v6 running problem

[cooltom31]

wondering if anyone can help, my c25xe engine keeps dropping down to 5 cylinders, i noticed the rocker gaskets were leaking into the spark plugs and thought that might be the problem but now i have sorted them its still the same, sometimes it will just kick in and run fine then drop again. anyone got any ideas?

cheers

tom

[John]

coil pack/leads.

[cooltom31]

is it quite common for it to be the leads? as i dont want to pay £50 for leads to find they wernt the problem.

[Jack]

Plastic or metal cam covers?

[cooltom31]

it has the plastic cam covers.

[Southie]

Bide your time as RJ has learnt a lot on this. (back me up lol)

[Jack]

lol

The plastic covers warp, mine did and caused the same problem. Swapped for metal ones and its fine now.

[cooltom31]

surely thats not going to stop it running like it is as ive cleaned it all up and as soon as i started it its still running on 5?

[Mazz]

You can see the amount of sealer i had on my plastic covers and the bloody things still leaked!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y191/mrmazz/Cav/DSCN1090Small.jpg

Get some Vectra metal ones and try some leads

[cooltom31]

could the airflow meter have anything to do with it? as ive jus noticed a split in the pipe and thought maybe its not running on 5 its just spluttering because its not getting the right air?

[cooltom31]

would a vecra msd inlet fit on the c25xe? would there be any gains if so?