HELP misfire**updated***5pm

[Connor_scotland]

My car has developed a bad misfire

Drove the car at lunch and it was fine then started it to come home from work and its mis firing like mad

I have checked the spark plugs,leads and all cables that plug into the car to make sure they in

And still fucking misfiring

HELP me please

My car is a S reg 1998 106 1.4 8v quiksilver

Thanks

[dirty0harry]

sounds like you've got damp somewhere.spray wd40 all over electrics/spark plug leads and dry out distributer cap(inside):y:

[Connor_scotland]

i have taken it for a good 20min drive and its still doing it

Sounds like an impreza.........

The oil is the normal colour and the water is at normal depth

[Connor_scotland]

help........

[Tobs]

engine mite have developed a fault (ecu fault)

misfiring could be down to a range of things mate

1.sensors
2.fault code
3.crap fuel
4. timing out
5.ignition

[Connor_scotland]

how come it has run perfect recently you know

I went through some HUGE puddles today could that of done anything

[Toad]

I think that's your answer...

[mattyt]

happened in my old saxo 1.1 i needed a new temp sensor

[Connor_scotland]

hmmmm i will put it to a garage tomorrow and see what happends

[Tobs]

well if its a sensor then its gunna come up on the ecu as a fault code

[Toad]

Let it dry out! :)

[Connor_scotland]

do you think its a major problem mate

[Connor_scotland]

Let it dry out! :)

i took the hair dryer to it for ages lol to see if that would dry the coil pack but it still runs like shite

[Toad]

Are there any noticeably wet areas under the bonnet?

[Toad]

Does it misfire all through the rev range? Have you taken the spark plugs out to check they're in good condition?

[Connor_scotland]

no damp patches at all mate

Took all the sparkers out and it seems ok just the usual brownish colour

I changed them about 3 weeks ago

Also its a constant misfire even on idle

[hesslevtr]

sounds like a sensors got wet

id take them all off make sure there dry spray with wd40 and then try it

[Connor_scotland]

I have booked it into the garage tomorrow so fingers crossed

Will it be ok to drive to work( 3 miles)

[hesslevtr]

I have booked it into the garage tomorrow so fingers crossed

Will it be ok to drive to work( 3 miles)

yeah should be

id still do what i said before taking it to the garage

[Connor_scotland]

where about are the sensors mate

[hesslevtr]

just do them all

if you see 1 unplug it and make sure its dry and wd40 it

do the same to the coil pack to

[Connor_scotland]

spray it up all the spaark plug rubbers on the coil pack,

will that not bugger all the electrics spraying wd into them all

[hesslevtr]

nah will be fine

[Connor_scotland]

so on every conncection around the engine bay take it off an put wd in it

[hesslevtr]

yeah make sure its dry first though

after you ahve done 1 try starting it see if that cures it

[Connor_scotland]

whats the difference if its wet mate

the engine bay was bone dry yesterday

i was on lunch driving and it was fine then when i started it after work it happend instanstly

I have repped your for the help

[Connor_scotland]

The car is smoking aswell at the rear but is that because its dropped a cylinder

[Toad]

What colour smoke? I wonder if your headgasket has pooped...

[Connor_scotland]

oil is ok

My mate said it was black then a bit white( could it just be the engine is cold)

[Toad]

Could be...

Here's the basics mate... White smoke on start up is fairly normal. If it continues, it COULD mean a coolant leak, which could as i said before, mean that your headgasket it pooped. If you get blue smoke, this typically means you're burning oil, thus, quite a few possibly issues... You'll need to check.

Interestingly, white smoke can often occur after going through deep puddles mate, so who knows...?

[Connor_scotland]

its no blue smoke for sure

[Toad]

I can't understand why the 'engine check' light has not come on. Sorry mate, I don't think I can help anymore. You'll have to wait and see what the garage have to say.

[Connor_scotland]

yea its odd. its booked in for tomorrow
I will WD40 the bits tonight also my mate is coming over for a look aswell

Iy needs to be fixed so there fuckall i can do but pray its not uber expensive

Thanks for the help Toad you have more REP now

[Toad]

You can only rep me once :)

Hope you get it sorted!

[Connor_scotland]

just realised that mate

Fingers crossed eh

[Ben_L]

I had a misfiring problem on my car. When you took off the leads did you make sure they went back in the correct firing order? My main problem was faulty leads, even though i put bosch ones on. Although as said it could be a number of things. Does it do it all the time or only when its warmed up?

[Connor_scotland]

does it all the time mate

its not that the leads are in teh wrong order theres only 1 way they go on as its a coil pack

[Connor_scotland]

Just checked an 3 of my spark plugs are JET BLACK an one a bronze colour

The car has used no water and oil is normal colour

[BENSAX3]

hmmmm no water thats not good, the sprks are prob black due to the misfiring - carbon build up

[Connor_scotland]

hmmmm no water thats not good, the sprks are prob black due to the misfiring - carbon build up

Ben I mean its used no water... Thats a good thing

[Connor_scotland]

well its booked into the garage at 11am so hopefully they will find out whats going on

[hesslevtr]

did u dry all the sensors and wd40 them afterwards

[Seymour_Furio]

tried the coilpack?

[Ben_L]

how did you get on? did they find anything ?