Missfire.

[Mr_C]

I'm at work. I just went to another site down the road and my car has developed a misfire. I presume it's cos it's got thoroughly drenched last night and today and water's got into something. I know it'll dry out but is it ok to drive it home with the miss? to be honest it only seems to be at nearly full throttle.

thanks

Paul

[rfoster]

Very common and nothing to worry about. I've had this myself, you'll probably find when you start the car again it'll run fine for a time and then start running on 3 cylinders again. Bet you have water in one of the spark plug wells.

When it's nice & sunny this weekend just pop off the spark plug cover, pull the plugs (one at a time so as not to mix them up) and check for water. The easiest way I found of drying mine out was to pop a rolled up piece of kitchen paper into the hole to soak up the fluid. Works a treat.

It's preventable by running a small bead of mastic along the edges of the spark plug cover so that the water can't get in to start with but this would need replacing each time you take it off.

[Mr_C]

thats what i thought.

thanks mate.