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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
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7th Dec 11 at 19:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
runs like av pulled a ht lead out and ive noticed sparks from the metal box on the right side of the engine, dist? any ideas?
Linch
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7th Dec 11 at 19:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
bad earth on engine
am4nf
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7th Dec 11 at 22:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Would it just develop that?

How do I fix it?
Jed D
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7th Dec 11 at 22:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
find were the earth wire is take it off, clean it up, ensure its metal on metal and see if that sorts it

[Edited on 07-12-2011 by Jed D]
corsadonk
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8th Dec 11 at 19:34   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Damp from the crap weather are having. Spray the coil pack, and HT leads.
am4nf
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10th Dec 11 at 13:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
coil pack?

Spray ht leadswith what? wd40?
alan-g-w
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10th Dec 11 at 13:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Take the HT leads out and check them for damage. Try to look and see exactly where the spark is coming from and when you know tackle it from there or post it up, ie. is it coming from the metal box itself or from a wire going into it etc
3CorsaMeal
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10th Dec 11 at 14:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
is it a coilpack or distributor?

Could be the leads or the coilpack insulation cracked.

I'd plug leads in, and run engine and spray some water mist on it, looks for sparks leaping out or between the leads etc
corsadonk
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10th Dec 11 at 16:24   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah WD40 if you take off the caps on the coilpack, give all a good spray, then try and get it up to temp, which should dry out the rest. If you've got a Sport then it will have a coil pack, mine did the same a few times, when I had a few wet days because I don't drive my cars every day.
am4nf
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11th Dec 11 at 23:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It's a sport, only use it on a wed and Friday, plus it's got a bra so, happened the odd time when it was wet but now it's constant, leads look ok, tiny bit if rubber missing on one of them
corsadonk
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12th Dec 11 at 19:10   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You might need a new set of leads then, if bits of rubber is breaking off.
Slugger1990
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12th Dec 11 at 20:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
iv got a set of leads for a sport here m8
Slugger1990
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12th Dec 11 at 20:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
can have them if u want
am4nf
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12th Dec 11 at 23:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
u2ud mate

 
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