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> PETRONIX RANT, Bosch & Petronix don't like each other
SLITS
post Apr 6 2005, 05:41 PM
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I've now experienced this twice....the first time my fault for not noticing and the second time I get to blame it on the PO or their mechanic.

I have found with the P unit, that if you use a Bosch Rotor, it rubs, creates dust and causes the car to run like shit. When you put it on, it doesn't seem to interfere, but when the car begins to run like crap, it has rubbed.

The first car has a grey aftermarket rotor in it when I changed it to Bosch. A couple of weeks later, it began to run like shit. After going thru all the motions and finally pulling the dizzy cap, I saw the dust. Pulling the rotor you could see where it scraped. I threw the unit away and put in a Crane/Allison Optical.

The second car I bought. It has run fine for about 3000 or so miles. It started to run like crap and I thought it was bad gas (gasoline..not me). After investigation, there was the rotor a scraped up. Some grinding and things are a little better. I still going to throw the piece of shit away and install a Crane/Allison.

Moral of story....none....just a warning for those that want to mix a Bosch rotor with a P unit. The Bosch must be slightly thicker than others.

Ok, so I'm just stupid...........Take your shot Z.............
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SLITS   PETRONIX RANT   Apr 6 2005, 05:41 PM
jkeyzer   What part of rotor is scraping on what? I haven...   Apr 6 2005, 05:48 PM
anthony   I had the same problem. Destroyed one brand new ca...   Apr 6 2005, 05:50 PM
!   Tole U so..... http://www...   Apr 6 2005, 05:51 PM
SLITS   It rubs on the barrel of the rotor...the part that...   Apr 6 2005, 05:56 PM
lapuwali   My guess is, the rubbing does nothing to the senso...   Apr 6 2005, 06:10 PM
SLITS   I cleaned the sensor off (and the dizzy) with comp...   Apr 6 2005, 06:26 PM
Aaron Cox   fit fine in my 050.... must be a stock dizzy issu...   Apr 6 2005, 06:32 PM
ChrisFix     Apr 6 2005, 06:40 PM
anthony   I had the same problem as Chris. As soon as that r...   Apr 6 2005, 06:44 PM
Racer Chris   I had this problem before too. I think the pottin...   Apr 6 2005, 06:47 PM
Mr.C   I just met a guy today on my route and we started ...   Apr 6 2005, 06:52 PM
ChrisFix   In reading this thread over again, it sounds like ...   Apr 6 2005, 06:58 PM
balljoint     Apr 6 2005, 07:40 PM
muddboy   <...   Apr 6 2005, 08:04 PM
Rgreen914   I think I've mentioned it here before, but I h...   Apr 6 2005, 08:07 PM
SLITS   Of the two I spoke about, I did not install either...   Apr 6 2005, 10:17 PM
Mark Henry   hmmmm...prob's here too...I'll get back to...   Apr 6 2005, 11:04 PM
Dave_Darling   This is a known problem with Pertronix. It fits f...   Apr 7 2005, 02:44 PM
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