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From: DJ_SLIK_GARLAND on 20 Feb 2010 10:15
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.
From: Scott Dorsey on 20 Feb 2010 10:25
DJ_SLIK_GARLAND <DJ_SLIK_GARLAND(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."
From: m6onz5a on 20 Feb 2010 12:45
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.
From: hls on 20 Feb 2010 17:30

"m6onz5a" <corvair(a)comcast.net> wrote in message
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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???

From: AZ Nomad on 20 Feb 2010 17:46
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.

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