What to check next ? Idle is great - no power & rough under load...

20 year old ford laser - 200,000 kms 4 cylinder 1.6L carburetted

Idle is perfect - but when driving or even just slightly loaded up (park brake on, in gear, let clutch out a bit) - it becomes quite rough, and makes a fair racket.

fault appeared suddenly at the traffic lights last week.

have already done following

new plugs & leads new distributor checked compression with thumb (yep - very rough test) in each cylinder - seems ok no broken valve springs spark on each cylinder ok

any ideas on what to check next ??? Cheers.

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Steve Michie
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Coil? It does sound like an HT 'tracking' issue (breaking down under load). Could possibly be a faulty condenser.

JB

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JB

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