Rick, would it be fair to say that he had a bug in the system.??? Ken R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 1:57 AM Subject: Re: Wierd and annoying ignition breakdown
> My Dad years a go had a very simular problem but at higher revranges/speeds > with his 180B race car. > He had everyone look at it, ended up blowing the fuel lines out bout 12 > months later, and heaps of money spent on experts/hours on the track ect > ect., anyhow a bug flew out, it ended up this long bug was too skinny to > block the lines while on its side, but when the speed or cornering the bug > moved and blocked the fuel line, the car would start back up again, and do > it all over again when the speeds (G's)went up. > So I recon deffiantly don't direguard the fule issues ! > > Later/goodluck. > Have a great week. > Rick White. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Andrews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 3:09 PM > Subject: RE: Wierd and annoying ignition breakdown > > > Terry, > > Thanks. If it is the fuel then its weird. It'll quite happily rev out in > all three first gears when just warm (and this is with an SC14 > supercharger and an L28). So if there was something with the fuel i > would've thought it wouldn't let me do that. > > Dave > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > On 1/08/03, 15:52:57, "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > regarding 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
