running rough

[autoninja]

Yesterday as i was fixing a crack in my sump and tightening the very loose bolts on my completly shagged powersteering rack, i discovered a plug on the end of some wires completly detached from anything in sight. The plug is located under the inlet manifold and i cannot find anything that it might fit onto, i think this plug may have something to do with my car running extremly rough when i put my foot anywhere past quarter throttle. i hope someone can enlighten me as to what it is for. cheers, chris

[E30_fiend]

What shape is the plug? Round? Square? Rectangular?

From your description it sounds like you're talking about the fuel injection electronics connector but I think that would yield absolutely no power let alone a start up but I could be wrong.


Anyway, let me know what the plug looks like.




Taylor

[autoninja]

it is a rectangular plug with three pins in it, it looks exactly the same as, and even fits in the throttle position sensor, i was told by a 'european specialist' that it maybe for something to do with cold start. cheers, chris

[autoninja]

Fixed! although i still dont know what the stray plug is for, i discovered the contacts inside the distributer cap were all corroded so i cleaned them and now it is running perfect. :D