Coil pack or dodgy spark plug?

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I bake a nice cake but coil packs? i had a good look around today i couldn't even work out where the sparkplugs were; i assume they are round the back somewhere god awful to reach! i think i know which are the coil packs but i shall still probably be taking it to the garage! it will be nice if it is an easy fix. there is no mayo in the filler cap and the water smells fine but it's early days! fingers crossed!

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Formally team BLAZE now Team bianca recuperating from multiple organ failure nicely!
items replaced so far, clutch, cambelt etc, radiator, exhaust, most of front running gear, wish bones, drop links, ball joints, track rod ends, bearings, brakes, calipers, discs, and pads, brake lines, front springs, brake balance compensator thingy, hand brake cable, throttle cable (twice), coil pack, door handle, windscreen, wipers, head lamps several sensors and bulbs .rear beam new throttle cable, new battery. .......... yeah man, team money pit! but shes still rollin!

ok: i reckon i could manage that, I took a risk and drove it to work this morning and sure enough about 5 miles up the road on came the light and the misfire started again. It seems to cope quite well only running on three but i have nursed it along! will running it do it much harm? i can car share for a day or two but i think i'll change them all spark plugs as well are they expensive?? I'll ring gsf tommoro. Then get my spanners out in the evening!

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Formally team BLAZE now Team bianca recuperating from multiple organ failure nicely!
items replaced so far, clutch, cambelt etc, radiator, exhaust, most of front running gear, wish bones, drop links, ball joints, track rod ends, bearings, brakes, calipers, discs, and pads, brake lines, front springs, brake balance compensator thingy, hand brake cable, throttle cable (twice), coil pack, door handle, windscreen, wipers, head lamps several sensors and bulbs .rear beam new throttle cable, new battery. .......... yeah man, team money pit! but shes still rollin!

well i went to GSF to get a new coil pack to see if i could avoid the garage! £41.00 fooking quid for 1 coil pack jeeeez!
Luckily for me they didn'y have one in stock so i arrange to pick on up from another store today. then went to a mates house for a contemplate ............ then it dawned on me! some things take a while with me! give thug a ring! i called him up and asked if he had any coil packs kicking about from all those raped cars? he told me he had one in the attic so off i went to have a looksee £10.00 sounds better than £40.00!
Jon is such a nice and useful chap to know! out he came with his tool box and set about fiddling around under the bonnet while i held the torch! strangle i had an intuitive idea which one might have been the duff and sure enough i was right! Alas when changed i fired it up and the miss fire was still present and warning light still on so i took him off for a beer and that was that! he concurred that he must have had a duff too!
However when i went to drive home .... no warning light no misfire .. problem solved! car ran sweet all the way home it was nice to have the car ALIVE again! gave it some beans; lovely!

erm so i owe you a few more beer tokens jon and a big thanks for being there and being so willing to help out on a damp friday night at very short notice! the car is sorted! my technicasl knowledge base expands even further

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Formally team BLAZE now Team bianca recuperating from multiple organ failure nicely!
items replaced so far, clutch, cambelt etc, radiator, exhaust, most of front running gear, wish bones, drop links, ball joints, track rod ends, bearings, brakes, calipers, discs, and pads, brake lines, front springs, brake balance compensator thingy, hand brake cable, throttle cable (twice), coil pack, door handle, windscreen, wipers, head lamps several sensors and bulbs .rear beam new throttle cable, new battery. .......... yeah man, team money pit! but shes still rollin!

I am curious why the warning light stayed on and the misfire didn't go immediatly after the change? we didn't let it run for long just fired it up heard the misfire saw the light and thought oh well lets go for a pint! an hour later it's ok would that just be something to do with the ecu catching up?

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Formally team BLAZE now Team bianca recuperating from multiple organ failure nicely!
items replaced so far, clutch, cambelt etc, radiator, exhaust, most of front running gear, wish bones, drop links, ball joints, track rod ends, bearings, brakes, calipers, discs, and pads, brake lines, front springs, brake balance compensator thingy, hand brake cable, throttle cable (twice), coil pack, door handle, windscreen, wipers, head lamps several sensors and bulbs .rear beam new throttle cable, new battery. .......... yeah man, team money pit! but shes still rollin!

the missfire still being there on start up with a good plug and coilpack in could be due to a build up of waste fuel in that cylinder as it wouldn't of had a good burn with a faulty pack, just an idea

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