So i have searched for a few hours and i'm not seeing my issues on the forum.Bought this car a few weeks ago with a temp issue.Turned out to be the head gasket was bad,replaced it and the intake gasket.Was running fine up to last week when i drove it to work and parked it for 8 hours.Started it up and it idle really really bad,push the gas fast and it dies,push it slow and it will rev up.Replaced spark plugs,wires,oil and coolant when i did the head gasket.Found out i bought 1.6l spark plugs just swapped those out today with 1.5l ones.The motor shakes back and fourth really bad,im just stumped at what it could be,some say FITV.No CEL's just plain old stock motor till tax time then a b series but it's my commuter for now.I have not looked at the timing yet either.Thanks for you help.

 

Does the CEL work?

Items to consider or test:

-Clogged fuel filter
-Old bad cap and rotor
-Mechanical or ignition timing off
-Bad coil or igniter unit
-Bad TPS

 

Checked cap and rotor,leads were a little oxidized but i cleaned them off.I dunno if it would be the clogged fule filter casue the exhaust smells like gas,like its getting to much and the air-fuel mixture is off.CEL works.And if i try to move the dizzy to adjust the timing it doesn't seem to affect the idle at all.I was thinking bad TPS too.

 

Check whether you can set the ignition timing to spec using a timing gun (see FAQs sticky for diagram).

 

Buddy has the same problem

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