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Originally Posted by steveb
Has anyone had any dealings with these ?
Taking the above car for MOT tuesday for a friend, it runs very poorly to say the least no umph coughs and splutters, change gear and try to accelerate it virtualy dies then decides to go without missing but not as it should. the young lady in question didn't mention this at all, maybe so used to it she dosen't even notice.
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Coil packs won't affect this engine as it'll be the old 8v 2.0 (albeit crossflow) and has one coil pack and HT leads. These can fail but that should show as a permanant missfire that gets worse as you rev rather than the engine dying all together.
Try disconnecting the plug to the air mass meter and running it again. This makes it run on a basic MAP in the ECU and if it runs better (it should't run perfect, but better) then the air mass has failed.
After that, these engines are a bit prone to fuel pressure reg's etc but it can all be easily tested before replacing anything. Air leak on either inlet or breather system is next most likely cause.