Starting on 3 Cylinders?...

Post by **4thgenphil** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 3:19 am

terra clean won't clean your fuel pump.

i know you say the dizzy is new but still.............

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 8:37 am

NafemanNathan wrote: Ben, I did remove them completely, but I didn't analysis the ceramic part closely, so I could have missed a hairline crack. So did yours only do it when star, but not necessarily every time? I had replaced the plugs as well when I got the car, but that's not to say they could be faulty now.

Mine was more frequent than yours by the sounds of it and it showed up under load, would idle nearly perfect but under load - 3 cylinders. I'm not sure yours is that TBH. The fact its when you start it make me think its an iffy connection, or perhaps a dry solder joint somewhere or an issue in the dizzy, as Phil says.
Have you got a spare igniter and coil you could swap one at a time and see if that eliminates it? (Drives me mad when people 'swap out the dizzy' like it's the easiest/only option..!

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Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 9:21 am

Yeah I wasn't really suspecting the dizzy purely because it was only on the very occasional start up. Also the air temperatures have been completely varied as well. Generally in the mornings when it's happened my temp gauge will read 29 degrees, whereas when it occurred at work the other day it was such a hot day the temp was reading 36, which is incredibly high for atmospheric heat soak.

I do have the spare bits Benny, but they're in a dizzy that was playing up previously, hence it's replacement, so bot sure using those parts would be wise

So Phil, isn't part of the Terra-Clean service cleaning out the fuel tank and cleaning the system through? Seems quite daft if not.

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 9:57 am

NafemanNathan wrote:Yeah I wasn't really suspecting the dizzy purely because it was only on the very occasional start up. Also the air temperatures have been completely varied as well. Generally in the mornings when it's happened my temp gauge will read 29 degrees, whereas when it occurred at work the other day it was such a hot day the temp was reading 36, which is incredibly high for atmospheric heat soak.

I do have the spare bits Benny, but they're in a dizzy that was playing up previously, hence it's replacement, so bot sure using those parts would be wise

So Phil, isn't part of the Terra-Clean service cleaning out the fuel tank and cleaning the system through? Seems quite daft if not.

Fair enough. By the way, my dizzy swapping rant wasn't aimed at you, you know that right?

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 10:07 am

Well yes, I assumed it was at Phil

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 10:15 am

No, but we'll go with that...

Post by **Vtecmec** » Wed Jul 13, 2016 10:31 am

Just swap out the dizzy.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 1:24 pm

mec is such a trouble maker these days...

Post by **Vtecmec** » Thu Jul 14, 2016 2:16 pm