[V8] Dizzy Seals

[Dave Saad]

Not sure what you are saying here - but that carbon buildup on the  
electrodes inside the cap is perfectly normal.  You can carefully  
scrape it off if you want, but it will come right back.  Black spots  
or lines in the insulator material is what is bad.

Ford specifies putting die-electric grease around the electrodes, and  
I have been doing that on the V8 caps as well.
It makes them look terrible, but they last for a long time - like  
100K miles. I think the grease helps prevent carbon tracks inside the  
cap - which is what causes them to fail. They are usually visible as  
a black line and cause the affected plug to not fire.


On Nov 7, 2007, at 8:18 PM, Scott Simmons wrote:

> The black/grey fuzzy scoring isn't a problem?  Righto.  "You've got a
> lot of carbon scoring here... it looks like you boys have seen a  
> lot of
> action."
>
> Tomorrow I'm installing one of those eBay radiators.  It came in the
> same box as the ones I sell at the FLAPS, built by Prolliance.  Took 2
> days to ship (shipped Monday, arrived Wednesday) so I'm happy about  
> that.
>
> I'll do a letter tomorrow that details any modifications needed to  
> fit,
> etc.  The AudiWorld forums thread that I have bookmarked (07 - 27 -
> 2006) that details radiator replacement mentions 1/2" self stick  
> sponge
> weather-strips.  I reckon this needs only to be sticky on one side?  I
> found the stuff at Ace at $3 for 42" but it was only sticky on one
> side.  The double-sided sticky ran more but did not come 1/2" thick
> (only 5/16ths).
>
> ~Scott S.
>
> Coleman, David wrote:
>
>> I'm with you Ed. From what I see there, that base is covered.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com <v8-bounces at audifans.com>
>> To: 'v8-list' <v8 at audifans.com>
>> Sent: Wed Nov 07 21:12:57 2007
>> Subject: Re: [V8] Dizzy Seals
>>
>> Heck, those look practically brand new. I've seen and left in way  
>> worse.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com
>>> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Scott Simmons
>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 4:57 PM
>>> To: Kent McLean
>>> Cc: v8-list
>>> Subject: Re: [V8] Dizzy Seals
>>>
>>>
>>> Went in and did the driver's side today. Much easier. Except for
>>> dropping the lower washers down into the nether region.
>>>
>>> The flange has pins on both side, ensuring distributor
>>> alignment in one
>>> spot.
>>>
>>> Took a picture of the cap. It looks scored, but maybe this
>>> is normal?
>>> Cap (and rotor) is only 3 months old, or so.
>>>
>>> http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a143/indischrot/audi/cap1.jpg
>>>
>>> And here's the other side (passenger):
>>>
>>> http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a143/indischrot/audi/dizzy2.jpg
>>>
>>> ~Scott S.
>>>
>>> Kent McLean wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tony wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> There is a very significant difference, though. The S-cars had a
>>>>> distributorless ignition from the factory. The V8's use
>>>>
>>> distributors. So,
>>>
>>>>> you would have to completely re-engineer the spark system
>>>>
>>> on a V8. And, have
>>>
>>>>> an ECU of some sort to fire the coils as well.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Spoil sport. :)
>>>>
>>>> How about MegaSpark?
>>>
>>> http://home.comcast.net/~tjhafner/SparkManual.html
>>>
>>>> MegaSquirt-II Sequencer?
>>>> http://www.megamanual.com/
>>>
>>> http://www.megamanual.com/seq/indexright.htm
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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