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Old 07-01-2007, 11:00 AM
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I drove like a block this morning, with out one spark plug wire in, the car was driving, & felt like it was blown, also sounded like it. When I poped the hood I saw it was a sparkplug wire not plugged. If I drove only 2 blocks with the car like this can this damage my motor? It ran fine after
pluging it

I have a 1995 prelude with a jdm h22a in it
Old 07-01-2007, 11:04 AM
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Two blocks? I doubt it. Hell, my friend drove her VW for a month minus one plug wire and her motor was still fine (she thought it was supposed to run like crap )
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i dont think so, maybe the unburned fuel in that cylinder won't play nice with your cat but as far as engine damage, it was very short distance so i don't think so.
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fwiw a spark plug wire popping out at high rpm is what caused my ignition coil and ICM to burn out twice.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by InvaderTrax &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Two blocks? I doubt it. Hell, my friend drove her VW for a month minus one plug wire and her motor was still fine (she thought it was supposed to run like crap )</TD></TR></TABLE>

haha-ha
check them all and make sure they're in properly;
drive & check them again
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Yeah your ignition pumps up the voltage to that cylinder to try to make it fire, and burns itself up.
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