does it sound like damaged valves also? also got a bit of spunk under the oil cap

damaged valves? take the head off, its gotta come off anyway

done a compression test today
results
1 2 3 4
20 90 240 240 dry

then did 1 and 2 with some oil in 1 went up to 25, 2 went upto 100

I am thinking maybe H/G between 1+2. What else should I look for??
:mad::mad::boggle::boggle:

do you really think this could be the problem? also changed dis pack, no change! could an air leak cause it to missfire sooo mad

fit the correct ecu and loom.

any other ideas?

noo I kept all the original 1.4 items...after searching through the site, most people were saying this would be ok.

there isnt one on a 1.4/1.6 16v as the coilpack has an internal amplifier.

are you using the loom, sensors and ecu from the 1.6?

I cant find anything about the ignition amplifier in the haynes manual??

Should look a bit like that one in your bay. (that's not the actual one, something similar I found on ebay)

Mine used to heat up normally on 2 cylinders and i could grab the 2 inner tubes on the manifold with my hand :lol:

Try changing it off another 1.6 and see if that works! :thumbs:

Yours is doing the same as my XE. You need to change the Ignition Amplifier. :)

aye please do mate its really buggin me now checked everything I can think of!

ur havin the same bother as mine m8 i got it booked in at the garage on thirsday will post up whats wrong if u aint sorted it before hand m8

did the paper clip test and got 0351 ignition coil 1+4, and 0352 ignition coil 2+3...any ideas? there all sparking and it stil runs on cylinders 2 and 3? but 1 and 4 just wont fire? its also got 1120 Throttle body malfunction wtf?? could it have something to do with wiring? earths not done reyt? something like that?

any other ideas?

reyt this sounds dumb the coilpack, is this attached to the side of the head? all the ht leads come out of? if sooo, this worked perfect on the old engine! and all spark plugs have good sparks?

What dizzy?

Sounds like coilpacks faulty, as only one of its coils are firing.

Its deffo a compression issue everything else is ok now....but what is causing it?
[Edited on 30-09-2007 by paolo]

[Edited on 30-09-2007 by paolo]