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Would more than a coil pack be needed for this?

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  • #2
    doctorchopper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 889 ✭✭✭doctorchopper


    adding the wrong fuel isn't going to damage the coil.I would say there is more to it than that


  • #3
    doOh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 196 ✭✭doOh


    right ... probably fuelpump gone as well as injectors + it needs fuel system cleaning

    PS How the hell did he manage to fill it with diesel ?? Diesel nozes are bigger than petrol and they dont fit lol


  • #4
    Avns1s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,423 ✭✭✭Avns1s


    I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. Let the seller repair and then sell it. Could be any of a number of things, most of which are expensive. If he/she knows its the coilpack, why not replace it, they're not that expensive and the car would be worth more as a result.


  • #5
    dcmraad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 177 ✭✭dcmraad


    I phoned this add, the seller sounded well dodgy, he didn't wanna say anything. I asked him could I bring AA (who carry coil packs) and he wasn't having any of it. He gave me some BS about not being a mechanic and he just wanted rid of it.

    He would be better off saying electrics or engine is fcuked.


  • #6
    andyseadog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,412 ✭✭✭andyseadog


    diesel in a petrol generally causes less damage than petrol in a diesel. thats not to say it doesnt cause damage. blocked injectors/ fuel rail and what not.

    my bargepole would be going nowhere near that.

    just think about it, surely if it was just a coil pack problem, a mechanic would have snapped that up days ago to double his money


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  • #7
    VolvoMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,309 ✭✭✭VolvoMan


    andyseadog wrote: »
    diesel in a petrol generally causes less damage than petrol in a diesel. thats not to say it doesnt cause damage. blocked injectors/ fuel rail and what not.

    I think that's the other way around - diesel is thicker than petrol and would therefore cause more damage to a petrol engine.

    I wonder is it a Flexifuel model and would it have done more damage than to a normal petrol engine, due to its set-up for running on bioethanol as well?


  • #8
    andyseadog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,412 ✭✭✭andyseadog


    I think that's the other way around - diesel is thicker than petrol and would therefore cause more damage to a petrol engine.

    exactly ;) parts of the fuel system in a diesel use the diesel itself as lubricant because its slightly thicker, so when thinner petrol runs through it, it causes damage.

    but i suppose petrol in diesel, or diesel in petrol your in big trouble either way


  • #9
    alias no.9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,352 ✭✭✭alias no.9


    I read that as saying it was misfueled and needs a coil pack. Diesel won't burn in a petrol engine and if you persist in turning it over, it will eventually hydrolock, much the same as if water gets sucked in. I can't imagine unburnt diesel would be good for the cat either.


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