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Miracle rac man !!!!!
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:22 pm
by paul72
Well car has been playing up lately and not starting and killing battery so after trying to start it at work yestoday dinner for a hour of a mates car with jump leads i finally gave up and rung rac who told me 2 hours to come out but luckly i was at work so he turned up by 3.30pm an asked wat i had tried , i had even checked the fuel into injectors but that was fine so rac bloke decided first thing was to check spark so took off 4th lead an put his own spark plug in to check against engine then ask me to turn it over . To my amazement the stupid car even started without the lead on an made me look stupid
so we turned it off an put it all back on an tried many times an it started everytime so not sure wat was causing it or rac bloke is magical
but he did advise me to change distributer as he reckons they go all the time on ludes so i have fitted the one
@bludge Gave me at dinner and fingers crossed its running fine again
Will i ever finish this car ?
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:28 pm
by Gayno
Shows what RAC know. The old "take off a lead and hold spark plug against engine" is what kills the H22 distirbutors. Not recommended practice for our cars!
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:29 pm
by paul72
Oooh wait till i see him again
well lets hope this one is ok
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:34 pm
by RattyMcClelland
Gayno wrote:Shows what RAC know. The old "take off a lead and hold spark plug against engine" is what kills the H22 distirbutors. Not recommended practice for our cars!
That's how I cured mine.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 6:41 pm
by paul72
Rac bloke reckoned doing that cud make it better for a while if it was going
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:09 pm
by wurlycorner
Gayno wrote:Shows what RAC know. The old "take off a lead and hold spark plug against engine" is what kills the H22 distirbutors. Not recommended practice for our cars!
Why is that. The distributor shouldn't see anything different? It sees spark plug, earthed through the head (or rocker cover, depending what you hold it against). No difference in resistance...
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:13 pm
by leefentonsheard
How does that kill the destributer ? Did some lad in a saxo tell u that ?
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:14 pm
by Vtecmec
wurlycorner wrote:Why is that. The distributor shouldn't see anything different? It sees spark plug, earthed through the head (or rocker cover, depending what you hold it against). No difference in resistance...
The problem is if it comes away from the engine at any point and loses the earth whilst you're doing it. Best way is to get a jump lead, and earth the plug in the jaws.
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:11 pm
by Bludge
Is the dizzy i gave you working ok yeah? did you clean it up at all before fitting it?
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:29 pm
by Thebusofwoe
Can spike the ignitor if it looses its earth!!