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 Post subject: EL running (VERY) rough
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:23 am 
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Hey guys,

I new to fordmods and all and i've got a pretty serious problem with my car.

I've driven it in the wet before and it drives fine, but tonight there was a huge storm in Perth and it was pretty much a rain-out on the roads.. I was on my way back from a friends house and my car started spluttering like crazy and making severe noises like D-D-D-D-D-D-D (shaking the whole car) and would not accelerate :S I was quite worried because I pretty much had to idle my car all the way home.. (I ran it on both fuels, it did it with both but not AS bad on petrol)

Its just a stock EL Falcon i6 dual fuel no mods at all besides some brand new iridium IX sparkplugs.

I have a feeling it was somehow sucking in water but I don't know how..

Any advice would be very helpful, thanks :)

 

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 Post subject: Re: EL running (VERY) rough
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:46 am 
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i rekon some moisture got onto your dizzy or coil. they hate water.
try it tomorow should be all good.

 

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 Post subject: Re: EL running (VERY) rough
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:37 am 
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Install a new ignition coil....

 

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 Post subject: Re: EL running (VERY) rough
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:14 am 
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When I was a kid I remember I was in an el fairmont driving in the rain and it did the same thing, and it was water in the dizzy, happend a few times over the years they had owned the car

 

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 Post subject: Re: EL running (VERY) rough
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 10:49 am 
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its water in the dizzy mate, should have gone away by now ha
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 Post subject: Re: EL running (VERY) rough
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:13 pm 
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Yea it was running smoothly again this morning thankfully Haha. Thanks for help guys

 

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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:15 pm 
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+10points for ben 8-) :lol:

 

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