James: I did a full tune up on my car and found one of the new spark wires arcing just underneath the fuel distributor. The way I found it was the use of a mirror to look from the back to the distributor and saw the arcing. It took me about 2 weeks of searching and replacing parts before I stumbled onto that. Richard --- jamesrguk <James_rg@xxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am still having an annoying misfire, I am pretty > sure it down to an > injector that is passed it's sell by date, as it is > not spraying very > nicely. > > To my knowledge the spray pattern on a mechanical > injection system is > more crucial than on an EFI system because the > valves are not always > open at the point of injection. > > I am fairly sure the misfire is fuel related for the > following > reasons: > > 1) My timing light suggests that all plugs are > sparking > 2) All plugs are less then 8 months old. > 3) 2 of the injectors are new, 4 are 2nd user but > appeared to be > clean and ok when 1st installed approx. 10 months > ago, and the engine > has run fine until recently. > 4) All of my HT leads are new as well as the cap and > rotor arm. > > Anyway my question is really why are the injectors > getting blocked?, > have I just been unlucky? > I have a new fuel pump, clean tank, and a filter on > the fuel pickup > and had the main fuel filter change about 10 months > ago. > > Any ideas? > > > James RG > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating > team, please address: > moderators@xxxx > > To search the archives or view files, log in at > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/