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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 07:42 PM
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the car will act like its going to stall and die. idle is kinda rough but not bad. i just had pacesetter LT's and ory put on last week. i have msd wires with ngk plugs. when the light blinks alot doesnt that mean multiple misfires? any ideas on what i should look for?
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ps - i think one of my 02's might be going bad, could that be it...?
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 07:46 PM
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get it scanned. the code will at least point you in the right direction.

o2's don't normally go that abruptly or have that violent of results. who did the longtubes? how far did you drive before you started having issues?
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 08:23 PM
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Yes a blinking light is a multiple misfire situation.Pull your plugs check them for wetness or any different look on any of the plugs.Not to say this is the case but that sounds MOST likely a broken valve spring.I have had to go through that already.Also if the engine misses throughout the rpm range just cruising but if you open it to WOT and the miss goes away its the 02 sensors bc 02 sensors DO NOT read at WOT but normally you will not get a 300 code on an 02sensor it will just feel like its missing for the simple fact its loading up the bank on all the cylinders on that particular side with gas.WARNING check the plugs 1st for signs if you are not certain that the plugs all look good like signs of wetness DO NOT drive the car and especially do not get on it.A misfire on an ls engine on 1 cylinder can backfeed to the cylinder before it and cause a multiple misfire.Hope this helps.But could be as simple as some plug wires as stated above just make sure you check into it good.

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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 08:30 PM
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have it tune after header & ORY
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 10:40 PM
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the car is untuned. i will check it this friday when im home. i hope its just the plugs or a O2 sensor damn
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 04:06 AM
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the car is untuned. i will check it this friday when im home. i hope its just the plugs or a O2 sensor damn
A tune for just headers and y is not even needed.This will not cause a misfire or a blinking multimisfire.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 08:10 AM
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Def miss fires, recheck everything.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 08:49 AM
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do you have all 4 o2 sensors hooked up?, if not get some o2 simulators until you get it tuned and then get the rear o2 sensors deleted from the computer.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 02:48 PM
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i dont have the front o2's bc im running ory but still have the rear's hooked up. this better not be a big pain in the ***. i got the headers on like two weds ago. the car has been fine until yesterday when my bro called me about it wanting to stall and rough idle. i havent had the chance to look at it or drive it so
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by BIG BILL 2000 Z
i dont have the front o2's bc im running ory but still have the rear's hooked up. this better not be a big pain in the ***. i got the headers on like two weds ago. the car has been fine until yesterday when my bro called me about it wanting to stall and rough idle. i havent had the chance to look at it or drive it so
Almost every time someone has misfires AFTER a LT install...its because one or more of the spark plug wires are touching or bouncing against an exhaust manifold pipe.

Check to make sure none are touching at all.

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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 02:58 PM
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I've also personally never heard of someone running the rear 02's and not the front 02's. Usually the other way around.

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Originally Posted by BIG BILL 2000 Z
i dont have the front o2's bc im running ory but still have the rear's hooked up. this better not be a big pain in the ***. i got the headers on like two weds ago. the car has been fine until yesterday when my bro called me about it wanting to stall and rough idle. i havent had the chance to look at it or drive it so
I would hook the fronts back up asap. You can run without the rears, but not the fronts. Get some o2 sims for the rears, or tune them out.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 04:31 PM
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my bad im sure my 02's are hooked up fine. i have no cats so does that mean i have the front or back o2's?
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Do check into this YOU HAVE TO RUN YOUR FRONT 02s REAR CAN BE DELETED NOT FRONTS ITS NOT POSSIBLE CAR WILL NOT RUN RIGHT.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by BIG BILL 2000 Z
i dont have the front o2's bc im running ory but still have the rear's hooked up. this better not be a big pain in the ***. i got the headers on like two weds ago. the car has been fine until yesterday when my bro called me about it wanting to stall and rough idle. i havent had the chance to look at it or drive it so
you have it backwards, you want the fronts but not the rears. you can either get the codes deleted, have sims put in or just leave it. it doesnt make a difference.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by twitchtwice
you have it backwards, you want the fronts but not the rears. you can either get the codes deleted, have sims put in or just leave it. it doesnt make a difference.
i know i know ha i made a mistake in my post. i do not have my rear codes deleted but the fronts are hooked up fine. my driver side o2 sensor was goin bad a couple months ago so i will check into replacing that. i will check my plugs and wires too and make sure they are not touching anything and are hooked up good.
thanks for comments guys
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 07:11 PM
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Also check the plugs to make sure one isn't cracked.
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Sometimes its something simple, just not plugged in. Go back and check everything, I had something similar after I did a valley cover swap and I couldn't figure it out. Everything looked good, finally I realized some sensor wasn't clipped in all the way, it looked like it was, but it wasn't. Sometimes its something stupid like that. Good luck.
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what a good brand for the o2 sensors?
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I had a similar incident with my car running rough and SES flashing. It turned out one of my rocker arms snapped in half. I was lucky that none of the pieces grenaded my engine!

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