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misfireing on 1,3,5!
my sisters car randomly developed a giant missfire, all three cylenders on the right side are not fireing i can unplug the coils and it makes no differance. the codes come up as misfire cylenders1,3,5, i already substituted a known good ignitor off one of my cars, and it made no differance, any ideas here would be awsome.
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try replacing the three coils (driven by the fact that it doesn't make a difference if the current ones are connected or not).
-Bill
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Remove the easiest to get at coil, fit a spare spark plug with body grounded and check for spark. If there is a spark you should suspect fault common the all three injectors.
Remember that you are looking for something common to one side of the engine and not single fault. I am sure this is obvious to you as you have already suspected the igniter. I would say not so likely to be an electrical fault, with three individual circuits involved.
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Have you tried swapping coils from the other side yet?
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Brilliant!
-Bill
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Retired NASA Rocket Scientist Most famous NASA "Child" - OSIRIS-REx delivered samples from asteroid BENNU to Earth in Sept. 2023 Center Network Member #989 '92 Fully caged, 5 speed, waiting for its fully built EG33 '92 "Test Mule", 4:44 Auto, JDM 4:44 Rear Diff with Mech LSD, Tuned headers, Full one-off suspension '92(?) Laguna, 6 spd and other stuff (still at OT's place) My Locker |
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How many bets against the law of average, i.e. that three coils, all on one side, are faulty?
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The coil circuits are seperate per bank. meaning 1,3,5 have the same power source. 2,4,6 have a seperate source. If there is a lack of power to the one side all 3 coils will not fire... Quick fix is to use a heavy gauge jumper from the even cylinder side over the odd so they all share the same power source. I would highly suggest finding where the circuit is losing power for a permanent fix
Tom |
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-Bill
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Retired NASA Rocket Scientist Most famous NASA "Child" - OSIRIS-REx delivered samples from asteroid BENNU to Earth in Sept. 2023 Center Network Member #989 '92 Fully caged, 5 speed, waiting for its fully built EG33 '92 "Test Mule", 4:44 Auto, JDM 4:44 Rear Diff with Mech LSD, Tuned headers, Full one-off suspension '92(?) Laguna, 6 spd and other stuff (still at OT's place) My Locker |
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thank you tom!!!! also where can i find a wiring diagram for the ignition, that would be invaluable
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I can understand what you have in mind but the suggested fix would appear rather physically difficult. The set up means that a jumper wire would have to be connected at some point in the original wiring past the connector and in a position beyond where there could be, or is break in a wire. It would appear from the queries that this connection point requires defining. Please be sure that I am not trying to be picky, but rather am trying to sort out what is involved in view of the queries.
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Trevor, New Zealand. As a child, on cold mornings I gladly stood in cowpats to warm my bare feet, but I detest bull$hit! Last edited by Trevor; 02-24-2008 at 01:43 AM. |
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what he is saying is that the coils get positive power constantly after the key is turned on, and the ignitor grounds them when they need to fire, cylinder's 1,3,5, are the right bank of the engine, so he is saying that those three share a common power source. so i think he is right, my power source is not connected
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i was tired double post
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1991 xt6 eg33? 1993 gc track car Last edited by jeffast; 02-24-2008 at 02:11 AM. |
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trevor. When I was wiring the EG33 harness into an SUS I hit the same issue. There was a break in the wire somewhere just before the engine harness. So, a heavy jumper was added just before the engine harness to connect the two banks on the same wire. Simple fix which allowed me to have the car running on all 6. BUT this was temporary until I found where the break in the circuit was in the 1st place and corrected it
Tom |
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tom: do you know where i can find a wiring diagram for the ignition, i don't have one and have been unable to locate one
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