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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 20 Feb 2010 17:55 On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:15:48 -0800, DJ_SLIK_GARLAND wrote: > Ok earlier I posted a topic about this car not staying running well i > fixed that problem and now im tryin to find the miss. All the spark plugs > are new (NGK) and the wires and distributor cap and rotor are as well. The > ignition coil I checked for resistence and it all checked out good. I > adjusted the bi pass air and it leveled out but still has the miss. I > pulled the plugs after running it for a few days and the plugs seem to all > be burning at the same rate because they all look the same and I dont > smell any fuel on them. When I drive it it sounds like a miss at idle but > when i speed up to like 20 or 30 mph it almost sounds like it levels out > and the miss corrects itself or something and runs ok til you hit 50 mph > then it runs the miss fire. So if anyone has any helpful advice im all > ears. What was the problem?
From: hls on 21 Feb 2010 19:17 "AZ Nomad" <aznomad.3(a)PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote in message news:slrnho0pj1.ig5.aznomad.3(a)ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net... > On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:30:40 -0600, hls <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote: > >>"m6onz5a" <corvair(a)comcast.net> wrote in message >>news:d8fd0dd5-2688-4184-8ea0- > >>You could also pull one plug wire at at time and see if the miss gets >>worse.. If you pull one and nothing changes, that should be your >>problem cylinder/wire/ plug, etc. > >>******** >>I believe we counseled him at the time to buy a cheap spark plug tester >>and see if he could isolate the offending cylinder. Maybe I am wrong. > > Or you could just replace the wires and plugs; has to be done anyway > at some point. Inspect the cap at the same time and replace it if > there's cracking or carbon tracking. Save the cost of getting the > tester. If I dont have this guy confused with someone else, all these points were made. He (I think) said that he had new cap and wires. I feel I, or we, are not getting the well researched story.
From: DJ_SLIK_GARLAND on 22 Feb 2010 21:11 On Feb 20, 7:25 am, klu...(a)panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote: > DJ_SLIK_GARLAND <DJ_SLIK_GARL...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >Ok earlier I posted a topic about this car not staying running well i > >fixed that problem and now im tryin to find the miss. All the spark > >plugs are new (NGK) and the wires and distributor cap and rotor are as > >well. The ignition coil I checked for resistence and it all checked > >out good. I adjusted the bi pass air and it leveled out but still has > >the miss. I pulled the plugs after running it for a few days and the > >plugs seem to all be burning at the same rate because they all look > >the same and I dont smell any fuel on them. When I drive it it sounds > >like a miss at idle but when i speed up to like 20 or 30 mph it almost > >sounds like it levels out and the miss corrects itself or something > >and runs ok til you hit 50 mph then it runs the miss fire. So if > >anyone has any helpful advice im all ears. > > What was the problem that you fixed? > > Have you checked the timing? > --scott > > -- > "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." yeah it was the MAF nope i need to get a timing light but i think the motor runs off a chain right?
From: DJ_SLIK_GARLAND on 22 Feb 2010 21:12 On Feb 20, 9:45 am, m6onz5a <corv...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > On Feb 20, 10:15 am, DJ_SLIK_GARLAND <DJ_SLIK_GARL...(a)yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > Ok earlier I posted a topic about this car not staying running well i > > fixed that problem and now im tryin to find the miss. All the spark > > plugs are new (NGK) and the wires and distributor cap and rotor are as > > well. The ignition coil I checked for resistence and it all checked > > out good. I adjusted the bi pass air and it leveled out but still has > > the miss. I pulled the plugs after running it for a few days and the > > plugs seem to all be burning at the same rate because they all look > > the same and I dont smell any fuel on them. When I drive it it sounds > > like a miss at idle but when i speed up to like 20 or 30 mph it almost > > sounds like it levels out and the miss corrects itself or something > > and runs ok til you hit 50 mph then it runs the miss fire. So if > > anyone has any helpful advice im all ears. > > Double check that the plugs you installed are gapped properly. > > You could also pull one plug wire at at time and see if the miss gets > worse.. If you pull one and nothing changes, that should be your > problem cylinder/wire/ plug, etc. do i need to have special plug pliers so that the voltage coming through the wire doesn't travel through me?
From: DJ_SLIK_GARLAND on 22 Feb 2010 21:14 On Feb 20, 2:30 pm, "hls" <h...(a)nospam.nix> wrote: > "m6onz5a" <corv...(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > > news:d8fd0dd5-2688-4184-8ea0- > > You could also pull one plug wire at at time and see if the miss gets > worse.. If you pull one and nothing changes, that should be your > problem cylinder/wire/ plug, etc. > > ******** > I believe we counseled him at the time to buy a cheap spark plug tester > and see if he could isolate the offending cylinder. Maybe I am wrong. > > DJ??? yes i did pick up a tester and everything looks good but ill run my tests again...yes this is DJ_SLIK_GARLAND
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