Help! Car starts missing out of nowhere...
02-28-2012, 04:16 PM
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Help! Car starts missing out of nowhere... hey guys, i'll give you a little background here, i installed hookers headers about two weeks ago, and it ran fine until today.
Today i started the car about to go back from work, it idle fine and drove fine at first and then suddenly out of nowhere i heard a loud popping noise from under the car, i pulled over to a parking lot and checked the car, everything was fine and intact, nothing's lose, but the car started to drive like it's missing and i keep hearing the popping noise from under the car when the car was revving down.
i'm suspecting that maybe this has something to do with my plug boots touching the headers primaries? when i installed my hookers headers the plug boots on cylinder #3 and #5 are resting on the primaries i tried to bend them but always failed, finally i put the "socks" on them and never had problem since then.
here's the pic of the plug boots that touching the headers' primaries.
no codes...and i'm stumped..any thoughts or help would be appreciated.
Today i started the car about to go back from work, it idle fine and drove fine at first and then suddenly out of nowhere i heard a loud popping noise from under the car, i pulled over to a parking lot and checked the car, everything was fine and intact, nothing's lose, but the car started to drive like it's missing and i keep hearing the popping noise from under the car when the car was revving down.
i'm suspecting that maybe this has something to do with my plug boots touching the headers primaries? when i installed my hookers headers the plug boots on cylinder #3 and #5 are resting on the primaries i tried to bend them but always failed, finally i put the "socks" on them and never had problem since then.
here's the pic of the plug boots that touching the headers' primaries.
no codes...and i'm stumped..any thoughts or help would be appreciated.
02-28-2012, 04:57 PM
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i popped the hood lots of times after dark when the engine's running and notice nothing coming from those plug boots that touch the primaries. where would you guys start the diagnostic if there's no code at all, while the car's running like ****..
02-28-2012, 10:15 PM
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Update - took the sock off the cylinder #5 boot and found out that the boot is cracked thus showing the wires and arcing when touching the primaries, luckily I got MSD wires, bend the boot and all is good now except for the cracked boot. Is it ok to drive around with cracked boot? Anyone know who sells a single MSD 8.5mm wire?
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02-28-2012, 10:36 PM
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no dont drive around with a cracked boot. that is dangerous, as it could cause it to fire at the wrong time and hurt your motor. the MSD wires do not require or need those sleeves you got on the wires now. call Mike (or email) at the WS6 store, he sold me just 1 wire before. great guy, great customer service
