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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
Location: Scotland
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18th Jul 04 at 20:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
sprayed on some gunk, left it five minutes then rinsed off with the hose. did respectable job considering i just used a hose.

However my engine sounds as if it is running on three cylinders now could this be anythin to do with it and how do i fix it??
Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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18th Jul 04 at 20:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
run it for a while get some heat into it
itll be fine
a_j_mair
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18th Jul 04 at 20:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
left it running for a while earlier and it sounded rough just started it again and dont sound any better
CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
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18th Jul 04 at 20:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Could be moisture under the distributor cap or the dis module. Spray them (and inside them if poss) with WD40 or similar to get rid of any water...
a_j_mair
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18th Jul 04 at 20:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its been running for a good half hour now and still sounds as rough as a dog
PaulW
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18th Jul 04 at 20:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
give it a bit of a run & open it up a bit after ya sprayed the WD40 in the dizzy
a_j_mair
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18th Jul 04 at 21:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just went out to spray with wd40 and touched the accelerator and it just stopped
Rob
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19th Jul 04 at 12:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
if you got the 16v model I had this problem loads with me scoop. the water dropped into the engine bay just above the spark plugs it stopped the spark plugs working right and made the car juddery and lost power loads. try taking plugs out and cleaning em. i tried running mine about but no good.

have to clean the plugs maybe.
Go3asy
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Registered: 11th Jan 04
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19th Jul 04 at 12:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
pull off the big orange plug if yours is 1.2 8v, make sure engine is off, and hold it with a cloth in your hand as this gives the engine all the power , a good few thousand volts anyway and dry off the insiude of it and where it plugs in, then it will be fine
greycorsa
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19th Jul 04 at 12:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its the plugs. theyre wet. dry em up n bingo. bobs ur uncle

 
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