mattcalica

okay, the other day, my car started to misfire a lot...at least thats what i think it is...right around 2500 rpm, the car starts sputtering. i pulled the plugs and cylinder 1 and 4 were really black (rich), 2 and 3 were perfect...i switched over to some bkr7e plugs and i am getting the same problem...i havent checked my dist. timing yet, but could the timing affect this? the sputtering is pretty bad, but the sputtering kinda goes away at higher rpm. what could this be? and what should i check?

mattcalica

oh, and the plugs are gapped already to .030...i am also using the hack...

Jared

If its always 1 and 4 fouling, sounds like you have a spark problem. check the cap, rotor, and plug wires.

mattcalica

ttt

mattcalica

just checked my brand new plugs and that **** was black again!!! wtf is going on here? i have my safc set at: -30: 1000, -38 all the way after that...can somebody please help me? could too much timing retard do this? again, only the 1 and 4 plug were black.

Del_Slowest

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jared &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If its always 1 and 4 fouling, sounds like you have a spark problem. check the cap, rotor, and plug wires.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Did you do what he told you to do?

mattcalica

gonna change that out today...looks like my rotor had a little crack in it...that was probably the problem...thanks a bunch.

mattcalica

k, changed out rotor and cap...still doing it, in fact problem got worse...now i can feel the misfiring at idle...plugs are the same way, black as ****...what is the problem here? also, how do you check if your plug wires are good? i am running accel wires, which i have been using for about 3000 miles...how do i check them?

mattcalica

bizump

mattcalica

somebody please help, i'm going to have a nervous breakdown.