell, my car wasn't getting enough fuel due to the bad o2 sensor which in turn caused the cylinders to not have enough fuel/whatever which caused a mis fire.
If you don't mind the drive, go to midlandvw (www.midlandvw.com), took mine there yesterday and they found the problem in a few minutes and tried to get the part that day but couldn't so I picked it up from GSF on the way home.
2 coils and 1 lambda if you negotiate and make them feel sorry for you ;-) will come in at under £100 I would think and if you aren't able to do it either take it to a garage which lets you provide parts and it'll be maybe 30 mins labour or someone who has a spanner set and knows how to use them. Just remember to do the Lambda on a cold engine or you risk running in to huge problems.