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Model specific boards => Golf mk1 => Topic started by: lurber on 26 March 2008, 20:24

Title: BLACK SPARK PLUG?
Post by: lurber on 26 March 2008, 20:24

HI DUDES, HELP ME OUT AGIAN,
PROB IS CAR NOT RUNNING AS SMOOTH AS IT SHOULD, IDLES ABIT WHEN STANDING STILL, A BIT JUDDERY WHEN U ARE PULLING AWAY BUT FINE WHEN YOU GIVE IT SOME AND PUT YA FOOT DOWN. MY FATHER IN LAW HAS HAD LOOK LOOK AT HER AND SAID COMPRESSIONS ARE FINE BUT THE 4TH SPARK PLUG WAS BLACK BUT STILL SPARKING, NOT SURE IF THAT IS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT. CHEERS MARC

Title: Re: BLACK SPARK PLUG?
Post by: Village Idiots on 27 March 2008, 07:40

Black and sooty suggests running rich.

Title: Re: BLACK SPARK PLUG?
Post by: grungeisdead on 27 March 2008, 15:37

go get your fuel/air mix set up properly by a garage, a tuned k-jet makes a world of difference

Title: Re: BLACK SPARK PLUG?
Post by: Hypermonkey on 05 April 2008, 13:34

Quote from: grungeisdead on 27 March 2008, 15:37

go get your fuel/air mix set up properly by a garage, a tuned k-jet makes a world of difference

Defo this...makes a world of difference.

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