Occasional *cough* when cold
Occasional *cough* when cold
Author
Discussion

scorcher

Original Poster:

4,124 posts

263 months

Sunday 22nd October 2006
quotequote all
Just had my Griff serviced at a well respected Indie( 99/V 51000 miles/ 6 k service)Also had new dizzy cap rotor arm and Magnecor leads and extenders fitted.( thought they would probably want doing after 51k and 7 yrs)I now get an occasional cough as its warms up.Seems to just completely *die* for a split second and then carries on luverly.Might do this 4 or 5 times in about the first 20 mins of driving then completely OK.Does it as you accelerate or as you ease back down on the throttle after a bend or just at a constant speed .Not really a problem just niggling me a bit.Its never missed a beat in the 18k before that( 33k-51k ).Any ideas?
Thanks

Ozstyle

392 posts

252 months

Monday 23rd October 2006
quotequote all
Hi,
seeing as the problem appeared after you had new leads and plug extenders I would make sure all HT leads and extenders are pushed all the way home at both ends.

Ozstyle

GreenV8S

31,017 posts

313 months

Monday 23rd October 2006
quotequote all
I'm sure your respected indie would appreciate a chance to fix the problem, since it sarted immediately after they worked on the car.

scorcher

Original Poster:

4,124 posts

263 months

Monday 23rd October 2006
quotequote all
Green v8s said:
I'm sure your respected indie would appreciate a chance to fix the problem, since it sarted immediately after they worked on the car.

I'm sure they would but its a 50 mile drive by which time the car would be red hot and running ok meaning I'd have to leave it with them thus making two 100mile round trips plus fuel/time off work etc etc I'd probably rather live with it for now and see whether it develops or cures itself.
Looks like I might have to phone them just to get their view on it though.Would of thought a loose lead would of caused a misfire rather than a complete dead moment.

Paul V

4,489 posts

306 months

Monday 23rd October 2006
quotequote all
Could try checking the plug on the ignition module, mine did that coughing before it died all together on the M20, turned out to be a bad connection at the module.