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spark plug problem
Tuesday, September 12, 2006 5:52 PM
2 weeks ago i had a CEL come on. missfire on #3. so i pulled the plugs the one in cylinder 3 the prong seem to have melted off. i just figured they were old (using autolie 103)
now i have NGK tr6 in. same thing happened. had the car towed since it was having trouble idling. so i find out samething happened in cylinders 1 & 2. plugs were replaced. still runs like crap.
going to replace the coil packs tommorow.
any ideas what might cause this? i also run nitrous. 55 shot.



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Re: spark plug problem
Tuesday, September 12, 2006 7:35 PM
Here's a dumb idea but is it possible that your nitrous isn't getting enough extra fuel when you shoot it and your leaning out?


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'96 Cavalier Good ol' Pushrod 2.2
-24X,000 miles on factory build
-Some oil loss between changes, me thinks it be rings.
Re: spark plug problem
Wednesday, September 13, 2006 5:46 AM
David Jones wrote:Here's a dumb idea but is it possible that your nitrous isn't getting enough extra fuel when you shoot it and your leaning out?


i doubt that since the feul soleniod is working and i over jet for the feul.



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Re: spark plug problem
Wednesday, September 13, 2006 6:06 AM
I was having the same problem... me and a friend replaced the ignition housing and it cleared it up.... I did how ever get one misfire since replacing it when i did a 3rd gear pull then kept it at the high rpms to help me slow down. Other then that i havent had a problem..... check the white housing part where the contact points touch the springs going to the plugs if it looks black anywhere on it chances your having ignition arch



Re: spark plug problem
Wednesday, September 13, 2006 1:44 PM
What color was the plug? Missfiring doesn't cause peices of spark plug to melt off. Excessive combustion chamber temperatures or a spark plug that isn't the right heat range for what the enigne is doing does...So, it's either leaning out, detonating like a motherfk or just plain running too hot for the plugs you have in there...What did the piston crown look like???


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'96 Cavalier Good ol' Pushrod 2.2
-24X,000 miles on factory build
-Some oil loss between changes, me thinks it be rings.
Re: spark plug problem
Wednesday, September 13, 2006 5:26 PM
from what i can see 1 & 2 look clean 3 & 4 are starting to get black.

i might have screwed up my engine greater than i thought. thanks anyway



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Re: spark plug problem
Friday, September 22, 2006 11:26 AM
ive actually been having the same damn problem. i change the plugs and my car runs okay for a little while then it does it again, ive checked the coils and they are both at the correct resistance, and the coil housing looks fine. also, i went to advanced to get a diagnostic since the CEL is on. and i got DTC P0133, P0300, P1810. i doubt a slow response from the 02 sensor (dtc p0133) could be causing misfiring, and p0300 is kind of like duh i know there is a random misfire, and dtc p1810 is pressure switch manifold. im not sure if map sensor could be the problem, but i sorta tested it to see what would happen, i idled the car and pulled the map sensor out and nothing happened. just continued to idle rough. could map sensor have something to do with it?
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