[urq] ignition cutout ad infinitum, ad nauseum

[Ingo Rautenberg]

He, he..I know what you mean.  Have fun.  When you come back you shower your
GF with Roses, kisses, etc. and your other GF (aka Urq) a new set of wires,
cap & rotor.  Then all 3 of you should be happy ;-)

Here's hoping...

Ingo


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Kellock" <ekellock at gmail.com>
To: "UrqList" <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] ignition cutout ad infinitum, ad nauseum


> I went back out to check all the igntion resistance values per the IST
> docs.
>
> rotor (warm): 1159  spec: "about 1000"
> coil wire: 0, spec: 800-1200
> coil posts 1 & 4: 3040, spec: 6300-9200
> coil posts 1 & 15: 0.9-1.0, spec: 0.61-0.83
>
> Plug wire test was whacko.  I checked two different ones.  I would
> initially get a reading anywhere from 11xx to 19xx, but as soon as the
> reading displayed, it would revert to 1, which is the baseline reading
> when the probes are not connected to anything.
>
> So then I hooked everything back up and got in and started it.  Ran
> perfect.  No cutout, no rough running, nice idle, good throttle
> response.  Work the throttle variously with letting it idle.  Ran it
> long enough to have the cooling fan kick on once.  Not a hiccup.
>
> Sadistic bitch.
>
> I'm going to Vegas.  No really.
>
> Ed
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ingo Rautenberg" <irautenberg at comcast.net>
> To: "Ed Kellock" <ekellock at gmail.com>; "UrqList" <urq at audifans.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 2:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [urq] Ideas for rough running continued - Solved?
>
>
> > Ed,
> >
> > I don't remember anymore, but you checked dist cap and measured
> resistance
> > of rotor, right?  I've seen hairline cracks through the rotor
> contact strip
> > upon close inspection before.  Did you try hooking up a timing light
> to see
> > if spark cut out occurs (as expected) as well?
> >
> > Ingo
> >
>
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