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Offline walchy01

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Crackling noise and sparking at distributor cap???
« on: 31 January 2011, 16:57 »
Hi all

Trying to solve a mystery... Pulled the bonnet with engine ticking over and there was a crackling noise, on closer inspection there was a sparking where the end of lead meets the centre  plug in the distributor cap, it was also sparking at the other end of the lead also,forgot what's that's plugged into....

Any ideas guys??? :wink:
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Offline mk2bal

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Re: Crackling noise and sparking at distributor cap???
« Reply #1 on: 31 January 2011, 17:38 »
Sounds like the dizzy king lead, try making sure its firmly connected at both ends, try pulling it off and make sure it snaps back in properly
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Offline Alec

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Re: Crackling noise and sparking at distributor cap???
« Reply #2 on: 31 January 2011, 17:57 »
You can actually see it arcing at both ends of the lead?
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Offline walchy01

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Re: Crackling noise and sparking at distributor cap???
« Reply #3 on: 31 January 2011, 18:17 »
Yes you can
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Offline Wayne

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Re: Crackling noise and sparking at distributor cap???
« Reply #4 on: 31 January 2011, 19:11 »
Cracked dizi cap or faulty coil lead.
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Offline rubjonny

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Re: Crackling noise and sparking at distributor cap???
« Reply #5 on: 02 February 2011, 13:46 »
as above something is bust, just buy a new cap, arm plugs and leads:
http://www.vwspares.co.uk
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Re: Crackling noise and sparking at distributor cap???
« Reply #6 on: 02 February 2011, 16:14 »
Thanks
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