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big problems with my daily please help quick!!!!

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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 10:15 PM
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my car feels like it is missing at idle it drops to like 500 from the stock 800 idle. then while your driving if you are barely on the gas like crusining it starts to feel like it is bogging as well but when you got wot or give it more gas it clears up and runs fine but when you let off again it will start to bog in the same condition. could this be a fuel filter issue car is a 6spd and has 110k on it. idk if it has been replaced. it throws no codes when this happens check engine light stays off.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 10:30 PM
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Had the same issue about a month ago and it was a bad spark plug and wire. My advise is to get it scanned.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 10:31 PM
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ok i have acess to a snap on scanner but what do i look for?
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 10:36 PM
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ok i have acess to a snap on scanner but what do i look for?
CODES!!!! See if it has any stored codes or anything. Sometimes the damn check engine light will come on and go back off before you know it...at least mine has several times. Good luck bud
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i guess ill try that. it feels bad thou. any more recomendations i need to solve this bad.
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Find a legit shop and have it hooked up to a machine..not some snap on deal. And to be honest I'm no tech so couldn't tell ya what to look for. Sorry.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 10:40 PM
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well the snap on scanner is at the shop i have pulled stored codes and what not before on it it is the most expensive scanner snap on sells it works good.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 11:09 PM
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The Tech 2 GM tool is the best but Snap-on's will pull codes just fine.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 11:18 PM
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Whatsup buddy how fast are you going when this happens and have you done anything to the motor recently, o and do you have a jack and jack stands

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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 11:25 PM
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I agree with elliots94z, the same thing was happening to me about a week after I bought the car, and I got under the car and looked at wires and one was hanging off of the opti. So look under and make sure nothing is off that shouldn't be and let us know what you find out.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 11:27 PM
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ya i hope it is a wire i am broke. would now be a good time to see if it is sparking being that it is dark out?
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 11:29 PM
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Fire it up with the hood up and take a peek. I bet you have a bad plug wire
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 11:33 PM
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Ya man, now would be the best time to see if there is a wire problem, just look for an arch somewhere and see if you need new wires or if it is something else. My car was arching on the coil right behind the waterpump near the smog pump.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 11:36 PM
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opti opti opti
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 11:37 PM
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Mine did the same thing with the coil wire. It arched to the water pump so I said screw it and got the delteq because I just didn't even wanna deal with the thing.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 11:41 PM
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That sounds like a good way to fix it, expensive, but permanant. Well whatever it is man i sure hope you get it fixed since its your dd. Good luck.
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thanks alot i hope i do too its driving me nuts.
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 11:55 PM
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ok new thing happened i drove to kinkos and on my way back i was a mile from my house it missed bad and the check engine light flashed for a few seconds and then went off. y would that happen?
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Misfire code!!!!! go get it pulled and we might be able to lead you to the right cylinder where it is happening.
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so this means its likely not the opti and it is just a sparking wire. im gonna check in a bit im writing a college paper as we speak lol im crossing my finger that it is only a plug wire.
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