#1: When wet and cold Problem,, Author: iainlovatt, Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:48 am ---- When it wet and cold my car sometimes, has a bit of a fit and wont go past half revs, without putting thoughts into peoples head, what could it be,
Spark plugs,
Coil pack?
If its the coil pack what are the tell tale signs?
Also how can i tell if a cylinder inst working properly?
thanks
#2: Re: When wet and cold Problem,, Author: Rob2859, Location: HalifaxPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:44 am ---- EML light on? Any other things wrong? Is their less power?
#3: Re: When wet and cold Problem,, Author: iainlovatt, Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:57 am ---- yep sure does! and yes there is less power!
#4: Re: When wet and cold Problem,, Author: Timon2210, Location: PalestinePosted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:02 am ---- if there is a loss in power,that main you have a cylinder is not working,and your car works on 3 cylinders,get it checked by diagnostic software like PPS 2000,and you can know exactly which cylinder is stopped without guessing.
#5: Re: When wet and cold Problem,, Author: iainlovatt, Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 12:04 pm ---- ye had it plugged into peugeot planet few months back, cant remeber which one though!
What would be the process of sorting it?
#6: Re: When wet and cold Problem,, Author: Timon2210, Location: PalestinePosted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 12:18 pm ---- well usually the stopped cylinder caused by a failier of the spark plug,so when you know which one,that means the spark plug is not working,which leads us to the coil pack,so you have to connect it again,to make sure that all the spark plugs are working except the one with the stopped cylinder,you can see that by the color of the spark plug head,if it's black or dark gray,that means it's not working,if it's white or light gray then it's working fine,but you will find ONE spark plug is not working for sure.
#7: Re: When wet and cold Problem,, Author: iainlovatt, Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 12:31 pm ---- well putting a 4 new spark plugs in so will find out after that! thanks
#8: Re: When wet and cold Problem,, Author: Timon2210, Location: PalestinePosted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:04 pm ---- you are most welcome :),keep us posted
#9: Re: When wet and cold Problem,, Author: iainlovatt, Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:22 pm ----
Timon2210 wrote:
you are most welcome :),keep us posted
I shall do, hopefully Sunday depending on weather conditions!
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