Something wrong with my car or am I just stupid?

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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 10:15 AM
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Default Something wrong with my car or am I just stupid?

Ok, my car was idleing a little rough today. So, I popped the hood and pushed on one of the plug wires at the distributor that looked a little lose. When I did that, I got shocked and there was a little tiny bit of smoke. The car didn't stall or anything like that. Also, I have a set of NGK plug wires on it.
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 10:17 AM
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Default Re: Something wrong with my car or am I just stupid? (SlowCivicDX)

lol, hahahhaha, sorry man!
i been there!
but i did it in front of my friends, let me tell you how not funny it is when it happens to you!
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 10:27 AM
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lol, I've done that, but on a sled.
so is the car still idleing funny? or is it alright now??
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 10:30 AM
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After I drove it up to the courthouse to pay my ticket, it was running fine. When I left my house it stuttered a little like it wasn't getting enough fuel. It stutters like that when I'm going around corners also. I think my fuel pump or FPR might be getting ready to go out on me.
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 06:41 PM
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Default Re: Something wrong with my car or am I just stupid? (SlowCivicDX)

how old are your plugs and wires? they may be worn out. had a bad miss when i put a load on the hf, and i put in new plugs and fixed it. it would do it bad enough to kill the motor on takeoff sometimes.
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 08:16 PM
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Default Re: Something wrong with my car or am I just stupid? (civicwagonman)

I'm not sure about the wires, a friend gave them to me after he put a SOHC VTEC in his CRX, as for the plugs..........I'm over due to change them. They're about 6 months old. I'll change them and see how it runs then. Thanks for the tip. I was just figuring it was something major, and never gave any thought to the fact that it could be something so simple.
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Old Dec 30, 2002 | 08:34 PM
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i vote plugs may be fouled .. tell us what color they are when you change them
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