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From: Kirky on 31 Jan 2010 11:42
My girlfriends car as above has stalled and refused to start in heavy
rain on a few occasions. Prior to actually stalling it gets really
sluggish and wont rev easily. I was going to replace the leads/
distributor cap/rotor arm/spark plugs to see if that sorted it but
before I did so I wondered if someone could tell me what the most
likely cause could be?

Thanks in advance
From: Chris Whelan on 31 Jan 2010 11:55
On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:42:25 -0800, Kirky wrote:

> My girlfriends car as above has stalled and refused to start in heavy
> rain on a few occasions. Prior to actually stalling it gets really
> sluggish and wont rev easily. I was going to replace the leads/
> distributor cap/rotor arm/spark plugs to see if that sorted it but
> before I did so I wondered if someone could tell me what the most likely
> cause could be?
>
> Thanks in advance

Leads most likely, followed by cap.

If she is going to be keeping the car for a while, and there is no record
of when any of the items you mentioned were last changed, I would suggest
doing them all. The cost would be minimal.

Chris

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From: Chris Bartram on 31 Jan 2010 15:33
Chris Whelan wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:42:25 -0800, Kirky wrote:
>
>> My girlfriends car as above has stalled and refused to start in heavy
>> rain on a few occasions. Prior to actually stalling it gets really
>> sluggish and wont rev easily. I was going to replace the leads/
>> distributor cap/rotor arm/spark plugs to see if that sorted it but
>> before I did so I wondered if someone could tell me what the most likely
>> cause could be?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>
> Leads most likely, followed by cap.
>
> If she is going to be keeping the car for a while, and there is no record
> of when any of the items you mentioned were last changed, I would suggest
> doing them all. The cost would be minimal.
>
> Chris
>
seconded. It's not worth mucking about.
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