Totally disagree. A plug can fail or foul, leading to "spotty" misses. Coil can get weak, producing "spotty" voltage as it gets hot or RPM's increase. A plug wire can break (especially at the boots), leading to "spotty" connections. Been through them all. Do not understand reluctance to replace your ignition. Went to all that trouble inside the block... Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxx> wrote: > Generally the ignition either works or doesn't. It's very rare to see an ignition system be 'spotty'. You need to come up on Sunday and check your fuel pressure. =) > > -Dave > ----- Original Message ----- > From: cruznmd > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 8:10 AM > Subject: [DMCForum] Full power problems > > > Next order of business: > > SOMEthing is going on with my car. It always starts, idles well. Hot > or cold. > > I can't get full power, or perhaps I should say I can't get full > power all the time. Yesterday, I discovered that the advance solenoid > plug -looked- plugged in but in fact was not. As soon as I fixed > that, the engine idle improved even better, and when revving the > engine, the RPM's would spike much more easily. > > Since I had just replaced the steering rack boot, it was ok to test > drive. I had great power. I was zipping through the neighborhood. > > I came home and ate some chow. Around 9 pm I decided I wanted to run > it again to make damn sure I fixed things. Instead, the car was > totally feeble, cold and hot. When revving, it seemed to be missing > on a cylinder, or starving for fuel, I'm not sure which. > > Mike C: It almost seems to do what your car did; Drive a bit and lose > power as you go. > > It's done this "good power/no power" thing to me 2 or 3 times now. > > What do you think, Fuel or spark? Any ideas? > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=259395.3614674.4902533.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1524963/R=0/SIG=12o885gmo/*http://hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/autore dir?camp=556&lineid=3614674?=egroupweb&pos=HM> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=259395.3614674.4902533.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1524963/rand=416876600> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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