Pull off the dizzy cap. Mine sat for the best part of a year doing nowt thanks to a dumb blonde in a 4x4 - (7 days after I paid £150 to tax it - but due to tax laws here - car tax - not the income ones - I could not get the money back unless I scrapped the car! crazy!!)
It ran a few times, fine, just ticking over on the drive. Went to go to Coastguard duties and the thing would not fire at all. A new dizzy cap cured the problem, for some reason, sitting doing nothing with the odd turn over now and then wore down the old dizzy cap centre in short order. I had pops too, I think the air box amplifies them as they went when I was checking for fuel delivery tracking the fault down with the air box off. On Feb 4, 8:45 am, "Andy Haworth" <[email protected]> wrote: > Pops are usually fuel/carb related, bangs are more worrying > > Have you got fuel+spark? > > Andy > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Andy Cowley (Q2-379) > Sent: 03 February 2009 22:39 > To: Quantum Owners Group > Subject: [Quantum Owners] Enthusiastic But Ham Fisted > > Decided in the summer to change the clocks for some from a mk4 Fiesta, > & after lots of chopping of the instrument pod & creating Spaghetti > Junction in the dashboard I couldn't get the fuel & temperature gauges > to work. Got completely fed up & bought a set of mk2 gauges from eBay, > which I've put in today. After recharging the battery & reconnecting > it I couldn't get the Clifford alarm to stop blasting my eardrums off, > so I unplugged the control box. Peace at last. The only sound to be > heard was the 1.8 Ferriday engine throbbing through the Ashley exhaust > & a big grin appeared as the Q moved again after a couple of months > rest. Satisfied the new clocks were working I reconnected the alarm > module & attached the speedo cable, wired in a couple of warning > lights for the front & rear fogs. Alarm kept setting itself & locking > & unlocking the doors & I threw a wobbler & pulled it out again. > Fastened the clocks in so I could go for a proper drive to check the > speedo & tried to start her up & was quickly disappointed. She turned > over but wouldn't start & I heard a loud "POP" from the engine bay. > Still turn's over & won't start & now I'm scared I've done something > major. Anyone got any ideas? If only to stop my other half saying > "What have you bust on it now?"- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quantum Owners Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/quantumowners?hl=en IMPORTANT NOTE: All information presented herewith is provided on an "As Is" basis, without warranty or the implication thereof. Neither the Quantum Owners Club nor the individuals associated with the Quantum Owners Club or in the preparation of the above information shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to liability, loss, or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained within this or related message(s). -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
