looking for ideas

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peter2000

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hi,

my mk2 escort hasnt been run in a couple of weeks as i was welding in a patch....(that i cut from a p6 sill cover :LOL:) anyway i couldnt get it to start so i cleaned up plugs ect and took off the dizzy, Then connected it all back up and tried to start it then realised I had forgot to put in the rotor :oops: ..so anyway once every thing was fine i charged up the battery and it started but was badly missfiring before cutting out and refusing to start ,,,,any help would be appreciated

cheers
peter

p.s i still have a few p6 spares , and if anyone needs headlights let me know i have loads ..just cover the postage and you can have one , or as many as you need , i have both inner and outers
 
Obvious first port of call would be a very carefull check to see you have the plug leads connected correctly... Engines have been known to run (a bit) with the wrong firing order!

Chris
 
cheers ill check that tonight if thats the case it can only be plugs 1 and 3 as 2 and 4 are marked with tipex....heres hoping as it was fine when it last run,........why did i not keep my p6 :cry:


thanks for your help

peter
 
This happened to me a while back, after a plug clean and re gap. I couldnt for the life of me tell what i had done wrong, so called in my brother to run a fresh over over it (never a bad idea he might see an obvious thing that was missed by you) Pretty quickly he found a microscopic crack on a plug was causing the really bad missfire (it had happened to him a year back) So, problem happily solved. :D
 
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