16 valve holding back

[crimp]

Would the rev limiter cut in at 7100 rpm in neutral at stand still when not under load? Because mine revs freely with no sign of missfire only when under load.

[tinman]

whenever i've hit the rev limiter, theres no doubt in my mind what just happened. the car literally wants to throttle you and beat you to death.

however, when it misfires, i sort of know that that wasn't the cars intended action. you can tell the car isn't happy, rather than plain ol'angry with you.

sound strange, its a very qualitative difference.

rev limiter will kick under load or no load. the timing may get worse under load.

[Veedubgt18v]

could it be the ignition advance on the distributor? if that isnt working right can cause big problems? just trying to think my way round this one

[crimp]

After all that it was the main fuel pump. It now revs up to the rev limiter.