Do these boots look bad enough to cause a misfire? *no 56k*
Aug 9, 2006, 09:55 PM
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Do these boots look bad enough to cause a misfire? *no 56k*
Alright I checked the vacuum hoses-no cracks and all the seals are good. I replaced the sparkplugs, airfilter isn't too dirty, went through 5 tanks of 91 oct. (isn't bad gas), and used injector cleaner. Still getting misfires when I'm at open throttle, it sputters (bogs/misfires then goes normal then bogs/misfires off and on) throughout the powerband (if you can say we have one of those on our cars 
). This is what the sparkplug boots look like. I don't know what arcing looks like so.... comments from someone who does?
). This is what the sparkplug boots look like. I don't know what arcing looks like so.... comments from someone who does?
Aug 10, 2006, 07:01 AM
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I think the plugs are more likely to show signs of a misfire. Pull them and see what they look like compared to each other I guess. Those boots look like mine so...?
I saw an old T/A Firebird once with arcing wires, dude started the car turned off the lights in the garage and you could see the arcs jumping between the wires and around the cap. So I guess you could observe it in the dark too.
I saw an old T/A Firebird once with arcing wires, dude started the car turned off the lights in the garage and you could see the arcs jumping between the wires and around the cap. So I guess you could observe it in the dark too.
Aug 10, 2006, 09:14 AM
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Not too long ago it was doing this same thing and I changed the plugs and it stopped. Now, about two months later, it starts happening again. I change the plugs again last week and it doesn't stop at all.
Aug 10, 2006, 10:16 AM
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I think your boots are causing the misfire. They look burnt and if I were you I would change them asap. It doesn't matter how many times you will change your plugs, if your boots/wires are shot you will still be misfiring.
Aug 10, 2006, 10:28 AM
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Yeah man, that second pic looks pretty bad. My boots stay pretty much black, if anything it just gets a little tinge of red at the bottom due to heat, but thats it. It shouldnt be yellow and burnt like that
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Yeah, I'm gonna have to get to a Mitsu dealership and place an order for two boots and two packs w/boots. I don't want to have to deal with that BS about ripping them off the coilpack then using epoxy to get them back on
Aug 10, 2006, 11:50 PM
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that is wierd, i don't think the boots would cause that, you need to try switching plugs, but if your convinced its the boots, i have like new boots for 10 bucks a piece. let me know.
Aug 11, 2006, 06:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Offender
Yeah, I'm gonna have to get to a Mitsu dealership and place an order for two boots and two packs w/boots. I don't want to have to deal with that BS about ripping them off the coilpack then using epoxy to get them back on
Aug 11, 2006, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by gregivq
You don't have to rip the boots of the coil packs. They just slip out easily and you can attach the new boot the same way. No expoxy needed.
Aug 15, 2006, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Hotshot940
that is wierd, i don't think the boots would cause that, you need to try switching plugs, but if your convinced its the boots, i have like new boots for 10 bucks a piece. let me know.
Aug 15, 2006, 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Evo666
so the problem was the coilpacks?