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Re: A low and flickering vacuum gauge
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 1/24/2006

Darren,

The high firing KV you saw resulted from the extra demand of ionizing an unintended gap in the ignition system, ie the open plug wire. I'm willing to bet that spark duration on that cylinder was short as well, as most of the energy was used to get ac... Login to read more.