Hi,
I've written in this group before regarding my '86 244 GLE with B230A engine. I have now replaced distributor cap, rotor, wires, coil, sparkplugs, ignition module and now the Hall Effect Sensor (located inside the distributor connected to vacuum-'clock'), also known as impulse sender her in Norway. The engine has now stop dying on me while driving, but still runs very irregular on idle, especially when then to temperature is dropping below 5 Celsius degrees, which is very often a cold fact her in Norway, from October to March.
When I use a tool (that blinks every time the first sparkplug sparks) the ignition point is standing on the same place, but in the same rhythm that the engine jumps or struggles, the ignition point jumps back en forth, and stabilizes for a couple of blinks and, jumps back and forth again.
I have some questions:
- Is a cheep third-party ignition module more likely to fail, than a genuine Volvo module?
- If all the parts I've replaced are working properly, what else could cause the engine to act like this?
I would really appreciate your help. Thanks in advance!
Best regards Leiv Magne Faane, Norway '86 244 GLE, B230A, 260000 km