Stuttering

TestTransmission

Long story short,put petrol in the car 3 days ago.
Car began to stutter shortly after,very loud noise coming from exhaust.
Was told it could be the petrol,filled up the tank
Problem seemed to disappear over the last 2 days.
This morning driving to work,any time i put my foot down on the accelerator,the car was stuttering and just didnt want to acclerate.
Am i think correctly that this is gonna cost me more money and off to a mechanic i go?
Sorry for the poor description btw
Car is a 01 fiesta btw (serviced 2 weeks ago)

trant

Ignition coil pack, very common fault on 1.25 Fiestas.

TestTransmission

Expensive?

trant

Not really, shouldn't cost more than €100.

TestTransmission

ok,not too bad,driving around with that at fault.can that do any damage to the car?its just that im working 3 * 12 hour shifts this weekend,not a hope of goin to the garage

cantdecide

If you can organise the parts, unless you've never picked up a spanner in your life, you can DIY it. It wil;l be a common part and probably available off the shelf in Ford main stealers.

ps, theoretically yes, you will do damage on some level but I think you would have to drive it continually for weeks or months. If really is bad, I'd sort something else out.

TestTransmission

Quick update just to let ye know.
Changed the spark plugs last week and low behold the car is now running perfectly.Cost me 15 euro and a half hour of my dad's time

tippbhoy

I had the old coil problem in my zetec back in the day so I was going to suggest this like Trant said. Sounds like whoever serviced your car put in the wrong plugs.