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Offline spacerat

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Great balls of fire..............
« on: 21 September 2008, 01:03 »
well nearly, driving home from work today my 8v suddenly cut out, (luckily only 100 meters away from my local vw specialist,) thought id have a quick look under bonnet before running to the garage, what i found was a 17 year old 'king' lead (the one that goes from coil to dizzy)that had corroded so badly from the inside and shorted out and caught fire. Thankfully i managed to put the small fire out and the garage towed me back and replaced the lead for £20, top blokes. and what a difference that lead has made,much better spark. if u havnt changed yours yet then do it now, Ht leads are next and then being set up on a rolling road  :smiley:

Offline cняis

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Re: Great balls of fire..............
« Reply #1 on: 21 September 2008, 11:58 »
i had a HT lead short out once due to being old and driving through LOTS of water. tried clearing some of the water by spraying WD40 over the lead at the roadside with the engine running...

WD40 plus sparks = fire....


WHOOPS  :laugh:


I don't think a semi will give the same results

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Re: Great balls of fire..............
« Reply #2 on: 21 September 2008, 22:08 »
WD40 plus sparks = fire....


WHOOPS  :laugh:
Lucky it was raining  :grin:
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