Hey guys, It has been crazy here in Minnesota the last few days have brought us 2 feet of snow and now lows of up to 15 degrees. Yesterday the temperature was in the 30's, the storm was at its worst....
I had the headlights, heater blowing at setting 1, radio, and rear defroster on.
I was a mile from home when I turned a corner and hit the gas, I heard what sounded like chugging from the engine and exhaust, as if I dropped a cylinder, I lost a lot of engine power. It came when I hit the gas from around 1200-3k rpms in gear. after I got up to speed it went away. It idled very low I was afraid it would die. If I reved it up it would sputter then become smooth after 3-4k and if I let off the gas it would stay smooth at idle until putting the car back in gear.
The engine was fairly warm and nothing I can think of besides the strong electrical loads were happening. The day before I had the same electrical loads on it was fine, The only difference was the snow storm.
I turned the defrost off, the misfire continued. I was halfway home when I noticed if I let the clutch out really slowly the engine stayed smooth. After doing that a few times the misfire never came back even if I let the clutch out at a normal rate.
I took the plugs out they were NGK bcpr6e
I put in some NGK Iridium bcpr6eix-11
The old plugs were all white on the ground strap. But the number one plug was not as white as the others and had a bit of oil on the threads. They were all around .040 gap. I remember one plug was at .050 pretty sure it was the #1 cylinder. All the wires and the ground off the disty were secure. I will check the disty parts tomorrow. But when I started it before and after the plug change it ran fine I did not really drive it, just i and out of the garage but it was smooth.....
Any tips or Ideas? Should I keep the new Iridiums?
Thanks
-Brian
I had the headlights, heater blowing at setting 1, radio, and rear defroster on.
I was a mile from home when I turned a corner and hit the gas, I heard what sounded like chugging from the engine and exhaust, as if I dropped a cylinder, I lost a lot of engine power. It came when I hit the gas from around 1200-3k rpms in gear. after I got up to speed it went away. It idled very low I was afraid it would die. If I reved it up it would sputter then become smooth after 3-4k and if I let off the gas it would stay smooth at idle until putting the car back in gear.
The engine was fairly warm and nothing I can think of besides the strong electrical loads were happening. The day before I had the same electrical loads on it was fine, The only difference was the snow storm.
I turned the defrost off, the misfire continued. I was halfway home when I noticed if I let the clutch out really slowly the engine stayed smooth. After doing that a few times the misfire never came back even if I let the clutch out at a normal rate.
I took the plugs out they were NGK bcpr6e
I put in some NGK Iridium bcpr6eix-11
The old plugs were all white on the ground strap. But the number one plug was not as white as the others and had a bit of oil on the threads. They were all around .040 gap. I remember one plug was at .050 pretty sure it was the #1 cylinder. All the wires and the ground off the disty were secure. I will check the disty parts tomorrow. But when I started it before and after the plug change it ran fine I did not really drive it, just i and out of the garage but it was smooth.....
Any tips or Ideas? Should I keep the new Iridiums?
Thanks
-Brian
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