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Car Forum / Porsche / Porshe 944 / May 2006Rough Running Motor
I recently bought a early 1985 944 Porsche. I washed my engine off yesterday and drove my car to work this morning with no problems. When I got in my car at lunch to drive home the car is running really rough and is hesitating when I push down the accelerator. What could the problem be? Please help!! If this started after you washed your baby, then you need new ignition wires (better a good used set than a cheap set or junk MAGNICORE) and maybe a new distributor cap.  Signature______ joliett >I recently bought a early 1985 944 Porsche. I washed my engine off >yesterday [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > when > I push down the accelerator. What could the problem be? Please help!! >If this started after you washed your baby, then you need new ignition wires >(better a good used set than a cheap set or junk MAGNICORE) and maybe a new [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> when >> I push down the accelerator. What could the problem be? Please help!! So I coulnd't be so lucky that its just a bad plug because that is what it seems like. So some good advice would be to not wash the engine huh? If you directed a garden hose into the engine compartment to clean the engine I would strongly suggest you use varsol or gunk with compressed air in the future. I have a set on Magnicore leads and they work just fine, if not better. I actually fixed the problem! I started pulling plug wires off and to my surprise there was water in the first plug wire. I dried that out and it solved the problem. A lot cheaper than a new set of ignition wires. >If you directed a garden hose into the engine compartment to clean the >engine I would strongly suggest you use varsol or gunk with compressed >air in the future. >I have a set on Magnicore leads and they work just fine, if not better. I bought a new set of MAGNICORE WIRES - and the plugs termination to the sparkplugs was not even close to original equipment. My Porsche friend george (sound familiar?) looked at it and practically gasped. He gavc me a set of used set of ignition wires and told me to THROW OUT the MAGNICORE wires. So I did. What a waste. I hate MAGNACORE wires - and will NEVER recommend them. Signature______ joliett > If you directed a garden hose into the engine compartment to clean the > engine I would strongly suggest you use varsol or gunk with compressed > air in the future. > I have a set on Magnicore leads and they work just fine, if not better. > I bought a new set of MAGNICORE WIRES - and the plugs termination to the > sparkplugs was not even close to original equipment. They are not supposed to look like the Beru wires. > My Porsche friend george (sound familiar?) looked at it and practically > gasped. > > He gavc me a set of used set of ignition wires and told me to THROW OUT the > MAGNICORE wires. > So I did. What a waste. If they sent you wires that didn't fit, you should have returned them. They have a lifetime warantee. > I hate MAGNACORE wires - and will NEVER recommend > them. My 944 has had Magnacore wires for the past 8 or 9 years. I bought them on the recommendations of a lot of folk on rennlist, and its predecessors, who also use them. The silicon boots do fit VERY tightly onto the plugs. In fact you have to 'burp' them a bit to let air out - otherwise pressure builds up and they pop off. But they are very well made, and will stand up to just about anything. Walt - '86 944 NA w/Magnicore (KV85/CN25) wires Mismatching parts is certainly a common problem. You threw a hundred dollars down the drain. . The MAGNACORE wires weren't mismatched just cheap terminals and boots...nothing like the originally designed Porsche wires. I dont think a manufacturer should radically change the design without informing the buyer. The electrical connections are definitely not Porsche quality, and the boots also were sub-quality too, and the distributor wire was also not anywhere near the quality of Porsche design. Seems to me that spark plug wires are a major importance in running an engine properly, especially when it's wet or humid outside. How did I know these wires were inferior - besides the connections and boots? I touched a wire and got a shock straight through the insulation...and that never happened with the Beru's. And that was the last straw - so I pulled the wires after a month or so, and now they're on my garage floor - WHERE THEY BELONG. It makes me sick and tired of everyone on RENLIST and elsewhere that rave about wires that are so OBVIOUSLY inferior to the original wires. It was because of "everyone's" stupid opinions that made me buy those crappy wires in the first place. There was no mismatched parts - just a cheap imitation - that shouldnt even be sold --- not for a Porsche anyway. Signature______ joliett NYS Licensed Electrical Engineer since 1975 1983 944 550,000 miles (Original engine and trans. - hit in rear) 1987 944 250,000 miles and running sweet without crappy MAGNACORE. > Mismatching parts is certainly a common problem. You threw a hundred > dollars down the drain. . Well thanks for sharing your opinion. don >The MAGNACORE wires weren't mismatched just cheap terminals and >boots...nothing like the originally designed Porsche wires. I dont think a [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >There was no mismatched parts - just a cheap imitation - that shouldnt even >be sold --- not for a Porsche anyway. Leonardo di Vinci said there are basically three classes of men: Those who see Those who can be taught to see Those who never see The distribution in the population is of course not uniform. Obviously the OEM wires were defective allowing most of the current to go to ground. NYS electrical engineer? They weren't defective - they were brand new. There only defect was that they were pawned off as an OEM when MAGNACORE wires didnt even come close. I could charge the group $150 for my opinion...yes, I could. But I love the 944 - it's practically a lifetime car, with the right wires - among others. Take it as it is - FREE. ----- Original Message ----- From: "darthpup" <amchitka@mailexcite.com> Newsgroups: alt.autos.porsche.944 Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 7:37 AM Subject: Re: Rough Running Motor > Obviously the OEM wires were defective allowing most of the current to > go to ground. > NYS electrical engineer? Charge the group? Really sir! You need to talk with someone professional about your state of mind. My state of mind is: what yes no you gotta do it ok do what green yellow electrical shock what who yes no Signature______ joliett > Charge the group? Really sir! You need to talk with someone > professional about your state of mind. Like Andrew Loyd Webber you apparently have the ability to go on and on. Get off it. Your opinion has been heard. Clearly. An individual may agree or disagree with you but, repeating that opinion endlessly doubtless has little value. don Not true - because I bought those cheap a.s wires based on other BS recommendations, I may as well contribute the truth about Magnacore so other Porscheiphiles know the truth. Signature______ joliett > Like Andrew Loyd Webber you apparently have the ability to go on and > on. Get off it. Your opinion has been heard. Clearly. An individual > may agree or disagree with you but, repeating that opinion endlessly > doubtless has little value. > don We don't understand. What exactly does "cheap a.s" mean sir. Is this a NY electrical technical term? And "BS" below standard? cheap a.s is a technical term - and it means the company makes believe the wires are so great with all their technical BS, and in effect the are nothing more than "cheap a.s. And BS is good as below standard. Who's "we"? Signature______ joliett > We don't understand. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > And "BS" below standard? MAGNICORE...SUPERIOR HIGH TENSION LEADS. USED BY WINNERS WORLD WIDE. now we all know this is BS - pure unadulterated BS... Signature______ joliett > MAGNICORE...SUPERIOR HIGH TENSION LEADS. USED BY WINNERS WORLD WIDE. without any invective, consider the following: the porsche OEM wires are metallic core with resistance elements in the pulg end terminals. Here on the left coast, they reliably last 10 years. Most replacement wires are resistance core wires. My experience is that they don't last nearly as long (a year or two). They are a lot cheaper. I have tried using the silicon wire with resistance core mated to the OEM ends - that doesn't work very well, in fact it's pretty terrible even if the wires just sit around unused for a couple of years. Personally, I always use the OEM type wires on the 944 and 993, a 356 doesn't really care one way or the other. >Not true - because I bought those cheap a.s wires based on other BS >recommendations, I may as well contribute the truth about Magnacore so other >Porscheiphiles know the truth. Bill www.wbnoble.com to contact me, do not reply to this message, instead correct this address and use it will iam_ b_ No ble at msn daught com |
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