Mot avisory

House_owner

Hi, I have just had an Mot advisory notice for my Toyota Yaris (Y reg, 1.0 engine) - it said that 'coil pack number one is loose', I was told at the garage that this wasn't a safety issue, just for advicem but I am concened that I might need to get this fixed urgently, or can I live with it a bit longer?

colino

Get it fixed,it will be cheap as the thing is working (or it wouldn't have passed the emissions test). A bit concerned that the MOT tester saw fit to abuse the advisories section with something like that though.

hartcjhart

colino wrote: »

Get it fixed,it will be cheap as the thing is working (or it wouldn't have passed the emissions test). A bit concerned that the MOT tester saw fit to abuse the advisories section with something like that though.

how is it abusing the 'advisory' section?he saw a fault and wanted to ensure the owner knew about it

House_owner

by the way, what is a coil pack (sorry to sound ignorant, I don't know much about cars

molerat

colino wrote: »

Get it fixed,it will be cheap as the thing is working (or it wouldn't have passed the emissions test). A bit concerned that the MOT tester saw fit to abuse the advisories section with something like that though.

Not a testable item but a fault could cause a misfire or inefficient combustion which could damage the cat or cause increased emissions.

catflea

House_owner wrote: »

by the way, what is a coil pack (sorry to sound ignorant, I don't know much about cars

The coil pack is in basic term where the energy is "stored and built up" before being sent to the spark plug (where it sparks and ignites the fuel, causing the engine to turn over)

I believe that it modern cars it also has an input into spark timing but dont quote me on that one.... (doesn't affect either of my motors...)