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Random miss fire and car can barely start

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Old Aug 26, 2007 | 10:58 AM
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Random miss fire on 1,2,3 cylinders...

- changed cap, rotor
- spark plugs

Any help?
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Old Aug 26, 2007 | 11:01 AM
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compression and leak down tests are the first things that you should do.
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 01:44 AM
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Do you have a check engine light on? My money is on the distributor.
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 02:41 AM
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Hi,check your ignition coil.Me too having the same problem but according to me they wrongly made my engine wiring.Its been the 3rd time that the ignition coil is hooked up.
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 09:22 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by drtysohc &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">compression and leak down tests are the first things that you should do.</TD></TR></TABLE>

- did these... all good
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Old Aug 27, 2007 | 09:22 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by baulum &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hi,check your ignition coil.Me too having the same problem but according to me they wrongly made my engine wiring.Its been the 3rd time that the ignition coil is hooked up.</TD></TR></TABLE>

do you mean the spark plug wires?
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