JVK Silver Donating Members 751 Member For: 19y 2m 4d Gender: Male Location: North West Hot Hell,VIC Posted 07/03/12 08:17 AM Share Posted 07/03/12 08:17 AM Similar initial symtoms like yours, felt like slight surge at around 4k and then got progressivly worse over the next week until it got to the stage of doing it lower in the rpm range and cleary missing under load.Ended up being coil packs even though a resistence test put them within spec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXR05 Member 181 Member For: 13y 8m 8d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane QLD Posted 07/03/12 08:50 AM Author Share Posted 07/03/12 08:50 AM Might buy some on ebay tonight along with plugs. if this doesnt work, I'll go to the dyno with a new set of plugs and coils lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXR05 Member 181 Member For: 13y 8m 8d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane QLD Posted 13/03/12 07:48 PM Author Share Posted 13/03/12 07:48 PM Hey guys. Just thought I would update this. Turns out 2 coil packs were almost dead and the gap in my plugs were off. Bought new coils and Plugs from super cheap and the car ran worse! Misfired beond beliefe after 4000 rpm. Changed back to old plugs and she ran much better. Turns out that they have me standard ba plugs with a 1.3mm gap when I need .8mm. All sorted now! Thanks for you advise guys! Much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6t_ute Donating Members 2,281 Member For: 17y 7m 28d Gender: Male Location: south east suburbs Posted 14/03/12 07:42 AM Share Posted 14/03/12 07:42 AM hmmm never changed spark plugs in 86000 kms of driving....nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXR05 Member 181 Member For: 13y 8m 8d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane QLD Posted 14/03/12 10:45 AM Author Share Posted 14/03/12 10:45 AM In this ecconomy, you want to stretch your pennies! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6t_ute Donating Members 2,281 Member For: 17y 7m 28d Gender: Male Location: south east suburbs Posted 14/03/12 11:30 AM Share Posted 14/03/12 11:30 AM buy a prius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXR05 Member 181 Member For: 13y 8m 8d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane QLD Posted 15/03/12 08:33 AM Author Share Posted 15/03/12 08:33 AM I'm the second owner on this. Was under the assumption they were new... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKa Donating Members 4,243 Member For: 18y 6m 1d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, VIC Posted 15/03/12 10:38 AM Share Posted 15/03/12 10:38 AM You can't run one of these things modified and stretch pennies IMO, they aren't a cheap car to run once modified... Especially a BA, trust me I know.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J0sh Donating Members 239 Member For: 16y 2m 17d Gender: Male Location: Pertthh W.A Posted 15/03/12 10:59 AM Share Posted 15/03/12 10:59 AM My money is on the coils and spark plugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weaponxr Donating Members 624 Member For: 14y 2m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 16/03/12 12:08 AM Share Posted 16/03/12 12:08 AM If the gap was wrong then you can re gapped them yourself and put them back in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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