CliffH
08-12-2011, 11:00 AM
Ok, motor experts; try to solve this one:
My car, FF#1817, has a mild 5.0 engine (Ecam, headers, Cobra intake). It's been running flawlessly, except recently. I normally keep it in the garage and it is a little cold-blooded (idle needs a little help on startup, but once it's running it's great). So recently we had some rain (3 days or so) and I had to keep it outside, needing the garage for some home projects. It was all covered up (cockpit only). When the rain stopped it wouldn't start, only kicked over, gave a burst of ignition, then shut down. I tried giving it some help with the accelerater pedal but no deal. I could smell gas so that was ok but it was in complete no-deal. So I thought "Igintion" and replaced the cap and rotor, which looked a bit carboned-up. Still no deal. So it sat over the past few days while the atmospher provided us with lovely dry weather. This morning, baddabing/baddaboom, started up like always. So it's moisture, right? But where? It's still running rough when releasing the hounds. The fancy-schmancy red Saleen ignition wires have been in the car at least since I bought the wreck (1999).
So, does this sound like (1) computer (2) wires or (3) plugs? The computer is pretty well protected in the passenger footwell and I'm guessing moisture does not affect plugs. So, does this sound like bad wires, especially given they are probably 12 years old? Do wires (even fancy ones) get bad and break down?
My car, FF#1817, has a mild 5.0 engine (Ecam, headers, Cobra intake). It's been running flawlessly, except recently. I normally keep it in the garage and it is a little cold-blooded (idle needs a little help on startup, but once it's running it's great). So recently we had some rain (3 days or so) and I had to keep it outside, needing the garage for some home projects. It was all covered up (cockpit only). When the rain stopped it wouldn't start, only kicked over, gave a burst of ignition, then shut down. I tried giving it some help with the accelerater pedal but no deal. I could smell gas so that was ok but it was in complete no-deal. So I thought "Igintion" and replaced the cap and rotor, which looked a bit carboned-up. Still no deal. So it sat over the past few days while the atmospher provided us with lovely dry weather. This morning, baddabing/baddaboom, started up like always. So it's moisture, right? But where? It's still running rough when releasing the hounds. The fancy-schmancy red Saleen ignition wires have been in the car at least since I bought the wreck (1999).
So, does this sound like (1) computer (2) wires or (3) plugs? The computer is pretty well protected in the passenger footwell and I'm guessing moisture does not affect plugs. So, does this sound like bad wires, especially given they are probably 12 years old? Do wires (even fancy ones) get bad and break down?