Hi all,
popped round Kev's
(crazylegs) yesterday to finish a few things on his everyday mk1
& while i was there we tried to start up his old mk1 which has not been started for around 6 months, it needed a jump start as the battery is knackered, it took quite a few attempts to get it started and running but it appears to be missing on two cylinders 3
& 4, although there is a spark to both cylinders and we have checked the plugs, they all appear to be well sooted except for number 3 plug, we also took the rocker covers off and checked the valves for free movement and all was ok, we also changed the leads as the old ones were causing a spark to jump accross the terminals at the coil when we pulled the HT leads from either 3
& 4 plugs
, we also swapped over the two plugs that was firing on 1
& 2 cylinders and put them in 3
& 4, and it still seems to be missing on 3
& 4, could this be a case of stuck rings in 3
& 4 bores
? we havnt done a compression test yet but will next time im there, if it is stuck rings is there a cure
? and can anyone else think of something we have missed
? BTW the car was running perfect before the long lay up, cheers, Jinxy
