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Old 04-12-2008, 10:21 PM
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Need help. My car is idling weird as if its misfiring. no codes coming up. hooked up my tuner and datalogged the car. Everything is fine except for the spark advanced. At idle the spark advanced is moving all over the scale from 20 to 45 in very speratic sequence. When the car seems to come back alive the spark stays at 20.
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Old 04-12-2008, 11:02 PM
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Whens the last time you changed your spark plugs as well as your o2 sensors. SOunds like your ecu is trying to compensate
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Old 04-12-2008, 11:21 PM
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O2 are new and the plugs have less then 3000 miles on them.
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Old 04-13-2008, 12:57 AM
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CAN ANYBODY HELP?
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Old 04-13-2008, 03:32 AM
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It's your Coil on plugs, Take each one out and check the Ohms, and make sure they are all consistant. I'm almost exactly sure that's whats going on, but I could be wrong
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Old 04-13-2008, 07:10 PM
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I bought a meter and checked my coils there all consistant!
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Old 04-14-2008, 01:18 AM
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No one has a clue? Could it be the Crank position sensor?
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Old 04-14-2008, 10:40 AM
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ORIGINAL: Hatcher514

No one has a clue? Could it be the Crank position sensor?
It can be the CPS or believe it or not the alternator which is known to cause problems with the CPS.
Is it throwing any codes?


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Old 04-14-2008, 09:01 PM
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no, its clean of codes!
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Old 04-14-2008, 09:25 PM
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Try swapping your COP's. I've been having problems with mine, especially when it's wet out.[&:] I even bought a brand new set of Granatelli's 2 weeks ago, and one went bad already, so I bought some ACCEL's this time. Water gets into my #4 spark plug hole and gets that coil damp or something and screws it up. RTV this time!!!!
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