Booooooo! She's failed on me AGAIN!

[Spike_UK]

It's been a long journey home tonight after my Pug 205 decided to give up on me once again.

She's been given a death pardon on afew occasions over the last few months but I think it's time I start looking for a new motor.

Basically it's been cutting out on me for unknown reasons. I took it for a full service and MOT and it's been fine for the last 2 months, but it's on the journey home this evening it just died on me. I was halfway home (20 minute drive) when I slowed to 30mph for some traffic...at that exact moment the battery light came on and I started losing speed. Luckily there was a quiet road just infront of me so I pulled into there. I tried turning her over afew times but it just wouldn't fire. It would turn fine, but there was no spark.

RAC came to take a look at it and after an hours worth of poking, prodding and a new Ignition Module, it was still dead (very pleased with the service from RAC though).....so I had to get towed.....which was fun (although quite scary at the same time).

After being signed off for two weeks by the doctor, this is going to go down well at work. I've not done a full week since before December

 

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The RAC guy checked my Battery and seemed to think it was fine.

The battery light comes on everytime you turn the ignition on. Everything lit up as you'd expect when your about to turn the car over. He seemed to think it's something to do with the Core or Distributor. There was no Spark going to the engine at all...

I'll find out tomorrow, it got towed to a nearby garage who I'll jump on first thing tomorrow. It's been having this problem for months but each time I take it to a garage they tweak something and it goes. This time I feel that the part that was dodgy in the past has now gone completely.

FYI - It's a G-Reg Pug 205 GR with only 67k on the clock...

 

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I thought the battery light came on whilst you were driving - ie when the engine was still running?
It's supposed to come on with the ignition, then go out again. If it comes on whilst driving your problem is with the charging system itself rather than things like distributors and leads....

The light came on then the engine died completely. It all happened in a matter of seconds with no noises from the engine. It just conked out and ground to a hault.

Coil, Distribution is exactly what the RAC guy thought it would be.

 

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it came on because the engine stopped/died, maybe not at first while the momentum was driving the engine, but when slowed down or clutch in. bad explaining on his part really, but spose not everyone knows how it would work.

Yeah, I didn't really explain it that well. I'm rubbish with cars...

 

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I got the car back from the garage today. It was indeed the Coil that had gone.

Cost me £70 in total, which I didn't think was too bad.

It all seems to be running fine again now.