[s-cars] Thanksgiving Misadventure

[Jerry Scott]

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From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Keith Franchetti
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 1:58 PM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com; Abe Berman; Robert Rossato
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Thanksgiving Misadventure

Update:

I did the TimeSert repair with the kit as described.  I believe the repair
went very well and without incident.  Only took about an hour.  Really
well-designed kit!  Car runs again, but all is not quite right.

The two main symptoms are 1) under high boost, I seem to lose one
cylinder--loose most of my power, runs rough, etc., until I back off a bit
on the throttle; and 2) at low RPMs, there are a fair number of misses,
mostly under some power (though not heavy acceleration by any stretch),
e.g., coming out of a low speed corner in 2nd gear.

Things I've tried:  pulled all the plugs and used a compression tester on
each cyllinder.  I think the variance is within normal limits, but I don't
know for sure:  I get about 160 PSI on #5 (4-6 cranks for each test); maybe
165 on #4; 165-170 on #2 and #3; and almost 175 on #1.  (Directions for the
tester say a 10% variance is okay).  That true?

Replaced the plugs with a old set that looked to be in decent shape.  But
maybe I should be trying a brand new set.  When I pull them again to
re-check, they all tend to be a bit "wet."

Put a bottle of fuel injector cleaner in the tank at fill-up yesterday (I'm
only 30 miles into that tank).

The one obvious possible source of my problem is that I'm still using the
coil that got damaged (partially melted) on the Thanksgiving Day when spark
plug blew out and caused the fire.  (You'll remember I also had a
significant valve cover gasket failure causing there to be a LOT of oil in
the spark plug bore hole--so that when the plug blew out, there must have
been a bit of fire that completely melted the boot, and some of the plastic
covering to the coil).  I actually HAVE a spare set of coils all still wired
in a loom--though the wiring overall is not in great shape.  I'm at a bit of
a loss as to how to replace the one coil.

That's where I am right now.  Any thoughts or recommendations?  Thanks!

Keith


On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Keith Franchetti
<skidfranc at gmail.com>wrote:

> Since I'm sure you're all sitting on the edge of your seat, I think 
> I'm ready to order TimeSert kit and insert.
>
> This is what I think I need:  M14x1.25 deep hole kit (part number 
> 4412E)
> $183 on ebay.  16.8mm washer seat insert (p/n 44111).  The inserts 
> come in sets of 10 for $30 on ebay.
>
> Any last words of wisdom before I pull the trigger?
>
>
> Keith
>
>
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