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Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue

To: scott.hall@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] mazda miata issue
From: Wayne <wmc_st@xxiii.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 13:22:44 -0400
scott.hall@comcast.net wrote:
> not at all shop related, but it's my boss' car, I'm at work, and I figure you 
>guys would be the place for the quick, correct answer. 
> his 1990 miata has an off-idle/tip-in 'miss' (I think). it idles okay, and at 
>full throttle, it sounds and seems to pull okay as well. but when he just 
>starts to put his foot down it seems to be missing. it sounds JUST like an old 
>air-cooled vw bug. and it shakes, etc. 

www.Miata.net has a bunch of good info in their garage section.  And on the 
forums.  Wife & I have a 1990 too.  I'd guess maybe the vacuum plugs at the 
throttle body or back of manifold cracked or leaking.  Plug wires are 
notoriously short lived.

-Wayne
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