problems with the radio

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Ben824

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Woodstock, GA

• Dec 26, 2005

• #1

ok i know not a big mechanical issue but recently i have noticed that im gettin a bad ticking static when im listenin to the radio (FM) and ive noticed it that the ticking gets faster with the RPM. it does not make this ticking with the engine off and it doesnt affect CD paly or when i use my iPod. i thought it might have just been my alpine radio goin bad which would have surprised me cuz alpine is such high quality so i plugged back in my factory radio and the same thing happened. has anyone else had this happen?

 

langer1

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Mineral City,Ohio

• Dec 26, 2005

• #2

You just need new sparkplug wires or you have a bad set of new ones.

 

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Ben824

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Woodstock, GA

• Dec 26, 2005

• #3

i just bought an ignition system upgrade from quadratec that included high performance spark plug wires. is there anything i can do to fix the problem other than gettin rid of the spark plug wires?

 

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87woody

NAXJA Forum User

Location

new hampshire

• Dec 27, 2005

• #4

i have this problem in all my trucks i figured out that it is my nextel it messes with the radio some how

 

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Kuasimodem

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Holmen, WI USA

• Dec 27, 2005

• #5

Are those performance plug wires supression core or solid metal core wires. If they are solid core, then your problem is RF interference from the wires.

 

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churky89

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Texas

• Dec 27, 2005

• #6

I got a problem also some dorkwad decided he needed it more than I did

 

Matthew Currie

NAXJA Member #760

Location

Vermont, land of big clay

• Dec 27, 2005

• #7

See if you can figure out the frequency of the ticking. If it's just the high performance wires, then it will be fairly fast, since you'll get three ticks per engine revolution. If it's a single bad wire, or perhaps an incomplete connection under a boot, you'll get only one tick in two revolutions.

It's not uncommon to have a pulled connector hidden by a boot, and it may not affect performance much, because the XJ ignition system is really quite good, and will fire across a very large gap.

 

Eagle

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Location

Terra Firma

• Dec 27, 2005

• #8

Ben824 said:

i just bought an ignition system upgrade from quadratec that included high performance spark plug wires. is there anything i can do to fix the problem other than gettin rid of the spark plug wires?

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Yeah. Buy spark plugs with integral resistors. Champion makes 'em, I expect other companies do as well.

 

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Ben824

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Woodstock, GA

• Jan 9, 2006

• #9

problem solved. it turns out that the ignition wire goin from the coil to the distributor wasnt fully pushed down on the distributor so it was enough to run the engine but off enough to cause the radio interferance i was experiancing. thanks for all the help