Spaz's Electrical Issues

[cmspaz]

I know. Didn't you see my post in the cruise thread?

[Kracka]

Originally Posted by cmspaz

I know. Didn't you see my post in the cruise thread?

I just did

[cmspaz]

New alt is in and working!

It runs and boosts fine with the new plugs (gapped, just for Brandon)! It feels good to be back from my double-digit boost hiatus.

[Kevin 1G Drummer]

Did you have your battery properly load tested as well?

[cmspaz]

Battery tested fine.

I'm starting to see missing again. I'll try to track it down tomorrow. I had a constant misfire (vacuum included) that started at the exact time the CEL came on tonight, so I'll get that read and see what's up.

I will in no way be out for the cruise, shit's just annoying.

[Halon]

What plugs, and what did you gap them too?

Couple other good things to try would be a boost leak test, and consider some new plug wires if yours are ancient.

[cmspaz]

NKG BPR7ES, gapped to whatever Craig gapped them to. They were gapped noticeably closer than the ones I pulled out, so that is something I'm going to look into.

New wires are on my list, but I just find it weird that they worked fine initially, then slowly started to misfire again. I can still peg double digits and sometimes full boost, I'm going to give an ECU reset a shot, there's a passing thought that it could be map related.

[scheides]

Reset the ECU. My 2G did this consistently, I can't remember if I ever fixed it. What a pita. Replace plugwires for sure sooner than later.

[AwdGSX13]

Originally Posted by cmspaz

NKG BPR7ES, gapped to whatever Craig gapped them to. They were gapped noticeably closer than the ones I pulled out, so that is something I'm going to look into.

im sure craig gapped them right where they need to be.

[Kracka]

Get new plug wires and verify your plugs are gapped to .030". If they're still misfiring after those two things are done bring the gap down to .028" and repeat if needed.

[cmspaz]

I'll reset it and see if that fixes the problem. There's got to be an underlying cause, though, and I'll do some digging on that.

I'll start looking for plug wires, too.

[cmspaz]

ECU reset did not fix the issue. Time for wires. Not sure if I'll be able to get any tonight.

I'll check the coil too, but it only feels like 1 cylinder is missing, so I doubt the issue is there. Maybe it's time for a COP setup?

[Kracka]

There is no way you are in need of a COP setup. Go pay Craig a visit and get some new plug wires. I'm sure he has a decent Bosch or NGK set that will work on your car.

[TkrPerformance]

you do not want cop they are a waste of money just ask craig about them. craig can get taylor wires 8.8 or 10.4 or just replacements

[scheides]

COP = bad mmmkay?

I might have an old set of magnacore plugwires if you wanna swap them in for testing. Maybe.

[cmspaz]

If you can bring them tomorrow, that'd be awesome. I was going to show up and ask if I can borrow someone's wires for 5 minutes and go do pulls on 7 for testing, but not having to immobilize someone's car sounds good.

[cmspaz]

Thanks for the fix, Scheides!

Now, for that boost leak...

[scheides]

Oh yea! You owe me a beer! Enjoy

[Halon]

Let me know if you want any of these bends to make a UIC Pipe out of them.

[cmspaz]

Originally Posted by scheides

Oh yea! You owe me a beer! Enjoy

That I do! You gonna be at OC on Wednesday?

Originally Posted by Halon

Let me know if you want any of these bends to make a UIC Pipe out of them.

I'll let you know. For a leak that large, it's still pretty elusive.