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Old Aug 6, 2006 | 11:27 PM
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Default Missing on cylinders could it be coil ????

Any one have any idea why i would have no boost ?

whilst driving the car it is lacking in power from pulling away, as though i was pulling away in second.

The boost gauge does not go above 0 but sits below whilst ticking over, adjusted the bleed valve slightly but made no difference.

The car has been installed with a omex limiter, which has a blue,red & black wire attached to it, the blue & red go to the coil ( i think) & the black is live but unsure if it should go to live on the battery or on the coil.



note wire running along strut brace is connected to solanoid one end & the other is connected to the omex limiter (black box by fuel filter).

There is also a blue & red that are attatched to a solanoid (located on the accelerator bracket) that is in-line on the pipe that comes from the dump valve (which is not dumping - i'm actually getting a little 'chatter') to the top of the inlet - which everytime i drive it pops off.

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any ideas ?????

is it possible the tubing on the bleed valve is collapsing as it is soft to the touch as is the rest of the blue piping around the engine bay ????
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Old Aug 7, 2006 | 07:47 AM
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blank off the d/v cos it might b leaking
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Old Aug 7, 2006 | 02:49 PM
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If the coil is faulty would this cause the engine to run on 2 cylinders ?

The reason i think this is that i've disconnected the dump valve & taken off the rev limiter but it's back to running on 2 cylinders !!!


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Old Aug 7, 2006 | 05:31 PM
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Well changed the coil back to standard -- no difference !!!

Any one got a hammer i'm gonna smash this pissin car rite up - had enough now


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Old Aug 7, 2006 | 07:13 PM
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have you carried out a compression test on the two cylinders that are not firing?

also try taking out one of the spark plugs that are not firing and put the ht lead back onto it, then touch the spark plug onto the body of the car, you should get a nice fat spark on the plug, if not your problem is on the elctrical side of things.are there any other dodgy symptoms? car runs hot, water in the oil,smoke out the exhaust etc?
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