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Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 18:59:52 EDT
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Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 18:58:20 EDT
Subject: Re: Engine cutting out
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In a message dated 03/08/01 23:36:35 GMT Daylight Time, gvgreen@nbnet.nb.ca
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> I need some help! I have a 75 TR6 that has been working great for the last
> three years with minimal problems. However, I have had problems with the
> engine cutting out over the past 2-3 days. A couple weeks ago, I pulled
> onto the highway and for a second or so, it felt like I had lost three
> cylinders, but they immediately came back, and it didn't happen again. On
> Wednesday, my wife and I went for a drive and after about 90 miles on the
> highway, we drove into Fredericton. Driving towards the uptown there is a
> steep grade, and the car cut out again. It felt like three cylinders again,
> then no cylinders! I thought it might be vapour locked, so parked it for 15
> minutes. Started no problem, but when I started up the hill again it
> started cutting out. I went along a cross street, occasionally hitting all
> 6 cylinders, but mostly on partial power.
You more than likely have a coil problem, just replace with new. I have very
recently experienced this problem with my own TR6 PI and your symptoms sound
all too familiar. Good luck.
Regards
Alan Graham
Scotland CP25616 0
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