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Old Nov 13, 2013 | 02:47 PM
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Question help with intermetent sparking issue

hi all recently posted about as oil pressure issue which i think i cured by removing the sump and found a blocked oil pick up , since removing the sump of my mfi rs turbo cabriolet it wont start

i have changed and checked the following, i remove all the plugs which were soaked with fuel and cleaned them up and put them back in , whilst the plugs were out i did a crank pressure test which all cylinders where in the 12 to 14 bar mark,

i checked the coil and its sparking , so i changed the dizzy cap and arm,
when i remove each plug and lead and test them there is only a short burst of spark then nothing , there is fuel up there and timing is spot on to,

it has i believe a bosch distributor with a red cap and arm. it tries to fire and you can here one cylinder firing but thats it

so from starting it last week before sump removal and now having it back together it wont spark all the time and fire and run ?

i have read the other threads and tried making sure the earths are correct ect. but i did notice on the facing of the distibutor near where u put the dizzy cap on there is a bronze piece of metal there which looks like a single spade piece which a spade conector should go on is that the earth point for the distrubutor ?

any help greatly apreciated as it going for painting 31st of nov lol providing i can get it there

Last edited by adt1986; Nov 13, 2013 at 02:55 PM.
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