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detonation failure
« on: April 26, 2011, 08:54:51 pm »
Hi  :sad1:

Can someone explain me the reason to have this error in the engine "fails detonation 4 cylinder" and the car works on 3 cylinders  :sad1:
Thanks

Tony

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Re: detonation failure
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2011, 09:01:47 pm »
Faulty coil pack or faulty spark plug


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Re: detonation failure
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2011, 08:22:09 pm »
Hi,

Thanks Alex, Problem solved, poor quality of petrol. I soon saw the candles at the time and everything was fine and I knew that had to be something with the injectors.

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Tony


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Re: detonation failure
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2011, 09:01:57 pm »
Glad you got it sorted dude  :happy2:


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