Guess what I found while changing Spark Plugs... (look inside and help)
man i swear that sounds SO like the mismatched wires issue... Do you have a service manual? I can't think of any other reason you would have such a rough running car when it was working fine before. Sparks happening at the wrong time is what will cause those big pops and backfires and such...
Yikes!!! Some people are just not very bright!! Hope you get it worked out! And yes, coil packs can be put on the wrong way and it will run like **** with misfires.. triple check them
When the car sputtered like that. I revved it barely just to see what the first half of the power band was like... terrible... and I could control when it backfires ("pop!") with the throttle. I did not drive it around at all, and turned it off within about 30 seconds at most each time.
me.
BTW can somebody post up a picture their motor with no valve cover on it? I just want to double check... the paranoia has set in.
me.
BTW can somebody post up a picture their motor with no valve cover on it? I just want to double check... the paranoia has set in.
If you guys would read the thread you'd noticed that it is very likely that OP has mistakenly rewired the plugs in the wrong order. Nothing is physically broken or no cal needs to be retuned or any of that.
Blizzacck man, all you need to do is rewire your plugs its a 5 minute job. I am 99% sure that they are just mixed up. Follow my diagram from the service manual and I am pretty sure you will be good to go.
If that is NOT the case, then we are back to the drawing board with other suggestions. Although like I said im 99% sure thats it.
OP - Did you run a thread chaser down that hole before installing a new spark plug of the correct length? If not you probably knocked loose a bunch of crap that was built up in the unused thread space.
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A thread chaser would also knock the buildup loose so, it doesn't really make a difference.
It seems a lot of people haven't read the thread before suggesting fixes...
If you guys would read the thread you'd noticed that it is very likely that OP has mistakenly rewired the plugs in the wrong order. Nothing is physically broken or no cal needs to be retuned or any of that.
Blizzacck man, all you need to do is rewire your plugs its a 5 minute job. I am 99% sure that they are just mixed up. Follow my diagram from the service manual and I am pretty sure you will be good to go.
If that is NOT the case, then we are back to the drawing board with other suggestions. Although like I said im 99% sure thats it.
If you guys would read the thread you'd noticed that it is very likely that OP has mistakenly rewired the plugs in the wrong order. Nothing is physically broken or no cal needs to be retuned or any of that.
Blizzacck man, all you need to do is rewire your plugs its a 5 minute job. I am 99% sure that they are just mixed up. Follow my diagram from the service manual and I am pretty sure you will be good to go.
If that is NOT the case, then we are back to the drawing board with other suggestions. Although like I said im 99% sure thats it.
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OKAY yep. noob mistake.... it was as ktk said... mismatched coil/wires
I didn't see your diagram at first because I had no idea you put one up in that post. Went right to page 3 and started asking for things already in my thread.
I feel kinda foolish, but at least my car is running perfectly fine now!
*three cheers for stoner memory!!*
I didn't see your diagram at first because I had no idea you put one up in that post. Went right to page 3 and started asking for things already in my thread.
I feel kinda foolish, but at least my car is running perfectly fine now!
*three cheers for stoner memory!!*
Last edited by Blizzackk; Mar 26, 2009 at 05:24 PM.
OKAY yep. noob mistake.... it was as ktk said... mismatched coil/wires
I didn't see your diagram at first because I had no idea you put one up in that post. Went right to page 3 and started asking for things already in my thread.
I feel kinda foolish, but at least my car is running perfectly fine now!
*three cheers for stoner memory!!*
I didn't see your diagram at first because I had no idea you put one up in that post. Went right to page 3 and started asking for things already in my thread.
I feel kinda foolish, but at least my car is running perfectly fine now!
*three cheers for stoner memory!!*
Cheers!
