Re: [T3] running on 2 cylinders

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 9 Feb 2004 at 20:35, Garret Trask wrote:

> Jim Adney wrote:
> 
> >First, check the exhaust exits from the heads to verify that they are still
> >cold on that side. Then move on to figure out why.
> 
> Ok, I did that. The exhaust exits from the heads are cold on the left side 
> and hot on the right side.

Then we know that both 3 & 4 are not working.

> I also pulled the #3 and #4 plug wires off the dist cap while the car was 
> running.  I noted a periodic from the end of the plug wire to the socket on 
> the cap on both.  Is this sufficient to tell me that I don't have an 
> electrical problem, or do I really need to check at the spark plug end of 
> the wires?

This was a pretty good test, but it isn't complete until you do the timing 
light test. You need to verify that there is spark arriving at the right times. 
A track in the dist cap could put the spark timing off, but I can't see how it 
could swap 3 & 4 with each other....

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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