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sl33py

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I want to take my 'line to a local mechanic who is known for being great because i get misfiring while idling at the lights. the problem is: the car is under warranty, but the "approved" repairers of my vehicle are companies that i trust as far as i can throw them (not at all). Any work done on the car either unapproved or by an unapproved repairer will void my warranty.

I suspect I need new coilpacks. If i took the car to get "serviced" (can have that done anywhere) and they find out i DO need new coilpacks (or something else relatively trivial), I would be tempted to get them to fix it and just neglect to mention it to the warranty providers. Reason being, someone who knows what they are doing will do the work. IF later on I need to get a real warranty repair done, surely they aren't gonna open her up go "WTF is that... !! non standard coilpacks! no soup for u!" and tell me my warranty is void.. would they? I wouldn't be getting crazy performance fluro purple coilpacks (or whatever the faulty part is), just replacements. For all the warranty company knows, the car could have had them when I bought it, cos of course its second hand.

What do u guys think? I want to have the work done by someone i trust and don't mind paying for parts and repair myself if it means a really dodgy local company doesn't get it's mitts on my car.

And if ur gonna say "well ur stuffed if u really DO need a costly repair!" then yeah... i'll come to that bridge if i need to! so forget about that for now. Reckon a small bit of work like this could cause issues for the warranty? It's such a small thing...

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Doubt it.. if they ever questioned you just deny all knowledge.

I'd actually try the warranty place first- maybe you can score a set of coilpacks out of it if they say the ones in the car are faulty.

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Checked out the coilpacks, they look fine. Original stock ones, but no signs whatsoever of the arcing.

We actually tested the O2 sensor and found that the car runs exactly the same with it connected and disconnected!! And he got crap readings from it too. He reckons the cars running real rich and may be in what he called "limp home" mode .. or something like that. We're gonna swap it out for a new one and see what happens.

And yeah... I'm gonna fix the 5hit myself than take it to the places i heard were dodgy!

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