008 was sick, but fault cleared

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So having driven like a dream on the way back from having a few bits done at Rentech on Friday, when I went out in it Friday evening the engine management warning light came on after about half a mile and it started running rough. There was also a bad smell, that I'd struggle to describe. I drove home and not having much time, went out in another car.
Given the smell, I wondered if the catalytic converter might have failed and the car gone into some sort of get home mode. So on Saturday I arranged to go to the local exhaust place for them to have a look. On the way, the fault cleared after about 2 miles and it's been OK since. The exhaust centre said the Cat looked OKAY and suggested I might have a faulty coil pack.
Any thoughts?
I'm really tight for time to get it looked at between now and the Welsh Weekender.
 
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Did it rain at all? Maybe water in plug?
I had one that went exactly the same and was a coil, cylinder no 2.
Done loads of work on it, ran like a dream for a day then this, and as yours, cleared and was fine. Clip tested and fault (misfire) cylinder no 2.
 
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