Clio v6 broke down? Hard shoulder on the M40

[DrR]

Just drove past, by junction 1a. Blue ph2 v6

 

[clarkeeuk99]

Had my first coil failure, but was up and running again very quickly

 

[Ali]

Did you get a shock?! Trial and error approach to finding the duff coil?

 

[clarkeeuk99]

Did you get a shock?! Trial and error approach to finding the duff coil?

Having read so much about it, I knew instantly that it was a coil failure. Was flooring it up to motorway speed, then slipped it in 5th and all of a sudden the engine note changed dramatically!

I started with the centre coil on the front (closest to boot) bank and then tried to one to the right. Fortunately it was this one, so only took 2 tries!

Even though I'd been shown how to undo the coil power clips I struggled a little as I was afraid to break it.

Got it right in the end! Problem was that I was on my way to a car event that I was running late for!

Happy days.
Phil.

 

[Ali]

you must of been sweating like a c**t!!!! lol

 

[clarkeeuk99]

you must of been sweating like a c**t!!!! lol

Was a bit scary on the hard shoulder! lol

 

[Addz]

in a year of having the car i've never had one fail! kinda dreading it the longer they last haha

 

[Tupps]

in a year of having the car i've never had one fail! kinda dreading it the longer they last haha

Karma's a b**ch

Offline... You've broken down haven't you! :approve:

 

[Addz]

haha nope at work! been meaning to buy a few spares to keep/fill my boot but never got round to it!

 

[cat171]

I've never had one go in 2.5 years of having it, they have all been done before, so hopefully that's it (I bet i've jinxed it now !)