Hey everyone well I have an ITR in my ek hatch. A couple of weeks ago I was driving and all of a sudden my car felt like it didn't want to go anywhere and like it was back firing a lot. I got home and I checked the motor and one of the spark plug wires was out of place so i put it back on and it was fine back to normal. Well yesterday same thing happened and my cousin went to go look and the wire was out of place and he put it back on while the car was on since we were in the middle of the street. but the car still seemed the same. I shut the car off and back on and nothing, so I thought maybe the spark plug blew from the car bieng on. Today I changed the spark plugs, spark plug wires, coil. The car still the same when I turn it on and when I leave it on it sounds like a rotary car. What could it be? all the help would be appreciated thanks.

 

well if you have oil or some other crap leaking into your cylinder, the spark will not be recieved by the plug. that could be the cause. Take your plug out (when the car is cold....or you could warp your cylinder head) and clean out the hole with (as little as possible)sensor safe throttle body cleaner or brake cleaner...being careful not to get it all over your gaskets. If that fixes the problem, you probably have a leaky spark plug hole gasket. Buy a valve cover gasket set.

 

u could have mixed up the firing order wen u replaced everything...

 

no oil leaking into the cylinder. and the spark plugs were all put back the same, and I even mixed them up right now to see if I saw something different but didn't get anything. thanks for the input though.

 

Does anyone know if this might have to do with the distributor?

Also when I take off the third spark plug wire off the distributor when the car is on or off the motor doesn't make a difference like the car doesn;t shut off or the rpm don't go lower or anything. which that is the same wire that was out of place to begin with. please help someone