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Re: CIS gauge
- To: "quattro@coimbra.ans.net" <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
- Subject: Re: CIS gauge
- From: Dave Eaton <dave.eaton@minedu.govt.nz>
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 14:41:57 +0012
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..>From: quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)
..>Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 21:52:07 GMT
..>
..>I found what was causing my "hot full load" stumble - the plug wire to #3 was
..>not connected to the cap!
..>
..>This has caused me to start thinking. If I saw no problems on a cold engine,
..>and also no problems on a hot engine at low or medium load, it suggests that my
..>distributor is mis-aligned. The misfire was appearing in situations where the
..>ignition was advanced, but not when it was not advanced. Ergo, the spark could
..>leap distributor+fault+plug when not advanced, but could _not_ leap the same
..>set when it _was_ advanced. The plug gap and the fault gap were constants - so
..>the distributor gap was increasing in the "hot full load" situation.
..>
..>Does the logic appeal? Is my next step to verify static timing?
can't see how advancing the timing would produce this problem, as the duration of the spark (ie, the length of time available for the coil to produce the necessary voltage) stays the same, regardless of the amount of static advance dialed in....
or am i missing something myself?
-dave
'93 s2
'90 ur-q