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pre ignition?
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:13 pm
by ollgeeze
im having some trouble with my car, if i accelerate to hard i get what feels like pre ignition :s its asthough i've slammed the breaks on for a split second and the car lurches horribly, at first i thought it was pre ignition but i cant hear any pinking whatsoever which would suggest otherwise, i've retarded the ignition timing and its stopped but the engine now feels quite sluggish?
any ideas?
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:37 pm
by Ant
hey dude, welcome to the forum
to get a better response its probably a good idea to put up what model and engine you have.
the more info you can give, the quicker a soloution could be found
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:58 pm
by ollgeeze
oh yeh duh, lol its a 1984 318i, old chain driven cam one with the metal octopus looking intakes
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:11 pm
by Ant
have you checked to see if the advance mech in the dizzy is OK ?
remove dizzy cap and see if you can move the rotor arm around a bit, you should be able to see the advance mech @ the base of the rotor shaft move in and out on a spring.
keep us posted dude.