[s-cars] [slightly OT] - 5K bucking

[JC]

I think you mentioned it - that's exactly the symptoms I had with bad plug
wires in my 200 a few times. At first it's rare and intermittent as the
wires are only partially deteriorated, then it gets more frequent. Basically
when the car is warm and/or revving there's enough electron juice to blast
through the bad wires but when it's cold you hit the gas at low revs the
spark sputters out.   Not much to lose by putting new wires in and seeing...


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> hi s-list, sometime the quattro list accepts my emails
> sometimes it doesn't,  so i ask looking to save some time.
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> got a 5k that i recently did a mild tune-up on.
> Plugs,cap/rotor,air&fuel filter.  I also rewired the
> thermo-time since the original was corroded to the point of
> disconnected.  Used a new gauge[expensive!] with clean
> harness plucked from a salvage yard.  Also rewired the
> exansion tank as the last goons that had this car didnt wnat
> to hear about low coolant so they grounded it elsewhere.  I
> didnt do plug wires to save some $ and dont know the age of
> the rest of the various system components.
>
> The problem; violent bucking during low speed initial
> acceleration,  does seem most profound at cold start.
>
> looking to see if someone more familiar with the 44s knows a
> common culprit suiting the above description
>
> thanks, brian
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