[V8] idlle /driving problem continues

[Dave Head]

Get a mist-er and spray over the engine at night...

Ingo Rautenberg wrote:

>Ha, Dave! That's just what I was thinking when reading this.  Either that or
>a crack in the distributor cap.  Suggest checking this a night visually.  In
>the darkness you should see any high-voltage sparks!!!  And if you do, they
>shouldn't be there!
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>Good luck.
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>Ingo
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>From: <dsaad at icehouse.net>
>To: <v8 at audifans.com>
>Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 10:46 AM
>Subject: Re: [V8] idlle /driving problem continues
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>>The snapping is interesting -
>>The fluid level sensor wires cannot make a sound like this - unless you
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>>serious short circuit somewhere - and this would be obvious by the fire
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>>the hood, but I suspect your ignition coil is cracked or has a secondary
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>leak
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>>somewhere. The snap is the spark going somewhere it should not. You might
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>>removing thr left coil and giving it a careful inspection, and maybe even
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>>it with the right side.
>>The resulting misfire from a bad coil will cause the mixture problem.
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>>Dave
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>>Quoting John Dodd <jidodd at shaw.ca>:
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>>>Today, finally I received the new FPR. Of course it did not solve the
>>>problem as one of you already mentioned.
>>>To review: idle fluctuates and especially in drive it's much worse.I can
>>>drive the car but at times it feels like I'm pulled back by some
>>>invisible force.It's getting worse so in the last 3 months I drove it
>>>to work 3 times or so.
>>>The code is 2413, mixture adaptation out of range.
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>>>Since the problem started I also hear a snapping sound from the driver
>>>side so I decided to remove the distributor to inspect the area.In the
>>>process I touched the brake fluid level  electrical connector and it
>>>made the exact same sound.So I said here is the source of that stupid
>>>sound.Put everything back together started the engine and  the snapping
>>>sound is back on even when I applied some pressure to the connector.
>>>Still have no clue on the cause.
>>>Parts I've changed so far  that made no difference
>>>Ignition wires, MAF(used one so who knows),new  caps (no rotors yet) O2
>>>sensor almost new ,FPR .
>>>Any idea what to do next ?
>>>Thanks
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