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Crazy91GSX

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May 31, 2004
Lubbock, Texas
Hey guys.. still can't get my damn car to start. Pulled every plug wire, and all are firing. Pulled the spark plugs, two were fine, cylinders 3 and 4 were completely black (rich). It sputters around, backfires and tries to start sometimes, but never does. Timing is right on, injectors are fueling.. Sometimes, it will start, but will not stay started. It'll start all choppy and sounds like it's gonna die, as long as I hold the key on. As Soon as I let go, it dies. Has to be a ignition problem, but damn I can't find it. Could it be the Cam angle sensor? I had to do some wiring on mine.
 
How is the spark color on the 1/4 coil pack?
It might be dying/dead, as the other cylinders are fine.
 
talontsi01 said:
Have you done any timing work lately?

What year was the cas off of?

It is off of my car, a 90. However, When I pulled it off, I noticed that two of the wires were torn off, before getting those two rewired, the last two came loose as well. So, I got out the saudering iron, rewired it.

The only part I couldn't figure out, is there is a clip mounted on the CAS that held the wires. Going into the clip from the harness there is a black, red, brown and white. Going from teh little clip into the CAS, there is black, red and two brown.
 
Bostedquest said:
How is the spark color on the 1/4 coil pack?
It might be dying/dead, as the other cylinders are fine.

The color I saw on the screw driver was dark orange with a tint of blue
 
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