SpookyFrank
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Devon cream teas
This is redundant. Cream teas are only available in Devon.
Engine Warning Light on Vauxhall Corsa 1.2, What Could it Mean?
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This is redundant. Cream teas are only available in Devon.
weltweit
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I would expect to pay for parts but not labour. I paid for the callout already in my annual fee.sound like they been reading this thread
just remember a coil pack is about 70 buck to buy and the plugs about another 20. with the right tools let's say a hours labour
anything above 200-250 quid is taking the piss
weltweit
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Jimmy Don't
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Just a note of praise for the AA. They came out very quickly to my folks yesterday, as my Dad explained when he called that the car wouldn't start to take my Mum to an important hospital appointment. As the AA chap couldn't get it started, he offered to take them to the appointment! (I'd already sent an Uber for them at this point, by I was heartened at the offer)
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
If AA is like Rac you have to pay more for "at home" cover. Although i guess they would have warned you if you didn't have it.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
OBD2 scanner. All else is pointless guesswork.
weltweit
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I have homestart .. don't know what I would have done yesterday without it.
weltweit
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So the car is fixed and running sweetly again.
The AA guy confirmed the misfire (his diagnostic kit told him which pot wasn't firing) and he fitted a new 4 way coil pack and 4 new plugs. The 4 way coil pack was about £200 and the plugs £8 each so quite an expensive repair.
However, the AA continue their performance with me for the last 38 odd years they have pretty much always managed to fix my vehicle - motorbike or car - where it broke down, and never having to resort to towing it to a garage.
The AA guy confirmed the misfire (his diagnostic kit told him which pot wasn't firing) and he fitted a new 4 way coil pack and 4 new plugs. The 4 way coil pack was about £200 and the plugs £8 each so quite an expensive repair.
However, the AA continue their performance with me for the last 38 odd years they have pretty much always managed to fix my vehicle - motorbike or car - where it broke down, and never having to resort to towing it to a garage.
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Puddy_Tat
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SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
As long as you can roll the car a quarter of a mile down the road in neutral you're golden
Ax^
Silly Rabbit
epp fair play if you like the AA but that an expensive price for a coil pack and spark plug replacement so you more or less paid for the labour
did he give you a receipt is it a Delphine coil pack as that more or less OEM at least
oem coil pack about 109 and 8 quid a spark plug
so 147 in basic part which most places discount anyways and 89 pound for a hour labour basically
but car lives and not messy hand so happy days
weltweit
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I am waiting for the receipt to come by email. He said there would be a delay.
The replacement coil pack looked identical to the one that came off, though that doesn't mean it was deffo OEM.
Yes, I expect they probably marked the coil pack up.
I don't mind too much, it gives me confidence someone working on the jalopy who I was able to ask other questions while they worked and get a bit of confidence that the car is in not too bad a place.
For example on startup there is a bit of a rattle which dies down after a couple of moments, I am now sure it is the hydraulic tappets waiting for oil pressure and nothing to worry about.
Indeed.but car lives and not messy hand so happy days
However I wonder what I would have done had this happened in France going to Le Mans. Might have been trickier
weltweit
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That said about France, on a Friday afternoon near Toulouse perhaps 30 years ago I crashed my motorbike and broke a hole in the alternator casing. After lots of attempts to fix it in a sort of heath robinson way with various adhesives I managed to find (after night had fallen) a man in a large Nissin hut in a forest filled with classic French cars who alloy welded my alternator cover back to completeness and wouldn't take a penny, or a beer in payment.
So I can be resourceful when abroad sometimes.
So I can be resourceful when abroad sometimes.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
Open the oil filler cap and see if it's a creamy/beige colour? If it is it could be a head gasket that's gone.
weltweit
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I will check that ..Open the oil filler cap and see if it's a creamy/beige colour? If it is it could be a head gasket that's gone.
weltweit
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The original issue was sorted by the AA. I have a fresh issue now..
Riklet
procrastinación
Get a scan tool and check out whats happening.
Not all codes trigger a engine light.
Anything to do with temperature be extremely cautious. Take it to a garage. It's not worth the risk.
This thread is full of absolute crap speculation. Everything from head gasket failure to timing chain to air filter bla bla bla. No one can know any of those things without looking at the car. And chances are it's fixable if you don't ignore it.
weltweit
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No, the oil is clear in the head, no worries there,Open the oil filler cap and see if it's a creamy/beige colour? If it is it could be a head gasket that's gone.
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