TomShazam Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 So in the space of 2 days my little 1.0 Lupo has gone from a perfect drive to coughing and spluttering and now I can't even pull it on my drive.I initially thought it was a dodgy cannister purge solenoid, so pulled that off and it drove fine. Then it started hunting and coughing and spluttering again.Then today I stopped at lights and couldn't pull back off.The AA came out and after a long discussion we checked all the plugs and HT leads and they seem to be fine. But we agree on it possibly being the Coilpack?So, after towing me home, I opened her up and got to the coilpack.My two questions are, do I just pull the leads off the coilpack? I don't want to break anything.And secondly, underneath the coilpack I found this snapped off what is this?Please help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomShazam Posted May 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 I'm guessing it's just a thermostat, but I'd rather be sure it's nothing important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 (edited) Its not a thermostat, may be a temp sensor though, but they normally go into a plastic adapter, rather than bolt to the engineDid the AA guy scan the fault codes?Not familiar with the 1.0 sensor layout so not sure what that is, but could well be the cause of your problems!You just pull the leads off the pack, may have to prise it off a few mm with a screwdriver first though Edited May 21, 2012 by Defcon5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomShazam Posted May 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 We plugged into the diagnostic port and there was nothing. By the looks of it it's not connected to anything at all, the cars 2001 and it wasn't law to have them till 2002, so maybe it's just a "dummy" port?And thanks, I wanted to pull them, but I've never had a car where it's not separate coil packs. Wasn't too sure how they attached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 I have an X reg Lupo and the OBD port works on that so yours must be broken. The one under the ashtray yeah? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomShazam Posted May 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Yeah that's the one. It feels really loose, doesn't seem to be wired into anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomShazam Posted May 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 It seems to be the temp sensor, so not too worried about that for now.Changed the Coilpack this morning and still no change, anyone any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Share Posted May 22, 2012 Sort that sensor out, the ECU uses it to adapt fuelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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