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[Mr Gav]

The scuttle is dry and the plug hole with water contamination was the front left which is away from the scuttle panel so it all seems a little strange.
It`s been running on all six so far so it seems the water contamination was the culprit, just got to find the cause now.

Was the water coolant or 'fresh' water?  :-/

I don`t know Andy, I tried some intense interrogation but it wouldn`t let on 
There wasn`t enough to be able to tell, just evidence that water had mixed with the oil at some point.

You didn't taste it then  The old type antifreeze is sweet to taste - poisonous if you drink too much  - and the pink stuff tastes absolutely foul!
 

I`ve got visions of Jilly Goolden doing one of her ridiculous wine tasting expressions, 10/40 semi synthetic with a hint of pink coolant 

[Andy B]

The scuttle is dry and the plug hole with water contamination was the front left which is away from the scuttle panel so it all seems a little strange.
It`s been running on all six so far so it seems the water contamination was the culprit, just got to find the cause now.

Was the water coolant or 'fresh' water?  :-/

I don`t know Andy, I tried some intense interrogation but it wouldn`t let on 
There wasn`t enough to be able to tell, just evidence that water had mixed with the oil at some point.

You didn't taste it then  The old type antifreeze is sweet to taste - poisonous if you drink too much  - and the pink stuff tastes absolutely foul!
 

I`ve got visions of Jilly Goolden doing one of her ridiculous wine tasting expressions, 10/40 semi synthetic with a hint of pink coolant 

 

[albitz]

The scuttle is dry and the plug hole with water contamination was the front left which is away from the scuttle panel so it all seems a little strange.
It`s been running on all six so far so it seems the water contamination was the culprit, just got to find the cause now.

Was the water coolant or 'fresh' water?  :-/

I don`t know Andy, I tried some intense interrogation but it wouldn`t let on 
There wasn`t enough to be able to tell, just evidence that water had mixed with the oil at some point.

You didn't taste it then  The old type antifreeze is sweet to taste - poisonous if you drink too much  - and the pink stuff tastes absolutely foul!

Yep - Ive never been able to drink more than a couple of pints of it.

[Blackcab94]

The scuttle is dry and the plug hole with water contamination was the front left which is away from the scuttle panel so it all seems a little strange.
It`s been running on all six so far so it seems the water contamination was the culprit, just got to find the cause now.

Was the water coolant or 'fresh' water?  :-/

I don`t know Andy, I tried some intense interrogation but it wouldn`t let on 
There wasn`t enough to be able to tell, just evidence that water had mixed with the oil at some point.

You didn't taste it then  The old type antifreeze is sweet to taste - poisonous if you drink too much  - and the pink stuff tastes absolutely foul!

Yep - Ive never been able to drink more than a couple of pints of it.

Just had this problem whilst on way to work, faily intermittent. Got home and got code reader out showed up as P0301 Cylinder 1 misfire. After removing Coil Pack noticed that No.1 plug well was about 2/3rds full of water, syphoned out using a syringe water as clear and not pink so deffo not coolant. All cleaned up and now sems to be running sweet. Had a load of rain here lately so probably leaking in through scuttle.

[amba]

Must have been that heavy spell of rain Saturday night and all day Sunday as I have also got an intermittent miss fire like car is only firing on 4 or 5.

I removed plug leads from # 6 and 4 as n/s is the normal culprit for water ingress.Mine were dry so had a look at # 5 on o/s as again at back near scuttle and that was alos dry.

Will take all 6 out in the morning and have a better look.....trouble is heavy rain forecast again for Wednesday.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Sounds also like a weak plug lead

[amba]

Had hoped and expected Magnacor leads to be almost "bomb proof".

Short of getting a spare set of leads how else can they be tested as not really practical to remove 1 at a time and try running as so much needs pulling apart to get at them and refitting back to get engine to run.