Guest martyn_mcg Posted May 20, 2007 Hi, a freind of mine drives a 1.6 gti and is having a bit of a problem, he said: i decided to clean my dizzy and afm today so i removed them and cleaned off all the crud on the outside with wire wool. they both went back on fine but when it came to start the rev counter just darted up to 6000 and jumped about. the car starts but cuts out straight away. any ideas??? dont understand what i could have disturbed. Any feedback would be great, Regards, Martyn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gti-si 0 Posted May 20, 2007 (edited) Well, if he took the complete dizzy off without marking the position then put it on he could of completly advanceed/retarded the ignition timing. Im not sure whether that would have the same kind of effect though, sounds abit :S Edited May 20, 2007 by gti-si Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest martyn_mcg Posted May 20, 2007 he said he definatly put the dizzy back on as he marked i before he took it off, sounds very odd.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yorkshirekowboy 19 1 Cars Posted May 20, 2007 Hi, a freind of mine drives a 1.6 gti and is having a bit of a problem, he said: i decided to clean my dizzy and afm today so i removed them and cleaned off all the crud on the outside with wire wool. they both went back on fine but when it came to start the rev counter just darted up to 6000 and jumped about. the car starts but cuts out straight away. any ideas??? dont understand what i could have disturbed. Any feedback would be great, Regards, Martyn pluged the connector wire back into afm?, stating the obv as sometime thats were the problems lie.... also did he put the leads in the right order or any bits of the wire wool in the connectors of plugs,leads afm, as this can act as a false contacts.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
