PEUGEOT 404 User Manual

screwdriver blade
held
against
the moveable
point.
No
spark, or a
weak
one,
from
the
high-tension
wire to the
engine
indicates
a defective
coil or a defective
main high-
tension wire from the coil to
the
distributor.
This
may
possibly
be shorting where
it runs through a metal
condu
it.
A
good.
spark here,
with no
spark
to the spark
plugs,
indicates that the fault
lies
in the distributor
cap. the
rotor
or
the
spark
plugs,
To
check
the hrgh-tension
wire Írom the
coil
to the
distributor,
renew it,
and
repeat the test.
Distributor
rotor:
Test
the rotor by replacing it on
the
distributor
shaft
and
holding
the main high-tension
wire from the coil
about
j
inch from the top of the
rotor. With the ignition
switched
on, crank the engine
with the starter
motor. lf
the
high-tension spark
jumps
to the rotor, it is defective.
lf not.
the
caD
must
be
defective and
it should be
inspected for carbon
tracks which indicate
the
passing
of
high voltage current.
3:7
Fault diagnosis
(a)
Engine
will not
fire
1 Battery
discharged
2 Distributor
points
dirty,
pitted
or out of adjustment
3
Distributor
cap dirty,
cracked or'tracking'
4 Carbon brush inside
the
distributor cap
not in
contact
with the rotor.
5 Faulty cable or
loose connection in low-tension
circuit
6
Distributor rotor arm cracked
7 Faulty coil
8 Broken contact
breaker
spring
9 Contact
points
stuck open
(b)
Engine misfires
1 Check
2,3, 5 and 7 in
(a)
2
Weak
contact
spring
3
High-tension
plug
and coil
leads cracked
or
perished
4
Sparking
plugs
loose
5
Sparking
plug
insulation cracked
6
Sparking
plug
gap
incorrect
7 lgnition timing too
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PEUGEOT 404 Specifications

General

Brand	PEUGEOT
Model	404
Category	Automobile
Language	English