2013 Holden Cruze Intermittent Misfiring

Laduck420 on 06/03/2023 - 10:59
Last edited 06/03/2023 - 11:11 by 1 other user

Hey everyone, a couple of days ago my Cruze just started misfiring when i started it up.

Drove it to the mechanic right next to where it was parked and the mechanic said it was misfiring on cylinder 1 and it could be a coil pack issue. The Mechanic wanted $600 to fix it so I just walked down the road to the wreckers and bought a new coil pack for a $110. But with the new coil pack, the engine wouldn't turn over and just kept cranking. Put the old coil pack in and it ran fine.

The issue now is that the car runs fine for 30ish mins and starts misfiring again, but if I leave it alone for a couple of hours it's fine to drive again for a bit.

Don't really know a lot about cars and this was the first time i tried working on it as a mate told me that the coil pack was a super simple repair. Really lost with this as I need the car for work :/

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  Jaduqimon on 06/03/2023 - 11:03

  Swap the coil pack from cylinder 2 and see if cylinder 2 starts misfiring.

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    brendanm on 06/03/2023 - 11:16

    +1

    It is one coil pack that does the whole engine unfortunately.

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      Jaduqimon on 06/03/2023 - 11:44

      ahh thought it was the actual ignition coil but i guess his car uses packs.

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  Muzeeb on 06/03/2023 - 11:10

  +2

  But with the new coil pack, the engine wouldn't turn over and just kept cranking

  Did you install /plug in correctly?

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    aduck420 on 06/03/2023 - 12:10

    i just watched a couple videos on youtube before doing it, but totally possible

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      Sinnerator on 07/03/2023 - 08:23

      Congrats, you have just given the most honest answer in the history of the internet.

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  kerfuffle on 06/03/2023 - 11:27

  +2

  Obligatory Whirlpool thread

  Unlike Whirlpool, OP literally signed up just to ask this question …

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    pegaxs on 06/03/2023 - 17:31

    Gotta shop that confirmation bias.

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  JIMB0 on 06/03/2023 - 11:28

  +2

  These cars are the Camira of the 21st century.

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  pegaxs on 06/03/2023 - 11:37

  +6

  No, you walked down to the wrecker and bought a “used” coil pack… and if a “used” one is $110, a new one is a lot more.

  I love quoting work on a car and having customers say “what? That’s too much, my uncle says it’s just a $2 clip and some spit…”

  A week later when the car returns, instead of it being a $300 part and $150 labour, it’s now $1500 in parts and a days labour.

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    Bid Sniper on 06/03/2023 - 11:47

    poor man pays twice (or more)

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  cashless on 06/03/2023 - 11:58

  +1

  Here's some advice. Instead of spending $110 on dodgy used parts, take out an ad on car sales, dump the Cruze and buy yourself a Camry

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    aduck420 on 06/03/2023 - 12:08

    thats the first thing i am doing once i get this issue sorted.

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      Euphemistic on 06/03/2023 - 12:26

      Don’t bother trying to sort it. Just sell as is. You can either omit the misfire from your sale and tell the buyer to shove it if they come back (not being a good person) or own up to it and reduce your price accordingly (being a good person).

      If the new owner only wants it to run for 30 min at a time they may not care, or they might have some diagnostic skills and figure they can fix it cheap.

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        Freitag on 06/03/2023 - 13:15

        +1

        Or sell it to someone like sellmycar.com.au, doesn't feel as bad selling it to them, let them work it out.

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  Will Mcdonald on 06/03/2023 - 12:27

  The fact you have one of the new holdens is the problem, get rid of it.

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  altomic on 07/03/2023 - 01:29

  you can buy a new coil pack of eBay for $65 delivered -for a Holden Cruze JG JH 55570160 1.8L F18D4 2009-2013 AU

  did you actually replace the spark plugs?