My van has been running really well, and as it has the 2l engine I've always felt fairly smug on up-hill sections. On the flat no dramas at all, but recently on hills its been struggling a bit. All the ancillaries have been changed within the last 12 months with good quality parts apart from the coil, which I inherited with the van 6 years ago (so goodness knows how old it really is). So, my question is could an aging coil affect up-hill performance?
No it would tend to affect your engine more of the time. You have sone other aging effect such as perished rubber hoses typical of an aging Type 4 . A year is long enough for some modern "good quality" rubber components to begin to fail.
Yeah tappets checked when push rod tubes were sorted out a few weeks back. Good shout on the hoses I'll start there...
