 Engine missing, My 914's engine started missing recently, but no back-fire |
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| velum |
 Jun 14 2009, 01:15 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: 4-June 08 From: Montréal, Qc, Canada Member No.: 9,135 Region Association: None  |
Hi!
My engine is missing sometimes when I am on the road. It stops very briefly (s plit second), and then it keeps going. Once, this happend while the car was stopped, and the engine just cut. I had to restart the engine, which it did without any problem. I read about other people with similar problems, however they also talk about back-firing. I haven't had any back-fire yet. And th eproblem does not happen all the time. Could it be the coil, the condenser, the points? What should I start with? And how can I determine which part is the faulty one? Cheers! JF |
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| BMXerror |
Jun 14 2009, 05:25 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,705 Joined: 8-April 06 From: Hesperia Ca Member No.: 5,842 |
First things first, just cover the tune up basics. Set the dwell and the timing (in that order), adjust the valves, set the fuel pressure. If your plugs, wires, and distribuor cap are old, you may just want to change those on general principle. Other than that, check for loose wiring to and from the coil. Definitely sounds like an ignition problem to me.
Mark D. |
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| r_towle |
Jun 14 2009, 05:34 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,588 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States 
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Is it fuel injection or carbs?
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| McMark |
Jun 14 2009, 06:25 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
QUOTE My engine is missing Damn thieves!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) Sorry, couldn't resist. |
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| velum |
Jun 14 2009, 09:59 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: 4-June 08 From: Montréal, Qc, Canada Member No.: 9,135 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(r_towle @ Jun 14 2009, 07:34 PM)  Is it fuel injection or carbs? I forgot to mention that. It is a 1973 2.0 FI |
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| curt914 |
Jun 15 2009, 11:05 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 6-March 04 From: Lompoc, Ca Member No.: 1,757 Region Association: None |
Damn thieves!!
Sorry, couldn't resist. ------------------------- Thats exactly what I thought the moment I read the subject line I thought this was going to be a thread about how someone went out one morning and his engine had been hijacked. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Curt (oh yeah.... been lurking here for a year or two. Only posted a very few times, anyway, hello everyone) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wavey.gif) |
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| velum |
Jun 15 2009, 11:53 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: 4-June 08 From: Montréal, Qc, Canada Member No.: 9,135 Region Association: None |
I also had a good laugh at McMark's remark when I realized how it could be interpreted. Sorry, English is not my mother tong. How do you say it then when the engine is cutting for split seconds and then keeps running?
Cheers! JF |
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| curt914 |
Jun 15 2009, 01:20 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 6-March 04 From: Lompoc, Ca Member No.: 1,757 Region Association: None |
No, no you're fine, just the way you typed it.
It just hit me funny at that moment. Can you imagine going out to the car in the morning, car wont turn over, you pop the engine hatch and all you see is a large expanse of asphalt and weeds...."engine missing" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Curt |
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| Katmanken |
Jun 15 2009, 02:29 PM
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You haven't seen me if anybody asks... Group: Members Posts: 4,738 Joined: 14-June 03 From: USA Member No.: 819 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
The missing engine problem happened to a friends VW beetle.....
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