With the coolant system pressurised to 10 bar
Could've been pounds per square inch?
I'd start with grounding points all over the system. Battery to chassis earth and chassis to engine.I realise adding a capacitative ignition thingydingy doesn't solve the missing voltage problem. Any pointers on how to track that down gratefully received. I can't afford to pay the hourly for a motor electrician to do it, and I've got to learn!
The thing with the conking out that really twists my brain is that it always only ever happens when I'm in the first row at a traffic light, and in the outside lane. Light goes green, I squeeze the throttle, the motor stutters and goes out. Then it simply flat refuses to start again on the key, and I have to shove the car across two lanes to the kerb, whilst every other motorist hoots and honks. If I pop the hood and prod and poke around a bit in there as if I know what I'm doing, it will start again after a ten minute wait, but not before. Befuddling.
Ka-boom!10 bar is about 145psi.
Demetris, that's what I do when I eventually make it back home after a journey interrupted by a hiccup. It DID pinpoint a defective plug, but that was after a misfire so obvious I knew straight away something was up. Prodding and poking is definitely a tried and tested method!...you can try your luck, and with the engine well hot and idling, try to wiggle things and see if by prodding and poking around...
Haven't posted anything since March! Many miles of motoring have been enjoyed since then, albeit on my winter tyres for many months. I knew I needed summer tyres, but didn't want to have them fitted to my Magstars in the scruffy and scratched state they were in, so decided to bite bullet and have my wheels refurbished. Ended up taking longer than I had hoped, but eventually I picked up my newly spiffed-up Magstars last week. They've been bead blasted, but there was still some stubborn old paint left on the inner faces, so they then got chemically cleaned, before being powder coated, then sprayed in an anthracite grey metallic, the front face detailing polished, and coated with a clear finish. Finished off with four new Vredestein Sprint Classic tyres in the correct size. It cost an arm and a leg but I reckon it now looks the business. The tyres are great, I highly recommend 'em. Smartphone photo:
Wish me luck, I have to get a new TÜV (German MOT) next week... Four years already since I got my project back on the road.
I wanted to use a pull switch which lights up, like the one for the heated rear window, and make a little round label for it. Then my electrician pal said that it would be difficult to wire that type of switch up so that it illuminates, but without explaining why.