Ignition Problem (sorta related)

[Gary Derian]

Your plugs or wires are leaking voltage to ground which prevents enough
voltage buildup to jump the plug gap.  When you pull the wires a little, no
voltage gets to the wires or plugs until a spark jumps the wire to cap gap.
At that point there is enough voltage to also jump the plug gap.  Install
new plugs and wires.

Gary Derian <gderian at cybergate.net>

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Vannorsdel <kv at us.ibm.com>
To: diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Monday, August 10, 1998 4:48 PM
Subject: Ignition Problem (sorta related)


>
> This is a tad off-topic..... but may still be of interest.
>
>
>My VW motor (OK- engine) has this problem that it only runs decent if I
pull a
>few of the spark plug wires out of the dist cap a bit...    actually-  it
only
>runs good when I pull it out far enough that it starts arching from the cap
to
>the wire...
>
>If I make a good snug electrical connection... the cylinder never fires
(and
>the bug runs real crummy)
>
>I am sure this is a common problem and must have something to do with the
>voltage built up by the coil... can anyone comment...?  Maybe off-line is
best
>since this is not directly EFI.
>
>Thanks for the bandwidth.
>
>KV.
>
>
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