Engine Problem

Musicfreek2002 · Post by **Musicfreek2002** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:10 am

Ive got a dilemma!

I was talking to a mate with the engine running and all of a sudden the revs dipped and it started to misfire, it sounds to me as if its running on three cylinders (I havent had anyones oppinion on this yet).

Has anyone had this problem aswell?

What cured it?

Thanks guys help is appreciated

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:17 am

AFAIK the first things to check would be your HT Leads and Spark Plugs

Musicfreek2002 · Post by **Musicfreek2002** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:04 pm

Thanks for the help guys.

It sorted all it needed was new spark plugs.

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:14 pm

Glad my limited knowledge helped mate

Musicfreek2002 · Post by **Musicfreek2002** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:35 pm

Sorry Mate Dont Mean To p*** On Your Bonfire But It Aint Fixed.

Had someone out to look at it and have been told that the rotary arm is knackered.

anyone know where i can get hold of one?

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:40 pm

Musicfreek2002 wrote:Sorry Mate Dont Mean To p*** On Your Bonfire But It Aint Fixed.

Had someone out to look at it and have been told that the rotary arm is knackered.

anyone know where i can get hold of one?

ROTOR ARM!!!

Any VW dealer should beable to supply one for a few quid

Personally if I replace the Rotor I do the Dizzy Cap too (Distributor cap)

If one is worn/corroded/arc'd out the other will be too

You can go Aftermarket as an alternative but they are often not as good a quality - no offence intended to anyone who does use pattern parts but just my experience

polo69 · Post by **polo69** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:06 pm

I cant believe it!

Sounds like this is happening to me. FÃºcking car sounds like a Suberau

Its going slow as hell, i mean hitting 20 mph in about 10 seconds in first gear with the foot down!

Sparkplugs then?

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:55 pm

Musicfreek2002 wrote:Sorry Mate Dont Mean To p*** On Your Bonfire But It Aint Fixed.

Had someone out to look at it and have been told that the rotary arm is knackered.

anyone know where i can get hold of one?

No worries, like I say me and engines are like women and reversing

polo69 · Post by **polo69** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:26 pm

Is it still ok to drive while the car is misfiring?

bstardchild · Post by **bstardchild** » Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:05 pm

polo69 wrote:Is it still ok to drive while the car is misfiring?

NO - it kills the cat and thats an expense you don't want at MOT time......

Fix the missfire

KITT · Post by **KITT** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 10:19 am

polo69 wrote:Is it still ok to drive while the car is misfiring?

Just to second bstardchild, DON'T drive it with a mis-fire! The cat will get flooded with fuel and die which costs Â£Â£Â£ to replace

Replace the dizzy cap and rotor arm and see how you go. If it's still a problem then HT leads are the next suspect.

Good luck!

Musicfreek2002 · Post by **Musicfreek2002** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:56 pm

ive got my rotor arm and a new distributor cap coming tomorrow will let you know how it gets on.

As POLO69 Said about the subaru sounds, Same here mate sounds awesome but god damn slow.[/quote]

polo69 · Post by **polo69** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:15 pm

So i changed the spark plugs just now, started it up and it was running and sounding great. fitted all the covers back on, bonnet down. started it again and now its ticking again

quite a high pitched ticking.

Musicfreek2002 · Post by **Musicfreek2002** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:04 pm

thats nothing a guy came out to tune mine, new dizzy cap, new rotor arm new plugs and it still aint quite right

Musicfreek2002 · Post by **Musicfreek2002** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:18 pm

the ignition coil is f**ked