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Old 23-01-2008, 07:13 PM
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Hi,can anybody shed some light on my problem????when driving my s2,fairly standard car now and again when it comes on boost it seems to misfire????not happening all the time so im puzzled???any info id be grateful,thanks Bazza
Old 23-01-2008, 07:49 PM
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the first thing i wound check is the spark plug gaps then dissy cap and rotor and timing timing i had the same problem and it was the plugs worn ( gaps to big )
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I'd start with checking:

Plug condition/gaps
Dizzy cap/rotor arm
Coil (mine when warmed up used to missfire on boost under hard accel or in high gears, swapped coil, problem solved)
Plug leads.

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thanks both for the info
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