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| I'm back to square one. |
| By Dave Shoe - 03/13/2001 1:12:57 PM; IP 12.2.11.131 |
New plug wires or not, it's sounding more like bad wires.
Start it outside at night with the hood open and your eyes adjusted to the dark. Don't do it inside the garage, because your motor is creating all kindsa carbon monoxide right now. Have a friend put it in drive while holding the brake. Look under the hood (from a safe position on the side) for all kinds of blue haze and possibly bright blue arcing. I'm betting several spark plugs will have a haze around them and several wires will be crosstalking, too.
You need to do it under load (be careful - power brakes don't work well in this situation, as the vacuum reservoir empties fast) as it's tougher for the spark to jump through a fuel-air mixture than it is to jump through a lean atmosphere. This means it requires a higher voltage to punch through the spark gap, allowing "leaks" to take over the plasma-creation duties.
I do not trust new plug wires. It could be in your cap, too.
Shoe. |
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