Re: Misfiring

[Big Jim <cyng@lamere.net>]

Ben,

   If you could, please describe the sensations you'd feel when the car'd 
misfire. The reason I ask is this: my car's been acting a bit strangely 
of late. It's a '95 with 76K miles on it, and had previously been driving 
like a dream. Few weeks ago, though, it began to buck, and hesitate. Very 
rarely did it do this (not even every day), but under all driving 
conditions (rain/shine, hot/warm, warmed-up/cold oil, everything). It 
would occur upon shifting and then accellerating, and it would occur 
while driving normally, with the throttle not changing position at all. 
Additionally, when I slam the throttle in w/o the car in gear, the RPMs 
surge above 5K, sounds sort of like the rev limiter. Not good, but I've 
not a damned clue what's causing this. I replaced my spark plugs to Bosch 
Platinum +4 a couple of days ago (figured it was a misfiring cylendar), 
but the symptoms have remained. Any ideas, anybody?

-T
'95 GLX

>Hi all.
>
>	I just brought my '98 GLX in for it's 
>30k service.  It was a little late, with 34k miles.
>(Did the oil myself at 30k)  The check engine
>light came on, so they ran a diagnostic test
>on it.  it found 4 misfires, two in Cylinder 5, 
>two in Random/Multiple Cylinders.  I would
>assume Cylinder 5 again.  Now, I would have
>changed the spark plugs, run the test again,
>and seen what happened.  But instead, they
>replaced my Ignition Coil, to the tune of $330.
>Does this seem right to anyone?  Also, it
>wasn't covered under the warranty.  Isn't
>it a "part" of the engine, and should be covered.
>After the tune-up/service, they again ran the 
>diagnostics, and, suprise, it's fine.  Did I just
>get hosed?  Has anyone else had a similar
>problem at such low mileage?  Thanks in 
>advance.
>
>		Ben Piecuch
>


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