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Poorly Running Engine


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Guest hammy316

hi have a 1.6 efi cab 1990 have replaced the ht leads on coiless ignition and this was due to the car seems to be running on 3 cylinders idles okay and when reving the prolem gets worse when driving the car runs okay until dropping the revs or changing gear so thought it could be the plugs took the plugs out and the two from the water pump end are sooted up and the other two are a light brown colour also temp seems fine until car stops or at a junction and the temp needle does not no when to stop fan is cutting in and no water in the oil

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hi have a 1.6 efi cab 1990 have replaced the ht leads on coiless ignition and this was due to the car seems to be running on 3 cylinders idles okay and when reving the prolem gets worse when driving the car runs okay until dropping the revs or changing gear so thought it could be the plugs took the plugs out and the two from the water pump end are sooted up and the other two are a light brown colour also temp seems fine until car stops or at a junction and the temp needle does not no when to stop fan is cutting in and no water in the oil

could be coil pack, ecu, try n borrow these parts to swap on yours, that way u dont have to spend any money to find out.

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