Lumpy Idle, >10% throttle, feels like running on 3-cyl (2005 1.2 16v)

[S2 PTH]

Happy New Year people!

After bigging up French cars to my mate the other day, on the basis that my Clio's have never gone wrong, I think the Coil Pack has given up the ghost!

Basically, I get lumpy idle, shuddering on anything more than 10% throttle and get the engine warning light flashing at me. Only when I get to ~35mph @ <10% throttle in 5th do I get smooth operation again, and then the engine light goes out.

Questions:

1. I know the 1.4 upwards have individual ignition coils, but apparently the 1.2 has a coil pack?

2. Does this mean that there are two packs, one governing 1 & 3 and the other 2 & 4?

3. I work in the industry in OEM cal, so have all the CAN/Diagnostic cables for the company I work for, but is there any Renault s/w I can download and plug in to see what's happening?

4. Do GSF sell coil packs (if that is what it is) because there's one on the way to the gym!

5. Will I have enough bits in my 160 piece halfords professional tool kit to swap out the coil pack?


Cheers,
Phil

 

[sbridgey]

1. you are correct

2. single coil pack

3. no idea

4. i think there are different types of coil packs, cheap ones and expensive ones, i guess GSF would sell them but not sure which one

5. Yes

 

[S2 PTH]

Cheers mate. GSF was closed anyway, damn bank holiday... surely this is the day that working people put aside to fix their cars and houses!