omega0684
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 08:19 PM |
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AND THEN THERE WAS LIGHT!
we've beaten it! Alex & Tony 1, Megasquirt 0,
tony popped over tonight for a look into my MS dilemma, well it has been said before so i will say it again, IT WAS SO TRIVIAL! After a little head
scratching and a cup of tea tony came into his element and managed to solve the problem that has been bugging me for days. after a little fiddling
with some setting in megasquirt the car fired up but was only running on 2 cylinders, so after replacing the plugs in cylinder 1 & 2 we gave it
another go, fire up straight away! but now running on 3 cylinders, so i will have to replace the other plugs tomorrow as i didn't have any other
new ones. so trivial! 2 duff plugs! still running rich as a b***h though so ill have to tone down the fuel table tomorrow.
A MASSIVE THANKYOU TO TONY.
one thing i dont understand though and someone might be able to explain is that all 4 of the original plugs were sparking when taken out, so why were
they not sparking when in the cylinder?
no more lost sleep, few, looking forward to getting stuck in tomorrow! 
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blakep82
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 08:20 PM |
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sometimes just needs a different pair of eyes 
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BenB
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 08:26 PM |
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Ain't that what I said it was??!?!?!
Congrats
Spark plugs that will spark in free air won't necessarily spark when under compression and in an air:fuel mixture. The higher the compression
ratio the harder it is for sparks to work.....
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 08:28 PM |
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Plugs may appear to be sparking OK when laid on an earth on the engine when cranking but when put under the sort of pressures that build up in a
cylinder the spark can be extinguished or instaed of jumping the gap can track out down the insulator with the same result. You can sometimes see the
track marks , look like a fine pencil line . Cleaning modern plugs is often a waste of time .
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t16turbotone
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 08:36 PM |
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nice car alex .... was happy to help out mate
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vinny1275
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 08:44 PM |
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Glad to hear you got it sorted and you don't need the number for the samaritans any more!!
All the best with the rest of the tuning!
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big_wasa
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 08:46 PM |
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very rich mixtures can bugger plugs. Once they start to track down the insulator the spark will allways look for the easiest path to travell.
I would replace all four. And again when you get it maped.
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 09:52 PM |
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WELL DONE THOSE MEN. Told you it'd be rich as a bitch still though.
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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CaptainJosh
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 11:26 PM |
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I was really hoping this was good news from you, its good to hear a mega squirt breakthrough
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MkIndy7
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| posted on 19/2/09 at 11:39 PM |
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We've had that problem aswell, the car's all running fine and then suddenly (usually the next time you get it out) it sounds like a
Subaru!
The plugs spark fine out of the engine but break down under compression.. all of ours that have done this I would describe the center core as broken.
If you twist the nipple on the end of the plug when its tight it still moves a tiny little bit either way.
I've spoken to technical people from NGK and nobody seems to be able to give a good answer as to whats caused it, Think i've got Sierra
injection Bosch plugs in at the moment as they are a different heat rating to the carb'd plugs.
I've posted on here about it before under something like "whats destroying my NGK-R's"
Glad you've found the major problem anyway, good luck with the rest!
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mad4x4
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| posted on 20/2/09 at 06:56 AM |
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So come on then that man - Post the
"I've got it running video and Audio" on YouTube..........
Well done it;s worth the grief these beasties give us.
[Edited on 20/202/09 by mad4x4]
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
MK INDY's Don't Self Centre Regardless of MK Setting !
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James
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| posted on 20/2/09 at 10:08 AM |
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Well done!
I don't understand what had changed over Christmas that it would have suddenly stopped working but oh well!
Cheers,
James
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