AlaskanDsm
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- Oct 21, 2007
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Fairbanks,
Alaska
Hey guys. I am need some guidance.
Here is the deal. Yesterday I was sitting in my car in front of a hotel while my friend who was visiting was checking on prices. Well during that time, the car went from idling fine down to 3 cylinders... sounded like a Subaru. Well I had that happen one time before. Well anyways within about 30 seconds, the engine idled back to normal. so I shut it down thinking .
Anyways, My friend decided not to stay at that hotel but a different one. The car ran fine the whole time. After i had dropped her off and helped her carry her bags in, I said my goodbye and went to drive home. Car started fine, rolled out of the parking lot fine, but once I got on the road to get onto the freeway, the car dropped a cylinder again and I thought that the whole car was going to shake apart from the vibrations. Anyways, I pull over and take a look at the engine. Can't see anything wrong. Well I had to get the car home so I drove it on 3 cylinders. long ride.
Well I got it to Autozone thinking that maybe one of the plug wires or spark plugs had gone bad. Swapped them both out and it is still only running on three cylinders.
What do I do??
When I get home tonight, I will attempt to verify timing although because the problem rectified itself the first time, I do not believe it is timing.
Second, I don't believe that it is a coil pack because the car isn't running on 2 cylinders. And for the same reason, I do not believe that it is the transistor.
Third, it could be an injector... I am going to go home and check by running the car and unplugging the injectors one by one and see if it causes a difference in the idle... may also at least identify the bad cylinder. I can check for spark at that time by using one of the old spark plus against a bolt or something.
Is there anything else that I am missing or misleading myself to believe? Any help would be really appreciated!!!
Attached is a video below for reference to the sound of the car.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AkDx4rpEq-k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Here is the deal. Yesterday I was sitting in my car in front of a hotel while my friend who was visiting was checking on prices. Well during that time, the car went from idling fine down to 3 cylinders... sounded like a Subaru. Well I had that happen one time before. Well anyways within about 30 seconds, the engine idled back to normal. so I shut it down thinking .
Anyways, My friend decided not to stay at that hotel but a different one. The car ran fine the whole time. After i had dropped her off and helped her carry her bags in, I said my goodbye and went to drive home. Car started fine, rolled out of the parking lot fine, but once I got on the road to get onto the freeway, the car dropped a cylinder again and I thought that the whole car was going to shake apart from the vibrations. Anyways, I pull over and take a look at the engine. Can't see anything wrong. Well I had to get the car home so I drove it on 3 cylinders. long ride.
Well I got it to Autozone thinking that maybe one of the plug wires or spark plugs had gone bad. Swapped them both out and it is still only running on three cylinders.
What do I do??
When I get home tonight, I will attempt to verify timing although because the problem rectified itself the first time, I do not believe it is timing.
Second, I don't believe that it is a coil pack because the car isn't running on 2 cylinders. And for the same reason, I do not believe that it is the transistor.
Third, it could be an injector... I am going to go home and check by running the car and unplugging the injectors one by one and see if it causes a difference in the idle... may also at least identify the bad cylinder. I can check for spark at that time by using one of the old spark plus against a bolt or something.
Is there anything else that I am missing or misleading myself to believe? Any help would be really appreciated!!!
Attached is a video below for reference to the sound of the car.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AkDx4rpEq-k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>