Hey guys,
some story to share, I guess some of you notice my car break down a week+ ago in Taman Connaught around 11pm when i was on my way to my girl house.
symptoms of failure:
- engine suddenly lost power.
- engine making boor boor boor sound when acceleration.
- car jerking like hell at low RPM.
Manage to pull my car at roadside,
(die die drive it out of the main Connaught Highway)
seeking advice from a friend and he suspect is the spark plugs failure after listen my description.
call my girl and wanted she come fetch me back home take tools because i wanted to remove spark plugs by myself and so late night all workshop closed.
After get the tools and spare stock spark plugs,
first and second spark plugs remove successfully,
(very very tight)
when i try to remove the third plug cable,
bad thing happened, the plug cable front portion broken !
(first, second and fourth remove easily)
Suspected the inconsistent voltage supply cause spark plug cable broken.
(die die drive back to safe place)
due to i don't have long nose pliers, i have to leave my car overnight there..........
since one of the Spark Plug cable broken, it must replace,
got price quoted from a friend who selling Genuine Proton Spare Parts,
Kindly take note the standard Campro Spark Plug Cable is different compare with Campro CPS Spark Plug,
if same use why Proton come out two different part number at the first place, right?
after bought spark plug cable back to my car,
hands was so tired yesterday eventually seeking help from a workshop nearby,
paying a workmanship service to remove and re-install stock spark plugs and cable.
at last car back to vroom vroom mode!
on the way back home my car suffering low RPM (1.8k rpm - 2.8k rpm) jerking badly !
at first i thought is the stock plugs issue, after back home do one round internet research,
it could be a possible Ignition Coil faulty !
As understand our car ignition coil is under brand
Bosch,
a quick search in mudah.my,
got one seller selling wrongly bought ignition coil,
with no further hesitate i drive to Kg Keramat and COD with him at the same day, deal with great price.
A short discuss with that guy he also driving a Gen2,
but his problem is on the plug cable but bought the ignition coil as standby unit in case his car ignition coil rosak also.
Chit Chat finished fast fast back home DIY,
took me two hours to replace the ignition coil,
start engine and a short drive nearby,
Viola ! no more jerking at low RPM !!!
personal feeling is that the car feel more solid in whole rpm range with less vibration.
Total cost to replace both items:
Genuine Proton Spark Plug Cable = RM270
Workmanship = RM10
Bosch Ignition Coil = RM100
Total =
RM380.
the stock spark plugs would be temporary usage, will get it change back to Iridium Spark Plugs soon.
Notice the faulty spark plug?
Terminal damaged...
Ignition System consist below three items:
- Spark Plug
- Spark Plug Cable
- Ignition Coil
got it all check if you feel abnormal on your car.
After replaced all the parts,
i guess is necessary to pay a visit to Service Center for Proton Advance Diagnostic Tool (PADT) checking,
the guy plug in the PADT tool into ODBII Port,
using WiFi to connect with his laptop.
the guy help me clear all the errors detected in off engine status.
re-check again in Engine Cranked.
below are the error screenshots i capture:
O2 Sensor giving Engine Check Light turn on intermittently,
it could be in no so good condition already.
The Technician mention if this indicate light up again is time to replace the sensor.
the ABS indicator light up after last time Dyno due to front wheel rolling only when Dyno-ing, not a big issue i guess.
this error, no idea what is that..
but i never see this indicator lights up before.
charges for checking is
RM60.
Apologize for long winded,
just sharing and Thanks for watching.
This post has been edited by ahpaul82: Feb 3 2013, 04:04 PM