Author Topic: Dizzy to plug numbering Digifant GTI 8v  (Read 1159 times)

Offline gti racer

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Dizzy to plug numbering Digifant GTI 8v
« on: 09 April 2007, 18:19 »
err, am sorting out my idle problem and think it could be 2 leads on the dizzy the wrong way round.

the cap isnt marked and unless im blind I cant find it in haynes.

how should they go?

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Re: Dizzy to plug numbering Digifant GTI 8v
« Reply #1 on: 09 April 2007, 19:08 »
if the leads were in the wrong order you would have a missfire and a strong smell of unburnt fuel from the exhaust.

what idle problem exactly?
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Re: Dizzy to plug numbering Digifant GTI 8v
« Reply #2 on: 09 April 2007, 19:17 »
if the leads were in the wrong order you would have a missfire and a strong smell of unburnt fuel from the exhaust.

what idle problem exactly?

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=56906.0

I've sorted the idle issue but its running rough and popping, really rough struggling to start

When I pull 2 of the leads off 2 of the spark plugs there is no change in engine note, you touch one of the others it stalls.

The leads are sparking, so the leads are good, haven't checked the plugs but wondering if the leads are on wrong.

This car has previously been serviced by a garage that i'm begining to think had no idea.

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Re: Dizzy to plug numbering Digifant GTI 8v
« Reply #3 on: 09 April 2007, 19:43 »
Don't quote me on this but i'm sure she would not run at all on 2 cylinders. On 3 it would be rough as, but 2 would be a non-starter -  I think.
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Re: Dizzy to plug numbering Digifant GTI 8v
« Reply #4 on: 09 April 2007, 20:21 »
Don't quote me on this but i'm sure she would not run at all on 2 cylinders. On 3 it would be rough as, but 2 would be a non-starter -  I think.

It'll start with plenty of my foot! 


It was the leads, it now runs sweet as, my brother came round and he had always taken it to a legitimate trusted garage and had problems with running/starting for a few years (but he only does small journeys) guess what the garage had put the leads on rptating the wrong way round!!!  :shocked:  I copied a picture of an engine off the net.

I tuned it all up with the new supersprint exhaust (the timing is still a little out as it was getting dark) and OMG it is sweet as now, my brother took it out and says its transformed.

He now wont let me turn it into a race car, so guess i'll just drive it around.

id still appriciate a copy of the official layout though please so I can be sure its right.
« Last Edit: 09 April 2007, 20:24 by gti racer »