lack of power
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lack of power well i've got a new opti on the way for my car.. i'm pretty confident that it's the problem with my car lacking power especially since it seems to have a dead cyl.. but the biggest problem is, it just lacks power. it seems to run consistant, but just down on power. it's pretty odd, i can pull the injector plug on the cyl in question, and not hear a noticeable difference, but pulling the injector plug on the others makes a difference at idle.. really i just want to set the damn thing on fire, and buy another mustang... here's my questions
ok, so i've read it could be the dist cap/rotor.. so i have a whole opti ordered.
knock sensor, well can u just disconnect the thing and it be normal?, or does it need to be plugged in at all times.
maf?
o2 sensors? but it's not throwing a code
fuel pump? i guess it's possible
plug wires?
i'm really leaning twards it being the distributor cap, especially since it seems to have dropped a cyl..
it's just such an irritating problem, because the car seems to run sorta kinda ok.. it's nothing that is messing up bad enough to where i can put my finger on it.. it has a slight exhaust leak so it makes detecting the miss even more of a pain in the ***, and a dead cyl is not as easy to hear on a 8cyl as it is on a 4 or 6 cyl...
ok, so i've read it could be the dist cap/rotor.. so i have a whole opti ordered.
knock sensor, well can u just disconnect the thing and it be normal?, or does it need to be plugged in at all times.
maf?
o2 sensors? but it's not throwing a code
fuel pump? i guess it's possible
plug wires?
i'm really leaning twards it being the distributor cap, especially since it seems to have dropped a cyl..
it's just such an irritating problem, because the car seems to run sorta kinda ok.. it's nothing that is messing up bad enough to where i can put my finger on it.. it has a slight exhaust leak so it makes detecting the miss even more of a pain in the ***, and a dead cyl is not as easy to hear on a 8cyl as it is on a 4 or 6 cyl...
Recently, my car has been running slower than normal with some odd vibes in upper RPM range. One day I started driving and my car would just rock, knock, jump, and jerk with throttle. About 10 minutes of driving I had my SES light flashing, used a scanner and found cylinder 7 was misfiring. I saw my #7 plugwire arcing to my headers. I thought I had the wires tucked properly, but I was wrong. It was probably 2 weeks of my car running "slow" before I noticed the misfire. It's temporarily running right now with re-tucked wires and electrical tape around the cracks in the wires until I get a new set of wires next week. It's not misfiring or jerking anymore, but the power is still not there.
Cliff notes: Check your plug wires for any hot/burn spots on them or cracks, even when you think they are good.
Cliff notes: Check your plug wires for any hot/burn spots on them or cracks, even when you think they are good.
