hi guys, this mornin and for the past few morning the car didnt wanna wake up propley - basically when i start it from cold it it runs like on 2 cylinders until i pull a spark plug lead out the head it wakes up then all fours are on song

iv just fitted new 071 plugs i got yesterday too, i thought it needed new plugs

and the head all of a sudden now sounds like a fietsa 1.1's head its gone so loud and clattery i had to top up as the last set of plugs were so bad i lost loads of oil through burning, now i have topped up it still makes noise

please advise

 

have you gapped the plugs properly?

pulling out a lead might make it fire up that much better because it's not got as much resistance to get past from the gap

then again, it might also be that the new plugs are the worng ones

another possibiilty is that you may have moved something when you changed the plugs and it's not connected up properly

 

the fookin dizzy cap just gave me a good shock, the ignition coil to cap lead was slighlty melted in and when i wanted to pull it the metal broke so had to get pull it out with pliars so i now need a new dizzy cap, may aswell get a new rotor arm then, if it aint that then the coil is damaged due to getting wet......

that shock has made me feel funny

 

Try new dizzy cap and rotor arm they cost buttons anyway.

 

coz of this problem it gave out a some white smoke

 

white smoke? there's no such thing as white smoke really it's generally steam! car's not using any water is it? if it's only after the car's been stood for a few hours that the problem occurs it's possible the head gasket could be letting water into the bores thus the missfire when u start up?

of course i could be pissing in the wind if it's not using water ignore this

 

it started this mornin fine thankfully but it still was chuffin out white smoke

last nite i cleaned out the dizzy cap and rotor arm but i may go and buy new ones...

also when i pulled the coil to dizzy cap lead the metal connection broke in the cap, i think its very old and not giving spark all the time - thats where i think the white smoke problem is...am i right?

 

Kam - your white smoke is the fookin headgasket - how many times do you need to be told

for fooks sake - get it sorted and do it once, that way you wont keep having stupid little problems as they will often make way for bigger ones.

 

i know but im broke, and plus i need to get around in a car

fookin hate being a student

 

Shut up and get out yer credit card like the rest of us

 

get your credit card out mate as i aint got one

your very kind

 

Kam, - its gonna cost you around 100-150 mark to get it sorted which is way cheaper than a head or engine rebuild.