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hi,right ive been having problems with my car running lumpy (3 cylinders) real bad on boost ect. mainly noticed it after i changed the plugs without gapping them so ive regaped to 0.686 when i was told to put them all back in and it ran even worse.
so ive pulled the coil packs off and had a look and there completely dead,cracked and falling apart so ive bought new ones fitted them and still it runs like a bag of spanners so if anyone can help me resolve this problem i would be very greatful its getting abit tedious .
im certain its spark related could one of the tips be damaged also my freind dropped one on the floor could this be the problem.
so ive pulled the coil packs off and had a look and there completely dead,cracked and falling apart so ive bought new ones fitted them and still it runs like a bag of spanners so if anyone can help me resolve this problem i would be very greatful its getting abit tedious .
im certain its spark related could one of the tips be damaged also my freind dropped one on the floor could this be the problem.
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right just been back out and regaped the plugs once again this time to 0.610 and theres still no change still running like crap im going to pull the plugs out of my mates dead engine which ran fine apart from the small problem of the piston rings to see if it is my plugs that are the problem
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If the gap is too tight you will have idle/running issues. Plugs gaped out of the box are fine for starters.
Try the other plugs first then check the wiring and connections to the coil packs if you still have issues.
Try the other plugs first then check the wiring and connections to the coil packs if you still have issues.
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it did run fine out of the box but on boost hesitated and i was advised to gap them to 0.70 0.60 ive even tryed gapping them back to 0.80 but its still bad il try the other plugs in the morning and see what happens
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hi,right ive been having problems with my car running lumpy (3 cylinders) real bad on boost ect. mainly noticed it after i changed the plugs without gapping them so ive regaped to 0.686 when i was told to put them all back in and it ran even worse.
so ive pulled the coil packs off and had a look and there completely dead,cracked and falling apart so ive bought new ones fitted them and still it runs like a bag of spanners so if anyone can help me resolve this problem i would be very greatful its getting abit tedious .
im certain its spark related could one of the tips be damaged also my freind dropped one on the floor could this be the problem.
so ive pulled the coil packs off and had a look and there completely dead,cracked and falling apart so ive bought new ones fitted them and still it runs like a bag of spanners so if anyone can help me resolve this problem i would be very greatful its getting abit tedious .
im certain its spark related could one of the tips be damaged also my freind dropped one on the floor could this be the problem.
As Slowboy says replace plugs with the old ones if you still have them and see what happens.
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what plugs are you using by the way.
i had this when i first got the scoob, only use min of ngk platinum at 0.7
also, if it still runs crap. check through each plug for being damp/wet. or very sooty
i had this when i first got the scoob, only use min of ngk platinum at 0.7
also, if it still runs crap. check through each plug for being damp/wet. or very sooty
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thanks for all the help guys put the old plugs back in and it runs as sweet as a nut,imho i think one of the plugs was damaged when my mate dropped it.
anyway all is well and im happy once again
anyway all is well and im happy once again
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