Ok, anyone that has a random miss, check this out. I was troubleshooting a stuttering/hiccupping problem with my car, and we finally put or hands on the culprit, removed it from the car, threw it to the ground, and jumped on t repeatedly. Then cleaned it up and tried to take pics, but the camera's dead

Anyway, my #3 NGK spark plug wire that I've had on my car for 4 years now bit the dust. It's got a crack down the hard plastic tube from under the top boot, 3/4 the way down to the electrode end. PLUS, looking at the end where the sparkplug goes, the circle that clips onto the plug is an oval now. It was worn away over time, and heat, I suppose.

Car bawls out now, no missing, no problems... I think I'll go pick a fight with my buddy in his auto trannied C5 Vette now

I My Civic Again... and Again and again and again...

 

sometimes we just miss the obvious

 

I had that problem when I turbo'd the original motor in my '87. I thought was tripping or something because it had less power than when it was N/A. Turns out #1 & #2 weren't firing. It got me confusied as to what was going on for like a week.
Ahh the good ole' days. Now I have head gasket problems. Not even th cometics can hold on a stacked deck.


[Modified by tzsir, 8:28 PM 10/10/2002]

 

Ahhh, so...ahhh, what? Spark plug wires? Crap, what if you have pretty new ones on there, then what do u suggest?

jB

 

I had already replaced the coil, and the igniter.... so God knows if those two helped at all...

$80 down the drain for the igniter, coil was a planned upgrade that was forced into action...

 

 

Ouch. One of the perks of working at an indy parts store; "Try before you buy". I replaced the ignitor, didn't do anything, so took it back to work and sent it back to the mfg for a "defect rebuild ".

I still haven't fixed mine BTW.

jB

 

whats wrong with oem wires?

 

Nothings wrong with em, but the one I'm using now isn't mine

 

Amen!

 

sounds like fun