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Old 11-05-2008, 09:49 AM
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Hi everyone my 4x4 cossie has developed a misfire at low revs i.e. 20mph 2nd gear,seems okay when you put it to go anyone else had this?Took the cap and rotar arm off yesterday they looked fine and sprayed some electrical contact cleaner on the multiplugs in the engine bay.Thanks for any help in advance
Old 11-05-2008, 01:08 PM
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what plugs have u got fitted?
Old 11-05-2008, 01:12 PM
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And what gap ?
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The pp8 ones,0.7 gap.
Old 11-05-2008, 02:21 PM
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What is the CO set to ?
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0.5% one of stu's closed loop stage one,the plugs are brand new
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Have you tried the old plugs back in m8 ?
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It was doing a similar thing before,might go down the route of changing the cps,phase sensor,ignition amplifier
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Don't just change for the sake of it, check the switching speed of the Lambda.
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0.5% one of stu's closed loop stage one,the plugs are brand new
0.5 % is too low imo needs to be .8 .9 plugs gaps 0.6mm

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Old 22-05-2008, 04:09 PM
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Used some contact cleaner on the multiplugs above the rockercover and used the car three days on the trot and its all good! no misfire since tuesday
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