HateWhatOwnsYou

this is in my 4.6 crown vic, i dont want to use my sniper tuner to run the check engine light code. and the car doesnt have plates so i cant drive it to autozone, i just got the car and have been working on it and gettin it up to par.

i had the hood off for a couple days while i was replacing the fender and it rained on the motor. after this i noticed it had a rough idle and then the check engine light came on. im not sure if it was the rain or if it was like this from the get-go. i never drove the car besides it idleing in my drive and moving it in and out of the barn. its been over 3 weeks since it was rained on.

and from time to time, the exhaust reaks like rotten eggs so im guessing it has a miss.
if i give it a rev, its not really smooth. its kinda rought in the lower rpms

ive sprayed down the vacuum lines with starter fluid to see if i could find a leak and came up with nothing.


whats the best way to go about this?
unplugging COP's and seeing if one of them doesnt affect the idle?

hot sauce

why wouldnt you use ur tuner to check the engine code it shouldnt marry the tuner to the vic just by checking the codes

Lowtryx

I would be willing to bet you torched one or more coils when the engine was rained on.

Moisture+COP's= A sad panda.

Just check the code. What's the sense beating around the bush, you're feeling blind otherwise..

HateWhatOwnsYou

if checking the code wont use my last bullet for my sniper then i will check the code.

can someone verify that it wont use it?

Lowtryx

I've never used a Sniper Tuner, so I can't verify that however if it doesn't affect it then by all means, read the code.

AirBrontosaurus

You don't need bullets to use Recon, which includes their DTC and check-engine light reader. Just plug the Sniper box into your car, plug it into your laptop, start Recon, connect to the PCM, and click on Tools -> Diagnostics to see the codes.

Bullets are required for tunes only. You could use your one copy of Recon on 50 vehicles in one day if you really wanted to.

mestit3

go to autozone or o'reilly, they both have a loaner obdII scanner that you put a deposit on and get it all back when you return it....so basically free.

HateWhatOwnsYou

alright thanks guys, ill post up what i find this weekend

HateWhatOwnsYou

since i wont be gettin my laptop back with my sniper tuner on it i went out and started unplugging cop's

and i got a dead coil