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1. Still won't idle (score: 1): Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 09:02:37 -0700; Hello again, I'm still trying to get my idle right, but I now feel it is more than that. Part of my concern is the damn California Smog test I have to get through. The car almost seems like it is onl; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00850.html (8,322 bytes)
2. Re: Still won't idle (score: 1): Author: JMerz140@aol.com; Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 16:51:03 -0400 (EDT); Could it be something as simple as changing the #2 plug? Sounds like you did everything else exactly right. Compare the appearance of the four plugs to look for clues. Jim; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00863.html (7,422 bytes)
3. Re: Still won't idle (score: 1): Author: Steven Tritle <stritle@epix.net>; Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 19:12:42 -0400; Alan, I had that problem several times and each time it was a bad plug. Steve 52 TD; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00874.html (7,628 bytes)
4. Re: Still won't idle (score: 1): Author: "BIDGOOD, ALAN" <BIDGOODA@pab22a.ssd.loral.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 17:37:00 -0700; Thanks for the thought, I was hoping it was that, but I changed it - twice! , but the car ran just the same? -- From: Steven Tritle To: JMerz140 Cc: mgs Subject: Re: Still won't idle Date: Tuesday,; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00878.html (8,224 bytes)
5. Re: Still won't idle (score: 1): Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>; Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 20:07:38 -0400 (EDT); A plug that will fire outside of the engine (laying on the rocker cover)may not fire under compression.Test with a spark tester. Take an old spark plug and cut the tip off. Then sheet metal screw a l; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00887.html (8,383 bytes)
6. Re: Still won't idle (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 18:19:28 -0700; Almost 100% sure this is caused by a bad gulp valve. For some reason, when these go bad, No. 2 cylinder really suffers at idle. To prove if this is the problem, disconnect the big hose that goes betw; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00889.html (10,035 bytes)
7. Re: Still won't idle (score: 1): Author: James Murray <smurf3@softcom.net>; Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 21:11:57 -0700; Alan and all interested, I'm guessing you have a late model with electronic ignition. I had the same problem with my last smog inspection. I also replaced all plugs, wires, cap, and rotor at the reco; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00907.html (10,219 bytes)
8. RE>Still won't idle (score: 1): Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 08:37:01 -0700; Thanks very much for the information, definitely sounds like a good possibility. I was liiking at various manuals/catalogues, none of which seem to show the opyical sensor like we have, but I also n; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00948.html (10,797 bytes)
9. RE:Still won't idle (score: 1): Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>; Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 08:44:16 -0700; Thanks for the info., I was wondering about that 'Gulp Valve thing' I will do the check you suggest. I was wondering is it repairable? (It isn't that cheap in the Moss Catalog etc.) Perhaps somebody; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00949.html (10,480 bytes)
10. Still Won't Idle (score: 1): Author: Michael Razor <mrazor@kih.net>; Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 19:04:31 -0400; I just went through this same problem this summer. Car would not idle and I replaced the dist cap, plug wires, points, condensor, and plugs. It still would not idle, ran great but died at every stop.; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg00985.html (8,775 bytes)
11. Re: Still won't idle (score: 1): Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>; Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 12:31:27 -0700; Thanks for the info Steve, I'm going to check further into the Gulp Valve and Distributor at the weekend, but now you've got me wondering about that "air pump hose restrictor" - my hose has also been; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01074.html (9,731 bytes)
12. Re: Still won't idle (score: 1): Author: Skye Poier <skye@jungle.direct.ca>; Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 18:11:24 -0700; I've seen these instructions before, maybe you can clear up a couple points.. Cut off the tip: you mean the little l-shaped bit the spark normally jumps from/to (not the anode is it? the cathode? hmm; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01118.html (8,429 bytes)
13. Re: Still won't idle (score: 1): Author: ps4330@okc01.jccbi.gov (Peter Schauss x 2014); Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 07:45:26 -0400; My distributor has a plastic cover, called an anti-flash shield - I believe, which separates the pickup coil and related components from the rotor. I am still using the original Lucas electronic ign; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01145.html (8,969 bytes)
14. Re: Still won't idle (score: 1): Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>; Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 10:50:34 -0400 (EDT); Cut the l shaped tip off. Attach the clip to the part that the wrench goes on it's the thickest part. Then clip the whole contraption to a good ground (attach the spark plug wire as normal). It takes; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01164.html (8,921 bytes)
15. Re:Still won't idle (score: 1): Author: Alan Bidgood <bidgood.alan@ssd.loral.com>; Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 08:12:38 -0700; Hi Peter, Thanks for the info. Mine has a separate amplifier, but I don't think it is Lucas, but in the distributor is an 'optical pickup', part of which comes higher than the base of the rotor, so I; /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01168.html (9,507 bytes)

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