On Wed, 6 Apr 1994, Marcus Tooze wrote:
>
> The thing that bothers me is that when I rev it in neutral it NEVER
> misfires...it's smooth and responsive...i did get it to misfire while
> However, when it misfires theres a real strong smell of gas...i.e. the fuel
> is getting there, but not being ignited.,..which of course points back to the
> ignition....
>
> be due to crappy ignition. How can it rev so well, but under load it
> occasionally misfires??
>
When everything else has been eliminated, whatever is left, however
improbable, must be true (apologies to A Conan Doyle).
Misfires under load, but not at same RPM under no load. One difference
(among many) would be the vacuum. Maybe ignition is fine but you are getting
too much fuel, or not enough air under load. But I can't think what would
cause this. How attached to this car are you?
Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910
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