Ruff Running 2.0 Revisited, She's running great! Options

[newdeal2]

Just wanted to tell you all I picked up a set of wires, replaced the cracked and broken insulators [2] and re timed it. I feel pretty stupid...that was the problem all along! I guess the problem was arcing to the heads causing bad spark.

I learned the hard way.... the old saying....is it plugged in? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)

In any event it's 65 or so outside, the top is off and it's time to drive (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving.gif)

[Katmanken]

Amazing how many mystery problems are caused by wires...

I just replace them as one of the first steps now...

Have a Vanagon that ran great when cold, and every morning would start bucking at the exact same spot on the way into work. Ran crappy all the rest of the way intp work. Looked at and measured everything, and thought it was a the FI computer. The engine started crapping at about the correct time for the FI to switch from cold engine to hot engine settings.

Measured the plug wires cold and they were always OK. One frustrating day, I measured them hot (after passing the magic spot) and found one wire was an insulator with no conduction. Took about 5 minutes to go from a conductor to a non-conductor.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ar15.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ar15.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ar15.gif)

Moral of the story, $80.00 Bosch special wire set was cheep compared to the time/trouble spent finding the problem.

Ken