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Slight misfire on tickover

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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 02:17 PM
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Default Slight misfire on tickover

My Rouse Cosworth has a very slight misfire on tickover, its fine once its going, any idea what it could be?
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Old Oct 15, 2010 | 05:25 PM
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Could be loads of things, cloggy injector with bad pattern, to dicky spark plug, and anything else in between.
Try and pin it down to 1 cylinder by pulling each plug lead in turn, don't electrocute yourself in the process, do this first as it makes the fault finding easier.
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