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    Well, yesterday while driving my car started to shake, immediately the service engine soon (SES) light came on and I took it to Advance Auto Parts (AAP). The SES light came on because of a "cylinder 5 misfire" and I went ahead and bought both spark plugs and plug wires. Well, after spending my Sunday night changing out the wires and spark plugs, I decided to call it a day.

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    Well, this moring before going to school I warmed up the car and it started fine. Then when i was ready to go to school, I started driving it and I noticed the same shake...... :rant: ..... WTF??!! So i took it to AAP again because the SES light was on and it read that my oxygen sensor was bad (I was told by the AAP guy that it was the front one, the one connected to my exhaust manifold on the passenger side) Well anyways, I changed it this morning and tried to test drive it. Starts out right, starting accelerating, it was fine up until the time that I tried to give it the extra gas, it kinda hesitated, shook a little bit, and then got the acceleration that I wanted. Any ideas on what it could be? I'm getting frustrated as it is annoying to drive it this way.

    Thanks to anyone that could possibly help,

    ReNzO
    <a href=\"http://www.cardomain.com/id/1995birdman\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.cardomain.com/id/1995birdman</a>

  • #2
    Re: Need help.....

    do you have headers?
    WAWA-A-HOLIC

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    • #3
      Re: Need help.....

      same thing happened to me when my coils started going bad.

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      • #4
        Re: Need help.....

        Coils or bad MAF. Try unplugging your MAF next time you drive it and see if it acts any different.
        ~97 3.8L V6 Camaro~
        A few things

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        • #5
          Re: Need help.....

          Coils. This sounds exactly like what happened to me when a coil pack went bad. Replace the coil pack running cylinder 5.

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          • #6
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            Yeah, coils. My car also hesitated and misfired when the pump was going out. Is it running rich? Is there a strong gas smell coming from the exhaust?
            Originally posted by LETZRIDE
            I've never touched a rear end before

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            • #7
              Re: Need help.....

              I'm going to AAP to buy some new coils and I'll see how it turns out.

              Kristen, I dont have any aftermarket headers..... yet

              turbohead2332, as far as gas mileage goes, i filled up on saturday and have traveled about 200 miles and it seems like it is fine, but i'll get an AAP guy to smell my car's @$$ when i go there and see if he can smell anything 'cause right now i got a stuffy nose.

              Thanks guy, hopefully I can fix this problem by today!
              <a href=\"http://www.cardomain.com/id/1995birdman\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.cardomain.com/id/1995birdman</a>

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              • #8
                Re: Need help.....

                I had the same problem... same cylinder actually. Mine was the coil.

                Lounge Moderator

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                • #9
                  Re: Need help.....

                  Changed the coil and now it runs good again.....thanks again!
                  <a href=\"http://www.cardomain.com/id/1995birdman\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.cardomain.com/id/1995birdman</a>

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