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Essentially I was driving out of the uni car park and went through a large puddle a bit too quickly, car cut out around 3 seconds later. After 30 seconds of waiting I tried to start it, it fired up and I got about 75m down the road then it cut out at the island and is refusing to start. It does turn over though.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Rob

Posted

Check the main coil ht leads etc, you may have dislodged one in the jolt , better still check if you have a spark or not and then we can narrow it down a bit

Posted

Check the main coil ht leads etc, you may have dislodged one in the jolt , better still check if you have a spark or not and then we can narrow it down a bit

Ah ok, I'll have a look in the morning. It's bloody freezing tonight!

Posted

Went through a storm in my Manta and into a puddle, car died

Wouldn't restart as the alternator was earthing out and using all the go juice :)

I'll check the dizzy in a mo, how would I sort the alternator problem?

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Check it's not full of water

Check the positive Red lead on the back of the dizzy isn't causing an arc to voltage to ground on the dizzy

Check the LT ignition under the coil by pulling back the large rubber cover on the ignition amplifier, make sure it's dry too

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Car's fixed.

Turned out one of the guys who works at my halls is into his classics! The problem was a dodgy connection on the alternator and the points on the dizzy cap and rotor arm were corroded to hell.

New rotor arm bought £1.87

Bosch XD113 Dizzy cap ordered £5.88

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