Sparky Wires
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Sparky Wires
? I connected a spark tester to one of my plug wires and this is what happened.
As i increased the size of the gap an the tester the wire started to arch when i got to about 2.5kv aroun 1 1/2 inch gap on the tester. When i did the same thing on the drivers side and the gap got to about 2kv i could see the coil wire start to arch.
What does this mean?
Their seems to be some dried up dielectric grease in the opti termanal for the the coil wire. How do i clean in there?
As i increased the size of the gap an the tester the wire started to arch when i got to about 2.5kv aroun 1 1/2 inch gap on the tester. When i did the same thing on the drivers side and the gap got to about 2kv i could see the coil wire start to arch.
What does this mean?
Their seems to be some dried up dielectric grease in the opti termanal for the the coil wire. How do i clean in there?
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No arching should happen anywhere in your whole system except at the spark plug. Make sure there isnt any cracks at the ingnition coil wire or even at the coil itself to begin with then I would move down to the opty. Can you like rig a long peace of wood with lots of cotton gause at the end of it reach the opty that way? how about those sticks they use on Kabobs things.. I forgot the spelling...
As for the dielectric grease. I would use some denatured alcohol to clean it. if it doesnt work use any other cleaner that does not leave a residue behind. Sounds like the dielectric grease is servin as a path to the electricity to leak out of your opty.
What is alarming to me (altough many may considered normal) is that only about 2k volts reach the plugs. Thats a pretty high voltage loss from the coil to the plugs. I wonder how much voltage is getting lost in the wire itself.
marvin
As for the dielectric grease. I would use some denatured alcohol to clean it. if it doesnt work use any other cleaner that does not leave a residue behind. Sounds like the dielectric grease is servin as a path to the electricity to leak out of your opty.
What is alarming to me (altough many may considered normal) is that only about 2k volts reach the plugs. Thats a pretty high voltage loss from the coil to the plugs. I wonder how much voltage is getting lost in the wire itself.
marvin
Last edited by MentalCaseOne; Sep 12, 2003 at 07:54 AM.
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How many kv should be reaching the spark plug?
Ill try to clean the terminal today also i ill get my MSD coil and AC Delco plugs today i am going to order some 10mm plug wires today too
Ill try to clean the terminal today also i ill get my MSD coil and AC Delco plugs today i am going to order some 10mm plug wires today too
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Per what I have read everywhere..... The higher the better.
I think our coil should put out over 40k volts... and as the post say.... 2k get to the plug... that to me is like way too much loss at the opty and wires..... dont the Spark Tester comes with a facts sheet as per what the minimum should be???
I think I will start testing wires to find out wich one puts out the most voltage at the spark plug and just go with it.
Dont ask how am I gunna do this cause I have not idea just yet.
Marvin
I think our coil should put out over 40k volts... and as the post say.... 2k get to the plug... that to me is like way too much loss at the opty and wires..... dont the Spark Tester comes with a facts sheet as per what the minimum should be???
I think I will start testing wires to find out wich one puts out the most voltage at the spark plug and just go with it.
Dont ask how am I gunna do this cause I have not idea just yet.
Marvin
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