spark plug wire not plugged in..
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spark plug wire not plugged in..
ok for it seems like half of this past year my brother's car has been shaking when it comes to a stop... and well hes gone off to college and i think i might be getting his 92 accord lx. well i was outside just messin with it and lookin at the hood and saw that one of the wires wasnt plugged in and so i plugged it in and now the car doesnt shake... (it kinda does but MUCH MUCH less).
my brother car has gone to the shop a couple of times, 1 for alignment, and then I forgot the other reason, I think to fix one of the cams.. and im trying to figure out when this could have been unplugged and why it was unplugged...
and also, would the car shake like it did because it was unplugged or what ? (could have been a coincidence or something for it to stop shaking when I plugged the wire back in) =\
my brother car has gone to the shop a couple of times, 1 for alignment, and then I forgot the other reason, I think to fix one of the cams.. and im trying to figure out when this could have been unplugged and why it was unplugged...
and also, would the car shake like it did because it was unplugged or what ? (could have been a coincidence or something for it to stop shaking when I plugged the wire back in) =\
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Re: spark plug wire not plugged in.. (freeofparanoia)
In my commuter car, an '88 Corsica, I had a spark plug wire go bad (pull away from the plug). I didn't realize it because the car is crappy anyway, and this must have happened just after I bought it (early 2000).
In retrospect, I don't remember any shaking, just loss of power and the engine didn't sound right.
What finally happened was that the unburnt fuel was entering my emissions and was burning in my catalytic converter. To make a long story short, the cat was glowing red hot from the burning fuel, and this in turn melted wires near the cat killing my onboard computer. In the end I was lucky to get out with paying only ~ $250 (including diagnostic, new onboard computer & wires, new cat, labor), since the cat was under warranty and my mechanic was able to get a used computer for me, plus his labor rate is dirt cheap anyway.
About that mechanic, he is very cheap and good so he is always busy. Because of this, he not only never advertises, he isn't listed in the yellow pages and his work telephone is an unlisted number. However, except for basic stuff (brakes, radiator flush, etc) he only works on American cars so I can never have my Honda fixed there.
In retrospect, I don't remember any shaking, just loss of power and the engine didn't sound right.
What finally happened was that the unburnt fuel was entering my emissions and was burning in my catalytic converter. To make a long story short, the cat was glowing red hot from the burning fuel, and this in turn melted wires near the cat killing my onboard computer. In the end I was lucky to get out with paying only ~ $250 (including diagnostic, new onboard computer & wires, new cat, labor), since the cat was under warranty and my mechanic was able to get a used computer for me, plus his labor rate is dirt cheap anyway.
About that mechanic, he is very cheap and good so he is always busy. Because of this, he not only never advertises, he isn't listed in the yellow pages and his work telephone is an unlisted number. However, except for basic stuff (brakes, radiator flush, etc) he only works on American cars so I can never have my Honda fixed there.
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