Gabriel
05-10-2003, 02:07 PM
I'm gonna do a search now, but I need this info ASAP so I'm trying this too.
My car started running rough on the highway all of a sudden, I had just punched it to pass someone and it started sputtering on me. I pulled over and it shut off. It'll run but very, very roughly, the whole motor moves back and forth (firewall to grill and back, etc) like if it lost a motor mount, and the car is VERY sluggish on takeoff, and barely wants to shift into a higher gear. Once I'm in third, at around 40 mph, it smoothes out some but there is a serious lack of power. Plus lots of backfire at idle.
So I went to this one place, they pulled off the top cover from the motor with the coil housing and all that, plus the plugs - the plugs were all blackened, and a couple were practically dripping oil. They told me to get a new coil and module, new wires, and new plugs. I tried driving it some more as I wasn't gonna pay them the $750 they wanted for everything (!!!), but eventually just towed it home.
Sooooo ... the SES light finally came on, how do I make it flash me the codes? If it's the old paper clip trick, where do I find the terminal and which ones do I jump?
And what do ya'll think of all this? The oil obviously fouled up the plugs, should I just try replacing those first? And where's the oil coming from - the valve guides?
This just happened all of a sudden, like I said. It's been running great for a long time. I don't think it's due to any internal damage, as I hear no ticking or clanking, etc. The motor itself seems to have plenty of oomph and runs smoothly, once you get it to a certain RPM. But only in neutral or park - once in gear, it'll just shut off.
TIA... If I can figure it all out, and confirm what these jerks told me, I can do it up in a coupla hours. But I need to go buy parts, etc. Please help ASAP if you can!
My car started running rough on the highway all of a sudden, I had just punched it to pass someone and it started sputtering on me. I pulled over and it shut off. It'll run but very, very roughly, the whole motor moves back and forth (firewall to grill and back, etc) like if it lost a motor mount, and the car is VERY sluggish on takeoff, and barely wants to shift into a higher gear. Once I'm in third, at around 40 mph, it smoothes out some but there is a serious lack of power. Plus lots of backfire at idle.
So I went to this one place, they pulled off the top cover from the motor with the coil housing and all that, plus the plugs - the plugs were all blackened, and a couple were practically dripping oil. They told me to get a new coil and module, new wires, and new plugs. I tried driving it some more as I wasn't gonna pay them the $750 they wanted for everything (!!!), but eventually just towed it home.
Sooooo ... the SES light finally came on, how do I make it flash me the codes? If it's the old paper clip trick, where do I find the terminal and which ones do I jump?
And what do ya'll think of all this? The oil obviously fouled up the plugs, should I just try replacing those first? And where's the oil coming from - the valve guides?
This just happened all of a sudden, like I said. It's been running great for a long time. I don't think it's due to any internal damage, as I hear no ticking or clanking, etc. The motor itself seems to have plenty of oomph and runs smoothly, once you get it to a certain RPM. But only in neutral or park - once in gear, it'll just shut off.
TIA... If I can figure it all out, and confirm what these jerks told me, I can do it up in a coupla hours. But I need to go buy parts, etc. Please help ASAP if you can!