[Shotimes] vacuum leak/spark problems

[Shylo McKinsey]

Its a rectangular box on the back side of the engine.
(looking at the engine from the front of your car, it
would be in the right, next to the air box kinda).
Remove the cover if you have one, and you should see
all of the plug wires connected to it...

Shylo McKinsey

'91 White MTX

--- "Hartberger, Jason M.  ATAN"
<hartbejm@roosevelt.navy.mil> 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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