I'm following the thread with interest....my new project car has exactley the same symptoms :(
Cheers, Cam McKinnon www.cm510.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 3:52 PM Subject: RE: Wierd and annoying ignition breakdown > David, > > The symptoms certainly point towards a condenser breakdown, but a lot of experience with similar symptoms has taught me sometimes at considerable expense to never discard fuel supply problems either eg blocked filter or leaking valve in pump etc. A lean mixture will cause a backfire with throttle open under load i.e. fuel demand especially with twin carbies. > > regards > Terry > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Andrews > Sent: Thursday, 31 July 2003 10:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Wierd and annoying ignition breakdown > > > G'day all, > > I've got ignition dramas in my 240Z. > > Symptoms: > > The car is fine at any throttle at low speeds. > The car is fine for about 20-30km's on the highway too. > After this I get ignition breakdown at anything past very light throttle > settings (anything past 12 inHg). > So when you go up a hill ignition breaks down. > It also does something which appears to be very similar when you turn > right? And its worse at speed if the road is bumpy and weavy. > I know it is ignition breakdown because if you leave the throttle down > it'll backfire. > > Action Taken: > > Replaced spark plugs. No change. > Replaced distributed. No change. > Replaced coil. No change. > Replaced battery. No change. > > Questions: > > The car has a little cylinder (2cm long and 1cm diameter) which is bolted > to the chassis with the coil. This cylinder has a wire running to the > side of the coil which has two connections. Now where this wire joins to > this little cylinder is very dodgey. So my questions are: is this little > cylinder thing the resistor? If so, is it possible that the wire is not > making good connection.. and not resisting enough. This doesn't matter > for a while (the 20-30kms) while the coil is still cold, but eventually > it gets heat soaked and the voltage drops causing my problem. Does this > sound plausible? > > Which leads me to: should I be able to get one of these things from a > repco/bursons? > > Ta, > > Dave > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
