[T3] Cylinder Performance
Adriel Rowley
adriel_rowley at hotmail.com
Sat Jun 18 20:35:57 PDT 2011
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> From: jadney at vwtype3.org
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 06:34:10 -0500
> Subject: Re: [T3] Cylinder Performance
>
> On 17 Jun 2011 at 18:00, Adriel Rowley wrote:
>
> Black plugs usually mean that the cylinder is not firing at all. This
> would be due to lack of spark, lack of fuel, or lack of compression.
> Check the resistance of all 4 SP wires.
>
Scale set to 2k Ohms works, but a couple years or so ago all I could
get was just "1". Guess my meter skill have improved. ;)
1-0.863
2-1058
3-0.556
4-1075
> Try reducing the gap a bit, to more like .024". Sometimes the larger
> gaps make it more likely that the spark will "leak" out somewhere
> else before it gets to the plug.
>
Set three to about that, and the rest a bit looser but not the 0.028"
in my head. ;)
Thank you,
Adriel
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