renegadeslave
Obsidian Salamander
Okay, I know it's hard to diagnose a car without experiencing the symptoms, but I was hoping some of you might be able to offer a few suggestions on the next course of action.
About a month an a half ago, my friend's 1990 Cavalier starting missing during acceleration. He was told it could possibly be the ignition coils (no distributor), and so he had new ones put on. This worked wonderfully for a few days, until it started happening again. And I noticed the brilliant "mechanics" who had worked on the car left the spark plug wires touching the exhaust manifold. He put new spark plug wires on. Worked great for about a week, then starting missing AGAIN. We moved the wires further away from the engine (they were getting incredibly hot and possibly crossfiring). Worked for a couple weeks, now it's acting up once again. He pulled the plugs and they weren't gapped correctly so he put new ones in. Still doesn't run right.
Is it possible the wires are messed up just from running with incorrectly gapped plugs? Or is there a larger problem we're overlooking?
I checked his computer, and it says everything's fine.
Any help would be very much appreciated!
About a month an a half ago, my friend's 1990 Cavalier starting missing during acceleration. He was told it could possibly be the ignition coils (no distributor), and so he had new ones put on. This worked wonderfully for a few days, until it started happening again. And I noticed the brilliant "mechanics" who had worked on the car left the spark plug wires touching the exhaust manifold. He put new spark plug wires on. Worked great for about a week, then starting missing AGAIN. We moved the wires further away from the engine (they were getting incredibly hot and possibly crossfiring). Worked for a couple weeks, now it's acting up once again. He pulled the plugs and they weren't gapped correctly so he put new ones in. Still doesn't run right.
Is it possible the wires are messed up just from running with incorrectly gapped plugs? Or is there a larger problem we're overlooking?
I checked his computer, and it says everything's fine.
Any help would be very much appreciated!