help !1car is all f'd up..!!!

[Schmitty]

Re: help !1car is all f'd up..!!!

I went to autozone today and got it scanned..

happens to be a misfire


gonna need new sparkplugs and a tune.... how much would that usaly cost?

[97rs4life]

Re: help !1car is all f'd up..!!!

just do it yourself, save a bunch of money that way. Some spark plugs and wires don't cost that much

[teal99camaro]

Re: help !1car is all f'd up..!!!

test your coild. With the engine running and wearing some gloves pull off the coils one att a time. Hold a screwdriver close to one of the electrodes. If the spark is big its ok if the spark is small or nonexistant teplace the coil. I had the same problem and it was the coil.

[Ace]

Re: help !1car is all f'd up..!!!

test your coild. With the engine running and wearing some gloves pull off the coils one att a time. Hold a screwdriver close to one of the electrodes. If the spark is big its ok if the spark is small or nonexistant teplace the coil. I had the same problem and it was the coil.

I second that.

[homedog119]

Re: help !1car is all f'd up..!!!

test your coild. With the engine running and wearing some gloves pull off the coils one att a time. Hold a screwdriver close to one of the electrodes. If the spark is big its ok if the spark is small or nonexistant teplace the coil. I had the same problem and it was the coil.

or you can lick the tip of your finger and touch the coil if you pass out or get light headed the coil is fine

[Tech]

Re: help !1car is all f'd up..!!!

or you can lick the tip of your finger and touch the coil if you pass out or get light headed the coil is fine

I thought I had the glove on all the way and I thought I wasnt touching the metal of the screwdriver but apparently I was. Well it woke me up and the screwdriver went flying out of my hand and put a huge gash in the drywall. Fixed my misfire though :tup:

[Schmitty]

Re: help !1car is all f'd up..!!!

now my car smells like either....really old doritos, or eggs.....idk smells like bad.

but hopeing to bring it to a mechanic tuesday and get it fixed.

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[Tech]

Re: help !1car is all f'd up..!!!

now my car smells like either....really old doritos, or eggs.....idk smells like bad.

but hopeing to bring it to a mechanic tuesday and get it fixed.

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Catalytic converter

[Schmitty]

Re: help !1car is all f'd up..!!!

Catalytic converter

and is the cat makn this awful smell becuase of the misfire?

[Kidcamaro98]

Re: help !1car is all f'd up..!!!

let me know what it turns out to be....the going in and out of power....my cars doing the same thing and i was also reading misfire. I replaced my stock plug wires with MSD's and its still doing the same thing. Its gotta be either spark plugs or a bad coil.

[97rs4life]

Re: help !1car is all f'd up..!!!

if it is smelling like that then yes your cat is going out. Get it replaced with a carsound hiflow one.

Also a bad cat would cause the misfire symptoms as well.

[Kidcamaro98]

Re: help !1car is all f'd up..!!!

I changed my spark plugs, and Put MSD wires on, and a new fuel filter and the car still does it. If you figure out the problem before I do, please let me know. Next im gonna put msd coils on and see if that fixes it, if not then maybe its my injectors???

[Schmitty]

Re: help !1car is all f'd up..!!!

im going to the mechanic tommrow soo il let you kno

[Vanquish]

Re: help !1car is all f'd up..!!!

I changed my spark plugs, and Put MSD wires on, and a new fuel filter and the car still does it. If you figure out the problem before I do, please let me know. Next im gonna put msd coils on and see if that fixes it, if not then maybe its my injectors???

It is his catalytic converter that is causing the problem. Don't waste your money on all this MSD stuff, it's not going to fix your problem and it's a waste of money.

Stock > MSD

[Kidcamaro98]

Re: help !1car is all f'd up..!!!

first off I got the MSD wires for christmas. 2nd im Turbocharged so upgrading my ignition system is nothing but a +. 3rd. I dont have a cat.