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    vlcalais11 Guest

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    Hey all i have a 86 VL calais turbo. Its been running real shit lately coffing under booost and such. I traced it to a cracked cap in the coil lead, i got a new set of top gun leads and plugs this fixed the problem at first then the plugs failed (they were old plugs) put my original ones back in and was running good. then the other day coming back home it started again coughing and pingging real bad under load felt like a spark problem. was still driving fine other than the coughing so i got home pulled off the dizzy and cleaned all the terminals inside with some sand paper and the end of the rotor button put it all back togeather sprayed some of the connections near the dizzy with crc. and now it wont start. ive checked the spark it has fuel pressure, when winding is will wind like a champ then all of a sudden is will just go ba and stop ya have to turn the key a few times to get over like a real big kinda lump then it will wind fast again bout 10 revolutions or so then ba comes to like this lump again, i took out the plugs thinking it might have hydralic lock but all was clear in there. Something weird when i turn the dissy to like mover the timing back and forth the fuel pump will like start then stop like its building pressure back up. Please any help would be great otherwise i might have to call a mobile electician to come and look.
    Thanks again
    Lars

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    so you definitely have spark yeah?

    Did you pull the dizzy out m8, check the firing order, if it sound like it wants to kick over and then it hits a wall, sound like incorrect firing order.
    If you want more inches, STROKE IT!

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    How did you go?? crank sensor maybe or coil . post back if you find out..

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    vlcalais11 Guest

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    Hey yeah i checked the firing order its all good, is there anywhere to test the coil, crank angle sensor? there is spark i took off #1 lead and put a spare plug in and it was sparking while winding over.
    Lars

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    Hey i traced it to the damn crank angle sensor. The stupid lube mobile mechanic said it was the power transistor, which it turned out was fine. So much for getting a so called expet to look at it.
    Lars
    Last edited by vlcalais11; 02-08-2005 at 12:16 PM.

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    how much did he charge you
    Half a carton and still going!!! Now thats Economy

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    Quote Originally Posted by vlcalais11
    Hey i traced it to the damn crank angle sensor. The stupid lube mobile mechanic said it was the ignition module, which it turned out was fine. So much for getting a so called expet to look at it.
    Lars
    hey if a VL wont start thats the 1st place i'd look, so good to be running again..

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    He charged me 130 bucks to tell me something that was fine was stuffed, im onto them trying to get my money back.
    Lars

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    i know its a bit of the topic but could someone please help me with the firing order of a vl?

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