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This literally just happened to me. One ignition coil later, things are going to be a bit tight for the rest of the month
An ignition coil for my car can be had for a princely $17 on RockAuto. The life hack here is to not get ripped off by a mechanic having it put in; in most cars us Poor People are likely to be driving (i.e. not an Audi, Lamborghini, or Porsche) any garden variety fool with two thumbs and a $20 Harbor Freight socket wrench set can swap out an ignition coil in their own driveway in about 5 minutes.
That’s fair, in most cases I would have done it myself. When a coil pack died on my last car, we harvested one from a dead car on my dad’s property. I took it to a mechanic because I thought it was the transmission. By the time I got the diagnosis, I was afraid that the other pack would die driving it home to fix myself
Yup!
Could be a temporary issue.
The problem is that once the ECU(?) registers an error, it cannot be reset without specific equipment.
Fortunately, the specific equipment of a basic OBD2 code reader capable of both helping you diagnose and resetting the code is very cheap these days.
The majority of check engine lights that come “out of the blue” are emissions related failures, usually a leaky (or unscrewed) fuel cap, bad O2 sensor (~$40) or similar. Learning how to Google this stuff for yourself will save any vehicle owner hundreds of dollars instantly vs. spiraling into anxiety over having to pay a mechanic for what is, in most cases, something incredibly simple.
Yeah, I got a basic reader about 10 years ago, for what would be €20 in today’s money. It’s saved me hundreds.
Only problem is motorbikes don’t have standard ODB2 ports so I have no idea why the light is on on my little 125 :-/
Lol my garage collapsed on Friday
especially if it’s a bimmer
VW enters the chat.
I had a mk2 Golf booked in to have the timing belt replaced, 1 week before it snapped.
2 weeks later it was crushed by a tank at Mallory race track.
Ouch.
My father snapped the timing belt in his turbo Passat at freeway speed many years ago. I suspect, but cannot prove, that he money shifted it. He reported that the noise it made was “bang.” I believe it.
laughs while driving his 252k mile VW without a check engine light
Either your VW was made before 2008 or you owe some malevolent spirit your eternal soul.
before 2008
No comment, I am fighting the rust goblins though
The reason I say before 2008 is that around that time VW embraced programmed obsolescence with open arms. I have a 2012 Touran and around 200000 km (not miles) everything started breaking at once. Both driver and passenger side window lifts, front stabilizers and coils (separately), rear coils, gearbox control unit, rear lock, horn, file lines (twice) and now, to rub salt in the financial wound, it lost every drop of oil from the engine into a shopping centre carpark.
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Unplugging your cel doesn’t count.
This is called “monetary attention”. Animals do this too. My horses need monetary attention regularly.
Bastards
