Missfire at idle
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From: SoCaL, Chino
Missfire at idle Well about a week ago i started my car, warmed it up for a minute or two, then when i put it in drive it started to missfire pretty bad and when i started going it would run fine then when i stopped it misfire again then when my temp gauge went past 160 it would stop. Now its been doing it ever since until the temp gauge reads past 160 then it will stop. My car has 103k on it, but im not sure what is causing this cuz it only does it in reverse or drive not in park. Could it be the o2 sensor?
Last edited by Teal94Z; Mar 18, 2008 at 10:16 PM.
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Couple ideas-
Pop the hood and get a bud to watch the plug wires when you shift from Park to Drive and then Park to Reverse.
See if anything is moving or flopping under the hood and pushing the wires into a header primary.
Turn the steering wheel and see that the steering linkage doesn't interfere with the drivers side plug wires.
Also, the O2 sensor wires snake along the transmission. Maybe the shift linkage is hitting the wires.
Pop the hood and get a bud to watch the plug wires when you shift from Park to Drive and then Park to Reverse.
See if anything is moving or flopping under the hood and pushing the wires into a header primary.
Turn the steering wheel and see that the steering linkage doesn't interfere with the drivers side plug wires.
Also, the O2 sensor wires snake along the transmission. Maybe the shift linkage is hitting the wires.
