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schmidty321
post Aug 17 2008, 11:08 PM
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hey guys my car is kinda sluggish and sputters a lil as of late if i accelerate hard i know i need to change the air filter and maybe if i threw in some fuel injector cleaner would that help?
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post Aug 18 2008, 12:41 AM
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i was having the same issue and it was the ignition cables one was bad and it would misfire, also you hay want to use some seafoam through the vacume line and let it burn out all the trash out of the engine, just beware of where you do it because it does smoke alot... this helped me with the sputter at high rpms when accelerating...
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post Aug 18 2008, 04:55 PM
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hmmm i guess ill try that
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post Aug 18 2008, 05:55 PM
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plugs and wires.
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post Aug 18 2008, 08:11 PM
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Misfire FTL!

change your plugs and wires. odds are its your wires, but ALWAYS change them both at the same time.
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post Aug 18 2008, 08:47 PM
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hmm i dont know but i drove my car today pretty gently (to warm it up a lil) then i accelerated moderatly and i got it back to normal i gues it worked itsself out?
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post Aug 19 2008, 10:45 AM
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hmm i dont know but i drove my car today pretty gently (to warm it up a lil) then i accelerated moderatly and i got it back to normal i gues it worked itsself out?
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You guess wrong. You can work through the rough spot but your plugs are probably fouled out and the wires are probably cracked.

NGK plugs and the best quality plug wires you can afford. And get your hands dirty.
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post Aug 19 2008, 02:21 PM
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QUOTE(schmidty321 @ Aug 18 2008, 08:47 PM)
hmm i dont know but i drove my car today pretty gently (to warm it up a lil) then i accelerated moderatly and i got it back to normal i gues it worked itsself out?
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My sunfire use to do the same, and work fine for a week, but then it did the same thing, so, I change the plugs and wires and vioala
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post Aug 19 2008, 02:44 PM
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Just do a full tune up and oil change.
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post Aug 20 2008, 06:29 AM
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post Aug 20 2008, 09:56 AM
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i agree with BRM do a full tune up. that will usually help things such as this. and some other problems that you might be running into
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post Aug 20 2008, 01:38 PM
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i just had that done like a week ago but i still havent bought a air filter since i got the car which was like 6 weeks ago so ill swap that out for a k&n(reg filter not intake) and see how that goes any one try the k&n's?
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post Aug 20 2008, 06:21 PM
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All of us use K&Ns lol.

EDIT: Also, if you just installe new spark plugs, make sure they are gapped correctly. no doubt its a misfire and dirty/bad air filter will NOT make your car misfire it will just make it idle irradically.
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I use the big K&N filter, its got like a 6.5 x 4.5 inch hole that feeds my intake pipes.
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post Aug 21 2008, 07:50 AM
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did you replace the fuel filter with all the other things? did you replace the timing belt before all this happened?
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post Aug 21 2008, 10:38 PM
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timing belts are all new when i bought the car hmmm fuel filter could prob be changed im guessing its not miss firing i could just need to be in a lower gear when i need to acclerate huh? i usally try to pass in like 3rd or 4th and it will jerk like onece or twice then its fine ...i guess the motor speed need to match the flywheel speed? idk the cars prob fine im just driving it wrong (first stick)
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post Aug 24 2008, 04:07 PM
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Timing off?
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