Misfire.

[LiamD 0]

I may now have the ultimate racing excuse, so when that Ferrari Enzo blows by me, I can claim I would've had him if I didn't have a misfire, but driving the car is a pain in the arse, anyway...

Basically my troubles started after having a bit of a play with my friends Ibiza Cupra the other day - for a 210bhp rr'd Cupra, my VR blitzed it, but I hit a big bump in the road and my car hasn't ran right since.

Firstly it started sounding like it wasn't firing on all cylinders when idling, and then when pulling away at low rpm it wouldn't run on all cylinders, but it was fine under load.

Then today (the day after) it did the same this morning, but on the way home it got worse and worse and it's now running down a few cylinders as and when it pleases. Under load it's not too bad, still pulls fine but occasionally it may stutter under 3k rpm.

I'm guessing it must be something to do with the ignition, the temperamental nature of it makes me think it's not the plugs or leads, but more likely to be the coilpack breaking up? Any advice or help is much appreciated...

[kie_dub 0]

When it goes dark later on tonight, pop the bonnet and start the car, look for any sparks around the coilpack etc for starters

[LiamD 0]

cheers mate

don't happen to have a build thread around for your car do you? VRT daily sounds very interesting

[kie_dub 0]

no mate im not really into the build thread thing lol. I love it but its up for sale sometime next month when the tax/mot is up and been renewed.

ps, the darker it is when you search for sparks under the bonnet, the easier it will make it to find any lol. Post up what you find, if there is no spark then we will go from there. There are plenty of petrol heads/mechanics on here who will give you good suggestions too mate