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98 HX Misfiring HELP please

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Old 11-02-2007, 03:57 PM
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alright guys my new car has been mis firing lately and its pissing me off, why becasue i can not cruise or drive slow. for my car muffler to sound nice an smooth i constanly have to smash the gas if i tap the gas a little it make a pa pa pa pa noise and sometime jerks all over the place. so far i change all the spark plugs, i change the fuel filter and i bought brand new spark plug wire to see if that was the problem but it wasnt, it wasstill misfring so i brought the plugs back and put my old one on.

also my friend has these NGK spark plug wire for an integra ls and i borrowed them to try on my car and when i put them on for some reason my car has ALOT more power and it sound deeper but it still misfires. and whenever i press the gas i can hear this knocking noise coming from the engine ( i have no idea what it is) So does anyone have any idea on what the problem could be? i only hear the knocking noise whenever i put the NGK wires on but when i have the factory wires it knock but it doesnt knock that loud or it not that noticable.
 
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Old 11-02-2007, 09:17 PM
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Default RE: 98 HX Misfiring HELP please

try the dizzy cap and rotor next
 
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Old 11-02-2007, 10:01 PM
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chk to make sure that all the injectors are working properly.. start the car, get a screwdriver, put the blade part on the injector and the handle in your ear,, all the inectors should make the same chicking noise ..

have you done a cylinder balance to see which cylinder is misfiring ?? chk engine lite on ??
 
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Old 11-03-2007, 10:28 AM
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no there is no check engine light on thats whats so funny about it. i think its dissconnected because, whenver i turn the key onto accessories mode on my other civic the check engine light would turn on well almost all the light turn on until i start the car than they would vanish. but i dont see any check engine light
 
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Old 11-03-2007, 11:06 AM
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In this case, you should take the car to AutoZone and have them use a scan tool to tell you whether any CEL codes have stored (free service).
 
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Old 11-03-2007, 11:33 AM
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Regarding the failure of your MIL/CEL to turn on at all, the picture may help you troubleshoot this important problem.

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