Christmas Tree Effect?
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Is this the Christmas Tree Effect? Very unpredictable and in other threads I haven't noticed that annoying beeping. What's the best fix? Plug wires, plugs and ignition coils?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lySu4...ature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lySu4...ature=youtu.be
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Just corrected Xmas tree on mine, for me it was ignition wires. But I changed everything, wires, coils, distrib caps and rotors. To do a quick check of wires, park in a dark place, and spray a mist of water over the spark plug wire plugs on the distributor, if you see arcing, that's most likely your issue.
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That is exactly what happened to me. Scared the heck out of me.
The only way I could get it to stop on the road was to turn the car off, and restart.
In my case it was plug wires, and the coils.
The only way I could get it to stop on the road was to turn the car off, and restart.
In my case it was plug wires, and the coils.
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I replaced wires, plugs, caps, rotor and coils when I had the problem. My car only had 47k on it but everything was 19 years old and needed it. 2.5 years and 15k miles later I haven't had a problem.
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It is Surprising when you get this for the first time hey? :-). Like in your video, it normally start to happen in the evening or on a rainy day... Humidity raising...
I had exactly this on my 964. Solved by changing my HT coils ( cheap and easy DIY ) and changing my plugs ( they were overdues ). My wires were good ( tested ) but this can be related as well. All in all, this is often related to ignition (coils, plugs, wires, maybe distributors). Electricity don't like humidity and water.
Good luck, cause this is annoying... :-(
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I had exactly this on my 964. Solved by changing my HT coils ( cheap and easy DIY ) and changing my plugs ( they were overdues ). My wires were good ( tested ) but this can be related as well. All in all, this is often related to ignition (coils, plugs, wires, maybe distributors). Electricity don't like humidity and water.
Good luck, cause this is annoying... :-(
Pierre
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Hey Javier! I'm reading up on this, and caught your thread. The wires wouldn't be too bad-just the tedium of removing/moving stuff, for access. Not a bad as a 993. Coils seem to often be the culprit-and probably could use changing on your car-so we could start there, and see what happens. If we need to go further from there, we can.
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Thanks guys for the tips. I sprayed a mist of water, per suggestion, but didn't see any arching.
Ed, thanks for looking into it! Would be a cool first DIY for me. The wires don't look bad to me, but then again, I don't know what the heck I'm looking at. ;-)
Ed, thanks for looking into it! Would be a cool first DIY for me. The wires don't look bad to me, but then again, I don't know what the heck I'm looking at. ;-)