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    orange spark from spark plugs

    i thought it was supposed to be blue? i'm having all sorts of driveability issues i'll spare you of. but if my spark is orange this means a bad dizzy right, my wires and rotor/cap have are new. (also did this at night to be sure)

    i also got shocked when removing the plug from the dizzy cap to put another tester wire on.. i thought it was supposed to be a pretty good shock but it didnt feel too bad.
    Last edited by eightyfour84; 05-21-2006, 12:25 AM.
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    Distributors don't make sparks, coils do.

    Don't remove high tension wires when they are firing.
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      #3
      ... Orange? That's... just not right.

      A voltage high enough to cause electricity to arc through air will, in the process, drop energy into the air that is emitted as light in the blue band. Hence, sparks are blue.

      A voltage posessing the potential to emit orange light would not be able to jump through air, so there would be no spark at all...


      My guess is that you're missing the spark and something on the plug is igniting just after the spark fires or your spark plugs are emitting some sort of gas that sparks orange...
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        #4
        its more of a orangeish yellowish colour and it definately jumps through the air. and sometimes after i turn off the car it doesn't start the first couple times and then when it does start it fires right up like nothing happened. also starting to effect idle with idle bogging down, and i took out the spark plug and noticed when the idle bogged down the spark got less rapid and weaker... and then as soon as the idle stabilized itself the spark strenthened and started firing more rapidly. oh i also have dry sooty carbon deposits on the plugs which indicate a weak ignition i believe.

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          #5
          How can you see your spark plugs working?
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            #6
            Why dont you test it from the spark plug? Sounds like you just pulled the plugs off the distributor and looiked at it...

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              #7
              Originally posted by NAiL05
              Why dont you test it from the spark plug? Sounds like you just pulled the plugs off the distributor and looiked at it...
              i pulled the plug off the dizzy and attached another plug wire connected to a spark plug. only an idiot would test the way you mentioned and i feel insulted.

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                #8
                Some people are stupid enough to do it. This is the internet you never know.

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