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frank · Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Posts: 6 Location: ireland

hello lads . my 85 924 looses power as it warms up. if i floor the accellerator it misses badly but what i have noticed is that if i turn off the engine and restart it is cleared and runs better immediately but within a very short time it starts to run bad again. THANKS FRANK

Smoothie · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 9:24 am Post subject:

I once had an ignition coil go bad on another vehicle. It would start ok and idle fine, but had little power, misfiring badly once you started to move and put the engine under load.
If that's not your problem, I'd start by checking/replacing the distributor cap, rotor, plug wires and plugs. Make sure the gas is good/fresh/without water in the tank and also check for vacuum leaks. Might also need to check the timing and have the air:fuel mix checked.
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My924gtc · Joined: 14 Aug 2004 Posts: 1362 Location: 248

I must agree, definitely sounds like an ignition problem.

I have had the same thing happen.

I did however replace all those things (cap, wires, and coil etc.) at once just because it could use it, so I can not tell you which components it was.

More than likely it is the coil going bad.

Good luck.
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frank · Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Posts: 6 Location: ireland

Thanks for the help lads . i will check the coil and let you know how i get on THANKS FRANK