So the rex is sick!

The car had starting issues hot or cold but worse when hot this became progressively worse and now the car will not idle unless I keep the revs up manually. She still revs to the moon but has no power at all anymore this all just happened in the space of 5 miles went like a steam train then died at a junction. Took a long time to start after it cooled down.

Right I saw a clip on youtube where a guy pulled the spark plug leads one at a time to test the coils.

Basically he pulled the leads one at a time and held the lead close to the coil to check the spark to see if there was a spark that jamp from the lead to the coil whilst the engine was running. btw the leads need to be held with insulated plires he had special ones I use my normal ones. A bit scary!

I tried this I started at the furthest away coil from the front a spark was present and no dip in engine tone then I replaced that lead and pulled the next ect until all 4 coils had been checked.

the coil closest to the front had the best spark and when I pulled that one the engine died.

The second coil in had the worst spark and the other two where ok but not as strong a spark as the first one.

92k on the clock
231ps
2007
Just bought it 1000 miles ago
Passed MOT 4 weeks ago