Hi I have a couple of problems with my vectra. I recently bought an R reg 1.8 Vectra, Whilst driving on the motorway I the car would jerk and not pick any speed up, i pulled it into the garage and they said the coil pack had gone (whatever that is), anyway I paid £100 for a new coil pack to be put in. A couple of days later, the exact same problem only this the car wouldn't go past 20mph. i pulled it into the garage again and now they said the catalytic convertor has gone and extra £200. As you can imagine I wasn't very happy as i described the same problem twice and was quoted for two different parts. They say that problems with the coil pack is what caused the CAT to go. Does anyone know if this could be true? Anyway after having a new CAT put in, Every time I would put my foot down on the gas, it would make a noise, a sort of hissing noise, and now I can smell a lot of petrol from the car but there doesn;t appear to be a leak,Does anyone know if this smell problem could be linked to the CAT being put in ??? Any help much appreciated Thanks.
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19 years ago