Sputtering
#12
RE: Sputtering
i had the same problem in my car.... i changed the plugs, nothing, changed the wires and plugs, nothing. then i changed the coil pack, come to find out there was corrosion on one of the ends causing it not to send the full spark to the wire > plug > cylinder. changed it out and i've been good ever since.
#15
RE: Sputtering
maybe. A few months ago it was running bad, blowing alot of smoke, I had no idea what the hell was wrong and neither did the mitsubishi dealer. I thought the car was going to die, then it threw a code and I needed an O2 sensor, and its been okay since now.
I do think it is funny how I hope and pray that the CEL will come on so I can know whats wrong with it.
I do think it is funny how I hope and pray that the CEL will come on so I can know whats wrong with it.
#16
RE: Sputtering
I actually had a plug wire go bad and break the insulation at the boot. It was the #3 wire and when that happened it started sending spark to the #4 cylinder when 3 was supposed to be getting it. Talk about an interesting troubleshooting session for me. If I hadn't started hearing the spark jumping and arcing I'd probably never even thought of it being the wires (They had less than 1K miles on them).