ahh yes..another one of these threads. but on a serious note, my car is acting up pretty bad so heres the story...
yesterday, it was raining pretty hard over here in tennesee. i went on this one road and literally drove through a feet or two of water. i started to drive home about 3 miles and everything was fine. as soon as i pulled into my neighborhood..it felt like it was running on 3 cylinders. i popped the hood and to no suprise, spark plug wire for #1 came off. plugged it in..and it didnt start.

i checked all the fuses both under the dash and in the engine bay. i have fuel, i have spark, and compression also.

and to my surprise..it started once every blue moon. for example, i would try to start it for about 2 minutes, and then itll start. and when it does start, it runs like crap. i tried to drive it and it cut off, and wouldnt come back on.

at first, i was almost certain i wasnt getting fuel because my fuel pump wasnt priming but then itll randomly cut on so i pushed the main relay, and the fuel pump cuts on every time now. but it didnt solve my problem.

also, i changed my ecu with a p28 because my carpet was wet. whats funny is im throwing a code. its number 19, automatic transmission lockup control valve. i am running an auto ecu because my car used to be auto. but i converted it to manual and it was running fine for the past 5 months and no cel until i was driving home that day.

could it have hydrolocked? thats what i thought...so i took the head off and cleaned the cylinders but there was no water. i was going to take the spark plugs out and crank it a couple of times but couldnt because the little rub piece came off my spark plug wire and got stock around the spark plug which pwns me when trying to put a socket down there. ill try it tomorrow and see what happens.

so as you know...i tried a lot of things before posting hoping itll work but none did. does anybody have any clue, any help would be great. or should i go to plan b and drop the ls back in my car.

 

and btw...compression was 150 on #3 and #4. couldnt do #1 and #2 because i cant get the spark plug out.

 

bump before i go to school.

 

what do you mean you can't get the spark plugs out? get them out somehow. use a ghetto bar for leverage if you have to.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by full Circling &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what do you mean you can't get the spark plugs out? get them out somehow. use a ghetto bar for leverage if you have to.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i ment that the socket wouldnt go on because a rubber piece came off the spark plug wire and got stuck around the spark plug.

but guess what..i have no idea why but i started it when i came back from school and it fired right up. runs fine. i didnt do a thing to it but in no way am i complaining. maybe something dried up in the sun?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Laosakademiks &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

..felt like running on 3 cylinders.
spark plug wire #1 came off.
didnt start.

fuel, spark, and compression.

started once every blue moon.
try to start it for 2 minutes, then itll start.
runs like crap.
tried to drive
cut off, wouldnt come back on.

also, i changed my ecu with a p28 because my carpet was wet. whats funny is im throwing a code. its number 19, automatic transmission lockup control valve. i am running an auto ecu because my car used to be auto. but i converted it to manual and it was running fine for the past 5 months and no cel until i was driving home that day.

took the head off
no water.
was going to take spark plugs out
little rub piece came off my spark plug wire
got stock around the spark plug
pwns me when trying to put a socket down there.

should i go to plan b and drop the ls back in my car.</TD></TR></TABLE>

take a pair of needlenose pliers and get that rubber piece off the plug. replace your plugs and wires. as for the ecu, i don't know, but personally, i would get a somewhat reputable tuner to at least check it out. did you get the ecu converted from auto to manual when you did the tranny swap?

 

everything is fine now. and when i was driving, the cel randomly went away. thanks anyways