Re: Thanks, and here's another question!

[Gerry Reichelt <reichelt@telepath.com>]

At 03:15 PM 11/18/98 -0800, David Ruby wrote:
>Jonas, et al:
>Thanks for the imput regarding the oily airbox.  I am not freaking out any
>longer.
>Here's another tech poser for the list wrenchers extraordinaires:
>What causes misfires?  I know, it's either spark or fuel, but what's the
>most basic way to determine which? (Mine misfires indiscriminately at idle
>and throughout the rev range.  Yet I have a new fuel filter, injectors,
>injector seals, cap, rotor, spark plugs, spark plug wires, and coil, not to
>mention the hall-sender ECU.  I am puzzled, and the car gets rougher and
>rougher.  Occasionally, It'll give a huge buck or two, and occasionally,
>it'll stall when idling up to stop signs, etc..  Actually, I'm about to go
>postal on it, but I want to go Autocrossing next season, and a Nissan 4x4 is
>not the hot setup for that.)
>My Scirocca' runs like a piece of caca!
>
>TIA for advice (and extra credit to anyone who can recomend a good shop in
>the central Calif. area)
>-Dave
>'86 8v, possessed by the Devil?
>
>P.S. I hope I don't give the impression that my car is a piece of poo.  

     Could be 1)good sized vacuum leak 2)timing(belt off a notch or two?)
3)plugged cat(oil overfill or burning can contribute to this) Could be one
or a combination of any of these.
Gerry

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