2005 s60 t5 misfire

**graemewelch** · Monday 17th October 2011, 14:34

my car has to started to misfire. today is the first time its been started in 5 weeks and misfires under load. im hoping it just needs new plugs but these were replaced 18mth ago. is there anything i should check

**M-R-P** · Monday 17th October 2011, 14:54

If you get your codes read, It should tell you which cylinder is doing it, then you can check plug, coil pack etc.

**graemewelch** · Monday 17th October 2011, 17:23

ill check the bay for a code reader then.

**M-R-P** · Monday 17th October 2011, 17:39

If you have a pre 1996 car, it may not be able to tell you... others on the forum will know

**graemewelch** · Monday 17th October 2011, 18:50

its 2205 so fingers crossed

**M-R-P** · Monday 17th October 2011, 18:58

2005 will tell you> Won't tell you why tho so it'll be plug, coil pack (£47 from gsf) or maybe maf?

**graemewelch** · Monday 17th October 2011, 21:22

the worst thing is it was fine untill it when to arnold clark for body repairs. my car came back worse than whenit left. ill fit new plugs anyway then take it from there

**M-R-P** · Monday 17th October 2011, 21:31

Might be worth taking it back to AC and asking why.

**Mark V70 T5** · Monday 17th October 2011, 22:03

could it be a bad earth or something that they might have disconnected or not refitted properly which could be causing problems!!

**GreenMachine** · Monday 17th October 2011, 22:30

I've always found that taking the plug cover off and removing replacing each coil pack cable shows the missing cylinder

**M-R-P** · Monday 17th October 2011, 22:31

Swapping them about should show up the dodgy within 4 moves...
For you chess players out there...

**GreenMachine** · Monday 17th October 2011, 22:36

Originally Posted by martinrpeachey

Swapping them about should show up the dodgy within 4 moves...
For you chess players out there...

Checkm8! lol

**graemewelch** · Tuesday 18th October 2011, 19:12

if i was to back to arnold clark it would result in me ending up in a cell and a jbh charge. it dosnt misfire on tick over just under load. if i build up the revs slowly its fine.

its always had a tiny misfire when cold but only for first 100 yards or somthing. ill look into once the insurance has dicieded what happening about my repairs