froggystyle14

finally got my distributer installed and i still have that stupid missfire. so far that is new plugs, wires, cap, rotor button, complete distributer, complete diagnostics check and yet still, a dang missfire and body else have any other ideas? i have 1 week to the ATL meet and i might not be able to go

97BlackAckCL

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I'm pretty sure you already did this, but did you have the valves adjusted, and the timing done? Just offering suggestions

froggystyle14

suggestions is what i need. i have not done the timing yet, i will replace them moday. havent check valves yet...too dark now i will just have to wait appreciate it

aRIff

EGR ports are dirty ? I had the same problem...

froggystyle14

what all do i have to do to clean the ports? remove the egr vavle and clean the valve ports or the ports going from intake to egr?

froggystyle14

would the seafoam get rid of this??

aRIff

not only clean egr itself dont help. I tried it. u need to remove egr passages and clean it. then it is gonna run like a baby... Firestone does it for $100 but I am sure you can fine cheaper place to do it.

I did the same things u done before and it did not help until I went firestone and clean the egr passeges...

legendaryCL98

i like the misfire on some cars.. makes it sound alot more aggressive when at a light or shifting gears..

then again.. the only car i liked with misfire was the Lancer Evo in intial D.. lol..

97BlackAckCL

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legendaryCL98

puahaha...

teh CL

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try cleaning out the injectors, i have a missfire too and a mechanic told me to do that...he said it is pretty easy to do....

wilp99

could be a bad coil.. have u ohm'd it out yet?

froggystyle14

shop did a full detailed diagnostics and said that theignition module was reading irratiac ohms so i bought a new distributer and it cam with everything, ignitoon module and coil. i have less then a week till the meet in ATL and i am up a creek. i will try the egr port clean...someone else told me that my cam might be wore.

wilp99

if and when u drive it does it stop at a certain speed, like its dying? if so then check ur cat it could be clogged. make sure u dont have a vacuume leak somewhere. check ur knock sensor make sure its not broke off, its only made of ceramic. and check ur spark plug wires, and make sure they are on the right firing order. then double check everything.

Dan3952

My guess is insufficient spark from one of your coil packs which would be a fairly simple fix and someone one could do themselves.

I went through the same problem when I had a Chevy Lumina, must have wasted $500 on mechanics who continued to fix the wrong thing (including the GM dealer)

Idiots

agranado

Thought I'd bring this back from the dead - but guess what? Went to the mechs to see what the problem was with my misfire (it was STILL happening up until today) and guess what?

EGR valve. He says its probably dirty as hell.

So firestone cleans that shit out for 100$ huh?

-Alex

car ran smoothly the entire way home after mechs btw..

ajtcl

The clean out is done with SeaFoam. That shit is the bombastic... blows the hell out of carbon. In fact, I know that the Honda/Acura dealers do a very similar proceedure to what my bro and I did to the Mistress. She smoked for a while after the treatment but after that, it was all good. Funny you guys mention Firestone... My bro has worked there for 13 years and is the lead tech at one of the local MasterCare centers. Kind of cool cause he can use the lift, and all those shop gadgets. As for the miss-fire, vacume hoses, sticking valves, coil packs, EGR, timing and ignition module and wiring, malfunctioning v-tech solinoid, damaged piston, oil foul, compression loss... blah blah blah. If it isn't something in that list, then you got yourself a grimlen, and he's working overtime.

agranado

those fucking gremilns!! ahhh