New to fuel injection engines.
I have a misfiring engine on my fuel injection car this is the first one [used to working on plugs, leads points and distributors. My that's going back abit! ]

We paid out 4months ago over £700 to have new head gasket and garage said the head has to be skimmed as it had distorted the head driving when it was very hot to get home from 1/4 mile away but really boiled at home.
I need knowledge amunition before I contact my garage as to what could be the possible cause. only one cylinder not firing up.
my own assumtion with my little knowledge on these engines is:
Dirty injector?
Work injector?
Easy to change ? is it a DIY job?
Or what?

any suggestion would be gratefully received, apart from sell it or scrap it.

Bob, January 2010

If you're checking back on this one:

Many thanks nigel will look into this

Bob, January 2010

The coil pack's are a very common cause of problems on these cars, very easy DIY job, as are the injectors, you have to remove the whole fuel rail then replace the individual injector, there are some resistance tests you can do before replacing the items, for the coil pack
xxxxxxLow volt conxxxxxxxxxx
xxx(2)xxxxxxxxxxxxx(1)xxxxxx
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xxx(3)xxxxxxxxxxxxx(4)xxxxx

resistance between 1 & 4, 2 & 3 10500~16500 ohms
low volt plug 1 & 2, 2 & 3 0.4~0.6 ohms

Injector 14~17 ohms
nige110162(at symbol)hotmail.co.uk

nigel, January 2010