EPC lights up the dash

[spellbound]

Hi

Almost home today when I lost power in the GTI and the dash light EPC came up , feels like its running on 3 cyl .

Book says I should go asap to repair centre , maybe a coil pack ? .

I am wondering is it ok to drive 10km to mechanic or should I get a flat bed .

[h100vw]

Hi

Almost home today when I lost power in the GTI and the dash light EPC came up , feels like its running on 3 cyl .

Book says I should go asap to repair centre , maybe a coil pack ? .

I am wondering is it ok to drive 10km to mechanic or should I get a flat bed .

Still got that TT?

Pull the coilpacks out of the Golf and drop them in the TT one at a time. See if one has failed. If so, buy a coilpack and chuck it in. TT coilpacks wont go in the Golf unfortunately.

Gavin

[minke]

Hi

Almost home today when I lost power in the GTI and the dash light EPC came up , feels like its running on 3 cyl .

Book says I should go asap to repair centre , maybe a coil pack ? .

I am wondering is it ok to drive 10km to mechanic or should I get a flat bed .

Generally coil packs are ok until the engine is under load and higher in the rev range (but not always) However:

Is it rough to idle? Try pulling one coil pack out at a time. The one that you pull and the idle doesn't get worse is your dead coil pack. I have four spare coil packs and located inner west of Sydney.

To be clear.
1. Turn engine off
2. remove coil pack lead
3. start car
4 sound worse? replace lead and move to the next one

ps - I keep a spare coil pack in the boot of the car. I did the same with my Audi as well

[Russ]

I found that once one coil pack went all 4 needed doing eventually. Get the latest ones, they seem to hold up better with all the heat under bonnet. Scared me the first time it happened, thought the engine was a goner!


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[spellbound]

I found that once one coil pack went all 4 needed doing eventually. Get the latest ones, they seem to hold up better with all the heat under bonnet. Scared me the first time it happened, thought the engine was a goner!


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Thanks Russ I will check that out seems odd since car has only done 34,000km , maybe stage 1 is a factor .

Your right about scary , that little engine icon hit the dash first and thoughts of blown turbo or worse , than the EPC came up and I stopped pronto .

[Russ]

My first one went at about the same km, stage 1 as well. I have a legend mechanic, he said rest would go, I only changed one. Sure enough 2 more went over the following 6 months so I just changed the 4th. After that it was all good until I sold it at 89000km, the newer ones are more resilient I believe.


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