when raining or damp

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LEEP
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when raining or damp

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Hey up peeps
Just a quick one as anyone ever notice if raining and am doing about 40 of I put my foot down there's like a hesertaion then it clears then again could water from road or spray be getting into my dizzy ,I have checked it but looks ok ,it only ever does this if its raining


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I once had a Mk1 Golf cut out as I went through a large puddle. That was the dizzy, once dried out it was fine. I fabricated a splash guard to avoid a repeat!


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check condition of dizzy cap, rotor arm, plug leads and king lead. replace as required.

also make sure no water getting into fuel thru a rotten filler neck ;)


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Sorted it bad ht lead


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:good:


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