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Took the RCZ out with a 205 GTI-owning friend today to give him a demo, as I put my foot down in 2nd, RCZ hesitated followed by "Engine Fault - repair needed", MIL (orange check engine) lamp on and limp home mode activated. Symptoms were very little power (almost like turbo had cut out). On further investigation back home, the fan was running on high speed even though the engine was pretty much cold and continued to run for several minutes after shut off, which was most odd, along with a slightly lumpy tickover like it was 'missing' on 1 cylinder.
The car is still under warranty being a '12 plate, but being 175 miles from home at my parents' and having to travel back down on Monday, I SERIOUSLY needed it back on the road if at all possible - fortunately had access to my dad (an amateur mechanic, with lots of Pug experience) and his friend (a professional mechanic).
Managed to get it hooked up to an OBDII code reader and read the code P1337, which an internet search revealed was related to coil pack #1 (although this was for a 308, there is very little on the RCZ online and the RCZ forum threads don't contain any solutions!), with the symptoms displayed and having had coil issues on other cars, we reckoned it was worth a try, so somehow managed to get a new Bosch coil and NGK spark plug from EuroCar Parts (at 3pm on 27th of Dec!).
Fitting - required unclipping of ignition harness covers (which also requires snipping some zip ties), they just need gently prising at the front edge to lift over the tooth which secures them. It's also worth taking the 200 THP metal plate off for easier access to the coils. You can then rotate back the coil cover, unplug the coil and then rotate it which pulling which will free it up until it comes out. You'll need a decent deep socket set as the plug is a wacky star shaped 'nut' (was advised to change plug at same time as coil). We assumed #1 coil was the left hand one as you look at the engine. Having changed it and cleared the code, no improvement. We swapped it back and tried the far right coil (as you look at the engine) instead, which cured the problem. Code cleared and then taken out for a good drive to check was all sorted. It is a pretty simple job TBH too, although our mechanic friend advised that once one coil goes, the others are not usually far behind - that said with it still being under Warranty I thought I'd just do the one - and I will be claiming the cost back from Peugeot.
If anyone has a diagram of the cylinder numbering for the 200 THP, can they let me have it and I'll post it here (or post it to a separate thread)? :thumbup:
Of final note was that I also discovered that I had my OBDII bluetooth dongle with me and TORQUE app on my phone which not only allowed me to read the code, but also to clear it later on. Total cost, about £5 and about £3 for the app, well worth having to hand!
The car is still under warranty being a '12 plate, but being 175 miles from home at my parents' and having to travel back down on Monday, I SERIOUSLY needed it back on the road if at all possible - fortunately had access to my dad (an amateur mechanic, with lots of Pug experience) and his friend (a professional mechanic).
Managed to get it hooked up to an OBDII code reader and read the code P1337, which an internet search revealed was related to coil pack #1 (although this was for a 308, there is very little on the RCZ online and the RCZ forum threads don't contain any solutions!), with the symptoms displayed and having had coil issues on other cars, we reckoned it was worth a try, so somehow managed to get a new Bosch coil and NGK spark plug from EuroCar Parts (at 3pm on 27th of Dec!).
Fitting - required unclipping of ignition harness covers (which also requires snipping some zip ties), they just need gently prising at the front edge to lift over the tooth which secures them. It's also worth taking the 200 THP metal plate off for easier access to the coils. You can then rotate back the coil cover, unplug the coil and then rotate it which pulling which will free it up until it comes out. You'll need a decent deep socket set as the plug is a wacky star shaped 'nut' (was advised to change plug at same time as coil). We assumed #1 coil was the left hand one as you look at the engine. Having changed it and cleared the code, no improvement. We swapped it back and tried the far right coil (as you look at the engine) instead, which cured the problem. Code cleared and then taken out for a good drive to check was all sorted. It is a pretty simple job TBH too, although our mechanic friend advised that once one coil goes, the others are not usually far behind - that said with it still being under Warranty I thought I'd just do the one - and I will be claiming the cost back from Peugeot.
If anyone has a diagram of the cylinder numbering for the 200 THP, can they let me have it and I'll post it here (or post it to a separate thread)? :thumbup:
Of final note was that I also discovered that I had my OBDII bluetooth dongle with me and TORQUE app on my phone which not only allowed me to read the code, but also to clear it later on. Total cost, about £5 and about £3 for the app, well worth having to hand!
