[Shotimes] vacuum leak/spark problems

[Donald Mallinson]

Jason,

The V6 SHO CAN develop a bad idle, missing condition from 
something as simple as a loose plug wire or dirt on the coil 
pack.

Be sure to push down HARD no the square part on top of each 
plug wire.  They can pop up sometimes.

Also, check under the plastic cover to the coil pack...thing 
that all the plug wires go into.  Make sure they are all 
seated tight, and if the top of the coil pack around those 
wires is dirty, remove the wires one at a time (so you don't 
get them back on in the wrong order) and clean around the 
area with a dry cloth.  Wipe off the ends of the wires on 
the pack in addition to the top of the coil pack itself.

Be sure to visit:

http://www.shotimes.com

and look through the repair/diagnostics sections to see if 
anything else helps if the above doesn't!

Navy?  Then you know BRASSO and depending on what ships you 
have been on, how to go to the head while in a 90 degree 
roll!  :)

(My late cousin retired from the Navy many years ago after 
many tours on the Saratoga and then some time at the Great 
Lakes station, and finally some excitement aboard a DE.  GO 
NAVY!)  When do they play their bowl game?

Don Mallinson

Hartberger, Jason M. ATAN wrote:

> Coil what? I'm in the Navy, dammit, I don't know anything about machines!
> Plugs/plug wires I get... I'm checking those today.
> 
> Jason
> 
> -----
> 
> That would be coil pack...
> 
> Kerby
> 
> At 08:09 PM 12/28/03 -0800, Shylo McKinsey wrote:
> 
>>Also check to make sure every thing is still plugged
>>in. On the distributor and that the plug boots are in
>>place. Your "crap power" syndrome sounds like bad plug
>>wires...
>>
>>Shylo McKinsey
>>
>>'91 White MTX
>>
>>--- "Hartberger, Jason M.  ATAN"
>><hartbejm@roosevelt.navy.mil> wrote:
>>
>>>Hello all, I have a 94 ATX with 101K miles on it in
>>>beautiful condition, but
>>>I just developed some problems with it... when I
>>>first start it up, the
>>>engine shakes back and forth like the engine mounts
>>>are loose... but I don't
>>>think they are. After I start driving it a little,
>>>it morphs into rough
>>>revving below 3000 rpm... but only when the pedal is
>>>slightly depressed,
>>>which leads me to think it might be a vacuum leak
>>>somewhere, but when I do
>>>the dollar/exhaust pipe test, that tells me I have a
>>>cylinder out.
>>>
>>>Then it becomes obvious that there's a cylinder out
>>>because during hard
>>>acceleration, I get crap power... but the fubar'd
>>>cylinder mysteriously
>>>kicks on and off... making for some very interesting
>>>acceleration when
>>>behind other cars! Does anybody have any idea what
>>>this might be caused by?
>>>
>>>There is some other background info... the day
>>>before, I washed the engine
>>>compartment and used a little too much high-pressure
>>>spray... I might have
>>>either soaked something I wasn't supposed to or
>>>knocked something loose. I
>>>also managed to drive right over a curb (I swear, it
>>>came out of nowhere!
>>>stupid left turns), and I might have knocked
>>>something loose then.
>>>
>>>Other than that, I'm at a complete loss. It doesn't
>>>affect driveability too
>>>much, and there's no CE light, so I'm not *too*
>>>worried about the car dying
>>>on me... yet... but if anybody has any ideas as to
>>>what this might be, I'd
>>>really appreciate the help.
>>>
>>>ATAN Hartberger, USN
>>>USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71
>>>
>>>94 ATX red 101K "binary car"
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